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Show NOTORIOUS OANO OONE. (forms.) Colonists ,teoe the llesthofn Measher. Bl Paso, Tea., March JO. The noto-rio-t Illaek Jack gang of outlaws, which for year ha defied the United Htatea and local authorities of the southwest, has at lat been wiped out and It career of crime brought ton close. It remained for member of the Mormon colony ntarCawtOrnnde Mexico, to seek out the render tous of the band III the almost Inaeeeutble. Sierra Marde mountains, and to carry death to It members. On I'ebruary J Mrs. A. I' McDonald, McDon-ald, n immber of the Mormon colony, at Hound Valley. 40 miles mat of Case Orandes, waa mnnlered by lo mem-lera mem-lera of the a-ang and her atore looted, Sercrnl of the Mormon colonists start. etl out lo hunt down the murderer and they did their work well. Sunday, March 3 they dlsmrereil the gang nt n point In the mountains 50 mile from Hound Vnlley, nnd at daylight had the camp closely surrounded. sur-rounded. A soon as the ramp began to stir, the Bring In-gan. and in a short tlmo not one of the gana; remained allre. A party of American prosper, tor came upon the camp nextdnv and found nine boille sllfr In death, nnd afterward Irnrm-d from the .Mormons the manner of the slaughter. The Hlnc k Jack gang of train robber rob-ber wa the most desperate, nnd ne-cesfiil ne-cesfiil that ever operated In the south- west. Among tholr crime nre Iho looting of the town of Holninnnvllle, Arli., and the murder of Hie postmaster postmas-ter there, the holding up of tmliis on tho Santa I'e, Southern I'aclllr. nt Pit-erco, Pit-erco, X. M., nd t Ofimt. Station. .V. M. At the latter point trains were held up at two different times Tho most recent was five months ago when Itwa reported that (10,000 waa secured. se-cured. Tho United State nuthorltle bare made two expedition Into Mexico In pursuit of this band if outlaw, but wore norcr nble to locate tualr hiding place. Mr. McDonald, the murdered woman wo-man was onco a resident of St, (Icorgo Utah, and hail many.frlcnds over tho state. |