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Show KrailT WITH BANDITS OFFICERS AND TRAIN POUDERJ HAVE A SKIRMISH. In His t'on-llrt His llssrillsns nt Ihs Uf terns Hal Nsroml llnl and ths Out- Isws Mslis Thslr K.r.p. la Ihs llols-ln-lhs-Vrall lls-jloa, Chey nne, Wyo , June". Sheriff Or car lletstand of Natrona county, whs went out with a posseof twelve menll pursntt of the Union 1'sclflo train dynr miters, has returned to Casper and report re-port a brisk skirmish between lit) posse and the robbers. Sheriff llelstand and posse left at It a. m.. and at 4 p. m. overtook the fugV tlvrs thirty miles north of Casper, making for the ('under river countrj Tlie robbers opened lire at a dlstanei of halt a mile and then retreated, shooting shoot-ing at the ofllri rs as they ran. Hherlf llelstand' horse was killed at the llrst fire and lie was left afoot. He wnlkef fifteen miles to a sheep camp for a net horse and having no hopes of overtaking overtak-ing the posse lie returned to Casper. Sheriff lleren of Converse count J, who was with the posse, continued Un pursuit. The robbers are on gool horses and are armed with the lateM smokeless powder long rango rifles. It Is now certain they are part of tin llole-ln-the-Wall band of outlaws, whl havedurlng the past three years robbet banks, poslofllres and country store ti Houth DiPuts, Montana, Utah, Colorado Colo-rado and Wjoinlng. They had thirty miles to travel froa the scene of the skirmish before reaching reach-ing the Hole In-tlie Wull region, an almost al-most Inaccessible district lying nlonr thr lllg Horn mountains. Heretofore, when the member of tho bund havi reached this rendenou after commit-tlngdepredall'inspursullhaaceascd. commit-tlngdepredall'inspursullhaaceascd. la this chaso they will lie followed Into the fastness and fought to a finish. The posso now closing In on them Is headed by the United States marshal, sheriff and nfllrers of the 1'lllon la-clllu la-clllu dele-tine department and no ex. penso wl',1 bo spared to effect their capture and clean out the entlro bund. |