Tom Horn see as a warning. During the Wilcox train robbery investigation, Horn obtained information from Bill Speck that revealed which of the robbers had killed Sheriff Josiah Hazen during their escape. Either George Curry or Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan were said to have killed the sheriff. Both outlaws were members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, then known as "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" after their hideaway in the mountains. Horn passed this information on to Charlie Siringo, who was working the case for the Pinkertons. Horn briefly entered the United States Army to serve during the Spanish–American War as the chief packer
Butch Cassidy not to disclose his final resting place since "[T]hey had chased him all his life, and now he's going to rest in peace." This story is also recounted by W.C. Jameson in "Butch Cassidy: Beyond the Grave", referencing the 1975 book Betenson co-authored with Dora Flack, "Butch Cassidy, My Brother". William T. Phillips claimed to have known Butch Cassidy since childhood. In his book "In Search of Butch Cassidy", Larry Pointer speculated that Phillips was actually Butch Cassidy, based upon stories in Phillip's unpublished manuscript, "The Bandit Invincible," and a resemblance between Phillips and Cassidy. However, in 2012, Pointer obtained