The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-19
NO.l7
Crime.

Chicago, is -John Mclaughlin, ia
the criminal court, to-day, was found
guilty of m4nslaughier. for killing Phos,
Carter, and seGtehced to one year in the
penitentiary
ST. Louis, 1S.-This evening q warrant
wss issued for the arrest Of Colonel John
A. Cockrell, On charge Of murder in
the second degree. On this charge bail
in the sum OF $40, 600 was accepted, and
| Cockrell released till November ID.
Occkrell, it will be remembered, killed
Hon. a. w. Stay back and has since
been in jail.
Denver, Is. Republicans West Lasi-
mas. Col: This mornlog. as express
train No which was attached 10 a Epe-
cial car containing Assistant General
Superintendent w. s. Melton, OF the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road,
with party Of tourists, arrived at Lakin,
| Kansas, 1t is reported q party of fifteen
or twenty drunken COW boys led by +.
A Mead, discharged telegraph opera
tor, began shooting through the car win
dows, breaking eight in one car, seven
teen in the sleeper and five in the special
car. By lying down on the floor The
passengers escaped the bullets. The
sheriff with posse Of hundred citizens
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q special train and succeeded in captur-
] ing Mead and two of the COW DO gs.
The posse is now in close pursuit of the
J others.
t Omaha, Neb., 18.-Last night, the
pursuing party from Menden we're
within six miles of the two horse thieves
who killed Sheriff Woods. P. Kelly and
Charles Collins at Mendeu The murder
ers, upon leaving Menden, rode south
twenty-five miles TO Walkers
. ranch. They were without hats
and gloves. which they had
left in the dining room Of the hotel at
Menden. They told the renchmen at
Walkers ranch that they hsd Loaf their
4 hats while racing, sn1 they asked for
{, new ones which were given them. They
then resumed their fight into Kansas.
and no doubt expect 20 reach the hills.
1t is said that the names of The fugitiVes
are Mart, Coleman, a Mexican, and Dick
Belmont. Every effort is being made to
10 capture them, but up to last accounts the
le pursuers we're sIill hunting than. The
E' sheritfs OF all southwest counties were
eE promptly notified, and have started Ou'
II with pursuing parties. The authoritiel
90 il Kansas have been notified, anC
40 accurate descriptions of the 6esperadoe
'st have been sent to the western country
Governor Nance offers q reward Of 500
each, all the state law allows. but Hitch
cock, Dundy, Keerney and other Ceuntie
will offer larger rewards. The two hors
ds thieves who were arrested are ct Hast
he ings, and who were outside the hotel 8
nd Menden when tie shooting occurred
an claim that they were merely hired b.
MS the two others to drive the herd Ofsto!e
nd ponies, and that upon hearing the shoot
ess ing inside and learning the result the
Der fed out of fear. They disclAim all col
en-. neetion with the murder, and aleo den
ted that they were horse thieves. Tt
ets horse thieves had stolen large numb
of ponies, and had sold some and ST
had twenty. swo left. It is feared tn
the murderers will escape. II cornere
however, they will not be taken alig
The remains Of Sheriff Woods w
buried at Lincoln.