The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
BOARDING BANDITS.
THE PIRATES OF THE PRNRIEs,
How ,h, C.ntrll PAelns RoSSSr. W,rs Ruu to the
Elrth--A Desperate EstOuAtsr with Year.
less GluE-Ths cOnis.IIOH OrTWO Ofths
WorthI,S - COrusrsd 1t Last.

SALT LAKE CrTT, February 2.-Sherih
Turner, OF Provo City, who had charge Of
the party which captured the Central Pac.
iilc train robbers yesterday, made the fol-
lOwine statement: :-"On Friday Mr..
Thackcr, a detective officer Of Wells, Fargo
4 Co., and myself met ut Provo City on
the $50 p. N. train EN- route for Deseret.
We there joined Sheriff Gillespie, oiTooelo
county, who had been waiting there four
days. We held Il consultation having al.
ready learned that the rObbeHwere camped
In the mountains about fifty miles to the
northwest Of Deseret, in MRllard county,
Utah. On Saturday morning We called
upon joseph S. Black, Of Deseret, to know
II be could furnish US with baggage wagon
and saddle horses, which he did, TlIaCker
then iclegraphtd DOoley, Of Salt Lake,
for long raugt guns and Held glass, and
Deputy Sheriff Fowler, Of utAh, was tele'
graphed to join us ut Deseret. At thRltpast
one o'clock On Sunday morning We started,
and at half past four that afternoon, ~ we
we're riding across the hills for the pur.
pose Of ascertaining direct route TO the
stockade OF the robbers, which WAS located
at Antelope Mountain, We discovered two
men armed aud mounted, making in the
direction OF the stockade. AT breakfast on
Saturday morning the party had elected
me commander Ol the company, and being
in the lead. on discovering the men
bcckOued TO the remainder Of my
party in tic rear and they came up
Immediately. WO litChed our horses and
left two Of the party us guard to the uni.
mails We then started on foot in pursuit
Of the men VT had sighted, and going to
the brow Of the hill in front ol US, about
iiye hundred or six hundred feet high aud
d distance OF from one hundred and fifty
to one hundred and seventy.llVe yards, We
obtained full view Of them.
ORDERED TU HALT.
IL ordered them to hat and throw up
their hands, at the same tme claiming
them US my prisoners. ormus Nay jump
ud from his horse. and shielding himself
behind the animal fired pistol shot.
Frank HAwley, the other bandit, who WAS
Il little 10 the rear aud further
north aud about the centre Of a narrow
gucI, also jumped from his horse. lie
covered himself with his animal. Then
We opened fire on them. The first yolley
shot Hawley's horse through the jaw. The
other horse fell Immediately AiterwArd on
Ills left side and landed on Winchester
rifle which hung on side side Of the
saddle. The firing WAS continued by both
sides. The bullets cut the cedar bOughs
over our heads. One bullet passed near
the heads Of Wise, Croppcr and Thomas
Fowler. Another bullet passed between
ThaCker and myself while We were standing
about six feet apart. About this time Nay
threw up his hands and apparently sur.
rendered, and the firing ceased. Hawley
run to the opposite side OF the hollow and
laid in small ravine. We fired several
shots in the direction Of the rayiue where
he LAY. Nay then fired another shot, but,
seeing that resistance wns useless, he mott.
liet! us that lle was wounded aud willing 10
surrender. llG also said that llawley was
wounded. called 10 Nay TO
tell lIawlCy 10 lay down his arms.
Nay said he was SO badly wounded
that he could not get 10 him, but told
him that he had TO do 30, and he started
in the direction OF llawley. He got half
way to him, and We saw llawley throw
his gun away. We then advanced, and Oh
reaching the robbers found ilAwley shot
through the ley. We also found that Nay
had been shot in the right shoulder and
had also received a flesh wound in the
leg. We picked the men up aud gathered
the saddle blankets VIZ had 10 camp. Our
baggage wagon wAg seven miles away, |
over u rough country. We Immediately
sent lIlAck for the wagon, and he returned
at v O'Clock that evening. We spliuted
llawley's ley, and rendered all possible az
sistAnce TO the wounded men, and, having
put them in wagon, we sent them back
with Black GeORe Boyd and Joseph
Smith to DeseTct. Having no provisions
for ourselves or The arrivals, and learning
Uf the camp OF the two Smith boys at Fish
Springs, wO proceeded there, and the boys
furnished US with oats for our horses and
something for ourselves to cut. This place
wastwO miles to the north Of the scene OF
the capture and across II rough country.
Here we built our camp tire, and at half.
past two o'clock on Monday morning we
had our hOBcs saddled aud ready TO march
on the stOCkade.