, 1870-05-13
EXCITING FROM SALT LAKE

A General Pursuit OF the Outlaw
EEc Is Ovcrtakcn-I1c Shoots Down
Scrernl or His AsxaiInnr-Dics
with Fourteen R.llIets in YEin,-
Shoots Two OF Els Cnp1ors After
EEe il DeAd.
SAT- Lake CITY May q Correspondence Of The St.
Louis Democrat
For the last two days there has been m in
tense excitement in the city, commencing with
tho shooting and killing Of United States
Deputy MaIslal, in one of the settlements
west of this, by 3 desperate fellow for whom
the Marshal had q warrant to arrest him on
the charge OF murder.
As The Deputy, Captain ". n. Storey, ia we'll
known il Missouri, and his family and rela-
tives still reside there, propose 10 givo you
tho details in full.
A deliberate murder was the origin Of tho
trouble.
About the beginning of last August; tvo
discharged California volunteers, Albert H
Haws and Thomas Dunn, met in bar-room
in one Of tho new Western towns springing
up On the line OF the Pacific Railroad. and had
an alteration about the wife of HawB The
latter charged Dunn with slandering lis wife.
Dunn asscrted his Innocence, but Haws main-
talned that he WIS guilty; As Dunn approach
cd the bar, Haws drew his revolver and shot
him in the back and killed him.
HaW6 escaped and camo to Gt1ntsvilIo.
Mormon settlement about thirty eight miles
from this city, at the southwest end OF tho
lake.
On Saturday last Deputy Sheriff, joseph
F. Ca1Hgan, arrived from Nevada after Haws,
ard applied to the United States Marshal for
aid. The Governor Of Nevada EaB to make
rcquieitiou for Haws, but as the document had
not arrived, Chief Justice G. G.. Wilson issued
. warrant for Ills arrest and for tho Marshal to
hold him in custody till the proper authority
was received for transferring tho murderer
from Utah to Nevada.
On Monday morning early, Story and Ca,ri-
gan presented themselves at Haws' residence,
and caught him unarmed in the corral aijoin-
ing his house. They told him their business,
him and ordered him to throw up his hands, Ho
objected to tile situation, but finally complied.
Story returned his pistol to his pocket, got
from CarIigan the handouts, and approached
Haws with the intention Of Handwriting him,
while Ca1rigan still kept his pistol drawn on
Tho murderer. HaWs was 4 wisy, quick, des-
perado. and, evidently comprohending that his
last Ell ort for freedom was then or nerer, he
dashed away the handouts. and swore that he
would not wear them.
Story ordered Carrisan to shoot, and, at the
same instant Hawg eprang for Carrigan.
wrenched the revolver from him, and struck
at his head. Story flew at Haws, drew his
pistol, got it 10 Haws' side but the latter bent
lis back, and Tie ball passed by without touch
ing him. HawE, in an instant, grappled with
stoFs, tgrnod tie pistol upon his left shoulder,
Story rccled to The fenee; Haws fired at
Ca1rigan, and missed him; Story fired second |
time.
HawB returned to him, and shot him in tho |
breast, finishing him. As Carrlgan WAS rising, |
Haws fred at him second time, and missed |
him. Cauigan fed for assistance, but tue |
settlement Haws had time to saddle his horse, |
get his pistols, take the pistols Of the two |
deputies, borrow gun with which to shoot !
rabbits, " and get . fair start OF half mile |
ahead Of his pursners.
Several Mormons accompanied Carrigan in |
pursuit, and from tho settlement OF Tooe1e |
another company started nfter him. The
news reached here on Monday evening, md
tho telegraph was freely used to start out
men after Haws in e1e1y direction. 4 COM
1any left here nnder the leadership of tho
great Porter Rockwell. The character Of the
alive, caused deep interest in the pursuit.
Yesterday afternoon tho news was brought
By express that his whereabouts had been dis
:ort red that lie was killed, and three Of his
7utsuers wero badly wounded.
W1at circuit Haws mado on Monday, and
low he then evaded lis pursuers IS not known;
)ut he returned to within six miles OF his
,ome that night, and sent message to his
Eife to come and SEQ him in the morning at the
luuso where ne "as- |
H. |
I'D one Of the sons of this woman gave tho
Information to the cltizeus- The parties that
lad gone in pursuit were al in the wrong di-
ection- 1n1, secmingly by instinct, men were
cen by daylight coming from every part of
;. iEantsy5lle with theit GYMS to jea IN tho pnE-
leo of tho Pence directed operations and
went for Haws." He saw them coming,
hrew the saddle on his horse and made tracks
or the mountains.
He wac chased for some miles, and would
ave been oyertaken, but coming to a preci-
ice ho got OF his horse, rolled himself down
0 tho bottom and got to the canyon. As the
itizens got up to his whereabouts to search
Or him, he was ready for work before they
aw him.
Tho crack of his pistol WAS heard, and ono
I the MoImons was down- The ball passed
trough tho victims breast, from the right to
be lett side.
Another Mormon rot sight at Haws, fired 1t,
rounded him, and sent him back to the bushes. |
he murderer still kept up shooting, till an
ther Mormon sent 4 ball through his neck |
I'D closed his career.
When the body was brought hero this morn
az it had fourteen bullets in it, some Of which |
fere doubtless given . for security"
An evidence Of the desperate character OF
be man, and his resolution to kill MI he could, |
) demonstrated at his death He had four pis-
ols and q gun with him, and he told the man
t whose house he hadstopped during the night
bat be never would be taken alive This, OF
ouree, Was to be expected, but the arrange
nent Of two Of his pistols is suggestive Of
c1zib1e character.
He Lad two rcyolvers attached to his belt,
angling in front Of him. They wero capped
nd cooked, and to the trigger Of each there
5as attached small loose string that was
astcned to the sides OF his belt. When those
mo shot him got to his body, one young man
topped down to tako of one of the pistols, I
nd the moment be pulled it, off it went, and |
he bail passed through Ms hand aud wrist.
mother man standing By received the same
all in his side, and is not likely to recover.
Hawa evidently calculated that he might bo /
urzounded and grappled With To him, his
evo1vers were ready cooked for use and to
hose who grabbed them there were many
This has been desperate affair; rs We say
! the West, "a rough job"
The report in the city tonight is that the
Sprague-who was slot
: Haws in the breast ia dead.
The man who was wounded in the eide by
le pistol, as now stated, is not likely to last
lucA longer This gentloman, ! believe, is
gorge W. pnget, resident Of Montana
Haws, during his military service at Camp
on as any Of the men but since tho inilu-
nee of that discipline was removed he has de-
e1oped the most reckless nature. Shortly nf-
r lie murdered Duun in Nevada, and came to
rantsville, his rife died His little daughter
sys that he Killed her mother. In all proba-
tlity lie did. by strangulation, help his sick
lie to Hpeedier death, for he wanted to get
bother in her STEAD. He soon after found
is mate in another mans wife. She got 3 di-
,gce and he married her.