Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — BANDITS BATTLE WITH A POSSE. [ARTICLE]

BANDITS BATTLE WITH A POSSE.

Sheriff of Donglaa. Wyo., Killed in a Fight with Robbers. The sheriff's posse which has been purfihg the men who wrecked the Union icific express train with dynamite at ilcox, Wyo., fell in with the desperadoes Monday night ten miles farther north of the scene of the fight that occurred earlier the same day. The robbers made a stand in a deep ravine and opened fire on the sheriff’s men at close range. At the first fire Sheriff Joe Hazen of Douglas, Wyo., was shot in the stomach. He was carried to a place of safety, and afterward removed to his home, where he died in a few hours. After caring for the sheriff the posse agains attacked the bandits and drove them to a natural fastness in the rocks, where they intrenched themselves. The posse divided and surrounded them, dispatching messages for food and reinforcements. United States Marshal Hadzell, who had just returned to Casper from the pursuit of the other three train robbers, at once started with another posse and supplies.