Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01

IEPHoIAI By TElBeRAPH TO THs REcoRD-UEoE.I
SALT LAKE. January 31st.-Sheriff Turner,
of Provo, who had charge of the party which
captured the Central Pacific train robbers,
gives the following statement to-day: On
Friday, Mr.. Thacker, detective officer of
Wells, Fargo l. Co., and myself met at Provo
on the 4:30 P. NJ. train, en- route fer Deseret.
We there Joined Sheriff John Gillespie, of
Tooele county, who had been lying there
four days. We held consultation, having
| already learned that the robbers were
| camped in the mountain about fifty
miles to the northwest Of Deseret, in
Millard county, Utah. On Saturday morn
! ing we called upon Joseph s. Black, of
Deseret. to know if ne could furnish us with
a baggage wagon and saddle horseF, which he
did. TRacker telegrsphed Dooley, of Salt
/ telegraphed for Deputy Sheriff Fowler, of
Utah county, to join us at Deseret, and at
80 Sunday morning we started. Al 4:30
| Sunday afternoon, as we were riding across,
the hills for the purpose of ascertsining the
direct ro1te to
THE sTocKADE OF THE ROBBERS,
Located in Antelope mountain, we discovered
two men, armed and mounted, making in the
direction of the stockade. At breakfast on
Sunday morning the party had elected me
commander of the company, and being in tie
lead, on making the discovery beckoned
to the balance of my party in the rear.
They came up immediately. We hitched
our horses, and left two OF the party as
a guard to the animals. We went on foot in
the pursuit of the men we had sighted, and
going to the brow of the hill in front Of us,
about 500 or 600 feet high and distance of
$50 to 175 yards, we obtained full view of
them. ordered them to halt ard throw up
their hands, at the same time commanding
them to surrender as my prisoners. OrmuE
Nay jumped from his horse, shielded himself
behind the animal and fred pistol shot.
Frank Hawley, tie other bandit who was a
little to the rear and further NORTH and in
about the canter of a narrow gulch. also
| jumped from his horse and covered himself
with his animal. Then we
OPENED FIRE ON THEM.
The first volley shot Hawley's horse
through the jaw. The other horse fell i'm.
mediately afterwards on his left side, and
landed on a Winchester gun which hung
| on the side of the saddle Firing was still
continued by both parties, the bullets cutting
| the cedar boughs over our heads. One bullet
passed near the heads of Wise Cropper and
| Thomas Fowler, and one passed between
| Thacker and myself, while we were standing
about six feet apart About this time Nay
thrsw up his hands and apparently surren-
dered, and the firing ceased. Hawley ran to
the opposite side OF the hollow and laid in a
small Iavine. We then fired several shots in
the direction of the ambuscade where he lay.
Nay then fred another shot, but seeing that
resistance was useless he notified US that he
was badly wounded, aud was willing to sur
render. He also notified us that Hawley was
shot and wounded. called to Nay to
tel Hawley to lay down his arms
He said he was SO badly wounded
that he could not get to him :;
but 1 told him he had to do il, and he start
ed in the direction of Hawley. He got half
way to him, and we saw Hawley throw bis
gun away. We advanced towards them, and
on reaching them found Hawley shot through
the leg. We also found that Nay was shot
in the right shoulder, and also received flesh
wound through the leg. We picked them up
srd gathered all the saddle blankets We had
in camp for bed. Our baggage wagon was
seven miles away, over rough country, but
we Immediately sent Black for the wagon,
and he returned about o'clock that evening
We splintered Hawley leg, and rendered all
possible assistance to the wounded men,
aud having put them in wagon
we sent them back with Black,
George Boyd snd Joseph Smith to Deseret.
Having no provisions for ourselves or ami.
mails, and learning of the camp of the two
Smith boys at Fish Springs we proceeded
thither, and the boys furnished us with oats
for our horses and something for ourselves to
eat. This place was two miles to the north
OF the scene of the capture, and across
rough country. We built camp fire, and at
2:30 Monday morning had our horses sadGled
in readiness to march on to the stockade.
| ARRIVAL OF REINFoRcEMENTs.
At 8 o'clock Captain Deal, Sheriff Brown
and Deputy Sheriff Polk and party were
seen riding in the Objection of our camp fire
at distance of 200 yards. I immediately
stepped out and notified them that 1 was
Sheriff Turner. Sheriff Brown Recognized
my voice, and joined our party. These gem
tlemen were all on their way to the point TO
which we were going. After consulta.
tion, I told the party that we had
de1ided upon plans, which i made
them acquainted with, and these plans
were adopted for future operations, the two
parties to go together. / had already pro.
cured guide, and the entire party proceeded
to the stocksde. At daylight Monday morn
ing our guide took note to the stockade, nc.
tifyiDg the robbers that their hiding-plsce
was surrounded, but thst the officers did not
intend TO hurt them if they would surrender
| peaceably. The note was written by us after
the two wounded men had begged of us not
to hurt the men up il the stockade, and the
note begged of the men to surrender, as they
were surrounded, and recited the fact that
Nay and Hawley were wounded. The two
men signed the note. | sent two Of my men
to a position in view of the blockade, and
Sheriff Brown and Deputy Sheriff Polk also
took up positions in view OF the rendezvous.
After they had been gone in the cabin from
five to ten minutes, Yes Earl, one of the rob.
bers, came out of the retreat and started up
the canyon on foot. He got some
three rods from the house. when Deputy
Sheriff Brown called or him to halt and
come back. As he came back opposite the
door, Frank FranciE, one of the robbers, and
Ras Anderson, another of the crew. also
came out, and Sheriff Brown told them all to
pass down the canyon, which they did till they
got opposite where our party was situated.
| Telling them to halt, we walked down to
them, and and Sheriff Brown searched the
house and men. Their arms had all been left
in the house, and the men had no weapons
about them.
| FURTHER fACT5.
1t is understood here that the pursuing
parties had instructions that if they could not
dislodge the robbers with guns, to throw e:.
ant powder into their fortifcatiop, which was
admirably situated for defense, with strong
stone walls and loopholes through which to
fire. Frank Francis and Frank Hawley con.
fessed to-day that they were engaged in nu-
merous robberies in Idaho last summer with
Jack King and Bill Adams, now in jail at
Malad, Idaho. Hawley is desperate char
acter, and appears to be the leader of the
gang. In speaking of the attack on the Gen.
trail Pacific train to-day he said that go
far as Ross was concerned it would
have been but matter of time for them to
have burned him out If he had been on the
inside in Ross place he could have stood off
fifty men. He bad stood off as many before,
and if he had had two more as good as him.
self in the fort in the mountains when the
posse surrounded it, there would have been
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