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Show WlMAYOOIIIS HOLD UP PASSENGER HUH Hold-ups Are Captured and Make Full Confession Eldest of Youthful Bandits Proves to be Only Seventeen. Great Falls, Mont. Tho holding up of Qrcnt Northern train No. 240, hound from Bholby to Oroat Falls, Saturday ovcnlng, about 10:30 o'clock, at tho stock yards, about a mile and n half from this city, was the work of thrco boys, tho oldest of whom was pot moro than 17 years, who now occupy oc-cupy colls In tho city Jail. A fourth youth, who admits hnvlng assisted In planning tho hold-up, but who was prevented by circumstances Irom being present and taking part, is also a prisoner. The qunrtotto liavo mado a comploto confession to tho pollco and tho officers nro Inclined to bellovo their story that thoy wero tho only ones Implicated. Tho names of tho four boys aro: Albert Hatch, aged 15. Harry Hlicams, nged 15. William Itandnll, aged 17. Gcorgo Crcswoll, agod 1C. According to tho Btory told by linn-dall, linn-dall, Hhonnis and Crcswoll, tho holdup hold-up wns planned nnd carried out un-dor un-dor tho generalship of Hatch, tho youngost of tho four, who Is enld to havo turned tho switch, ordered tlio onglnocr to back up, and to havo gono through tho passenger conches with tho conductor, forcing tho latter at tho point of a gun to collect money from tho passongcrs. According to tho other boys, It wns also Hatch who Bitot Dompsey and shot at Conductor Con-ductor .Tack Hayes, sending a bullet through Hayes' left Hlcovo. Tho boys had read consldcrnblo "yellow" liter-nturo liter-nturo on tlio subject of train robberies, rob-beries, nnd thoy wero desirous of emulating tho examples of tho Yottn-per Yottn-per brothers. Kid Curry nnd his gnng nnd Frnnk Hnusor and McDonald. William DcmpBcy, an Augusta ranchman wns shot through tho leg in attempting to oscnpo from tho train nrtor It had stopped, and Conductor Jack Hayes was shot through tho left bIccvo. Conductor Hayos was compollcd by tho robber to prcccdo him in passing pass-ing through tho cars, ho carrying n lint in which tho pnssongors wero "invited" to dump what cash thoy hnd about thorn. |