Show TRAILING butte mont dec 4 A courier arrived in columbus and stated that sheriff and posse struck the trail of the bank robbers near a point inhere jhc thc y lost it tuesday night and from indications indica tiona it ia judged that they could not have been more than an hour behind the robbers when the trail wag lost guards have been stationed at ciery bridge over the river on the other side of columbia and will bo maintained tonight it is thought thi gobberg are heading for the crazy mountains which lie about twenty five miles north of big timber received from yesterday ay eliat the bridger bank robbers were last can about H night in lie butcher creek country near on the stillwater and are making westward oliree men showed up at the northern depot who anoker to the den crip tion given of the three bank robben they cabrae into the waiting room carry ng three middles that bear evidence of baving been hard arlee ahey aaker atje night operator if the depot van ket ke t oen all night and then went out leaving saddles in lie waiting room ohi are now en route to place |