The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-06-03
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Two Officers Attempt the Arrest
of a Desperate Iurdcrer-They
are Vorsted and One of them
KtlIed-A General Pursuit of the
outInxr-FFe is Overtaken - He
shoots Down Several Of His As
saiIauts Dies With Fourteen
Bullets In him.
4 Salt Lake correspondent Of the st. Louis
Democrat gives the following account Of ter
rible affair Of which we have already had an
account by telegraph:
Deputy Sheriffs Cardigan and Story were,
II seems ordered to arrest n notorious muir
derar-AIbert H Haws. Early on Monday
morning Story and CarTigan presented them
selves at Haws' residence, and caught HIM
uuarmed in the corral adjoining his house.
They told him their business, and at the same
tine drew their pistols upon him and ordered
him TO throw up his hands. He objected to
the situation, but finally complied. Story re-
turned his pistol 70 his pocket, got from Carrl-
gan the handouts, and approached Haws with
the intention of handcuing hlln, while CarT1-
gan still kent his pistol drawn on the mur-
derer. Raws was a wiry,quick cesperado, and
evidently comprehending that his last effort
for freedom was then OF never, he dashed
away the handouts and swore that he would
not wear them.
story ordered Carrigan to shoot, and at the
same instant Haws sprang for Carngan,
yVrenched the revolver from him and struck
at his head. Story few at Haws, drew his re-
volver. got It to Hawes' side, but the latter
bent his back, and the ball passed by without
touching him. Haws IN an instant gTappled
with Story, turned his pistol upon his left
shoulder and fired.
Story reeled to the fence. Haws fired at
Carrigan and missed him: Story fred second
time.
Haws returned to him and shot him in the
breast, finishing him. As Carrigan was rising
HaEs fired at him a second time, and missed
him. Carrigan fed for assistance, but the
Souse where this occurred being outside the
eetilement Haws had time to saddle his
horse, get his pistols, take the pistols of the
two deputies, borrow a gun "with which to
shoot rabbits" and get fair start Of half a
mile ahead of his pursuers
severa{ Mormons accompanied Carrigan in
pursCit, and from the settlement of Tooele an
other company started after him. The news
reached here on Monday evening, and the
telegraph was freely used to start out men
after Haws in every direction. A company
left here under the leadership OF the great
Porter Rockwell The character Of the man
and his evident resolution not to be taken
alive caused deep interest in the pursuit.
He was chased for some miles, and would
have been overtal1en, but, coming to precip-
ice, he got of Of his horse, rolled himself down
to tie bottom and got 20 the canon. As the
citizens got up to his whereabouts to searchfor
hin, he was ready for work before they saw
him. The crack of his pistol was heard, and
one Of the Mormous was down. The ball
=, ssed through the victims breast, from the
FFi1b,: 20 the left side. Another Mormon got
siSbt m Haws, fired, and wounded him, and
- him r,ck to the bushes The murderer
sf;I Kent ", shooting, till another Mormon
sent a ball through his neck and closed his
career
An evidence of the desperate character Of
the man, and his resolution to Kill all he could,
is demonstrated at his death. BE had four
ristols and gun with him, and he told the
man at whose house he had stopped during
the night that he never would be taken alive.
This. Of course, was 70 be expected, but the
Arrangement OF two of his pistols Is suggestive
Of q terrible character.
He had four revolvers attached to his belt,
5Suqling in front Of him. They were capped
and -oeked, and to the trigger OF each there
--ss a+t>ched a small loose string that was
fa.,oned to the side Of the belt When those
-vho saot him got to his body, one young man
stooned down 10 take OF one OF his pistols, and
ti,s moment he pulled It, of it went, and the
nall psssed through his hand and wrist. An
other man standing by received the same ball
IN his side, and is not likely 10 recover.
Haws evidently calculated that he would be
surrounded and grappled with. To him, ms
revolvsrs were ready cooked tor use, and 10
those who grappled them were many chances
Of lust the results 1 have named