The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-22
CUTE COWBOYS.
Give the Officers Some Lively
Work,

Work,
But are Finally Captured and
Jailed.
Special ccrrespon denee to TIE HER Id.
81. GEORGE, March Is, 1884
On the 10th day of this month in
formation came to the sheriff, A. 2.
Hardy, of this county, by A. F.
Macdonald, Jr., that Josh Sweat
and Will Stapley, two notorious
Ar IONA cowboys, and one Will
Bliss, OF this county, had been seen
on the 20 h Of February by him on
the western part Of the Canaan
ranch, near the Hurricane hill.
Macdonald, who was q Canaan EN-.
ployee, went at once to the ranch
house, distance Of about fifteen
miles, and sent one Gibson Hunt.
also an employee of the ranch. Hunt
was acquainted with some OF them,
and he was sent on that account to
see and learn what they were dO>
ing. as he approached the camp
he saw they were asleep. Hunt
rode within fifty yards, when he
said, "Now, I've got you," when
Sweat, alias Gilleon, sprang to his
gun, at the same time saying. "No
you amt, G. d. you" After they
saw who the party was, and being
Acquainted with him in Arizona,
they allowed him to enter their
camp. He stayed all night, being
invited by them. He stated to
them he was looking for a Canaan
horse. While in their camp he disc
covered a fresh hide and plenty of
fresh beef, but he saw they were
very suspicious of him, and gave
them to understand he would not
say anything about what he had
seen. He left the next morning and
returned to the ranch house, report
ing what he had seen. .a#
Upon his information, Eph. Mans
field, . Canaan employee, was sent
Immediate ly to st. George to notify
Sheriff Hardy and swear out war
rant for the arrest of Sweat and the
others. The warrant was immedi-
ateIy issued and placed in the hands
of e. G. DeFrieZ, deputy, who left
st. George with q posse of four men
at 10 o'clock that night On this
same date Macdonald and one John
Wood, in the absence Of Mansfield,
went to try and enter their camp
about IL o'clock, to investigate
them, but when within seventy
five yards, the cowboys stopped
them, and while two of them pre-
scented their guns the third one
(Sweat) ordered them to leave,
which they did in order to swear
out q warrant as members of the
company. While Mansfield was
away Parker, Sawyer and Turley
were left to keep the cowboys in
view until the warrant and posse
should come. These men saw Mac
donald and J. Wood driven off.
They fastened at once to help them,
when several opened fire at dis
lance Of about 400 yards, and about
ten shots were exchanged. The
cowboys were among the cedars and
the others on open ground. An at
tempt was made to hold them there
until the warrant came, but under
cover of darkness they escaped.
They were followed at daylight, and
went toward Virgin City. The
posse and warrant came In the night,
and sll started in pursuit next
morning. When near Virgin
City they found the seven
head. of horses, and took
them and also camp equipage.
The river being up they could not
cross until the next day, and Bliss
was arrested, while attempting to
cross, at II o'clock am The posse
followed tracks for two miles from
where Bliss was arrested and corr
rallied Sweat and Stapley at a bend
of the river in q patch of willows,
and he,dthem there until IL D. IN.
In the meantime q dispatch had
been sent for. the sheriff to come
Immediately as the. fret posse was
worn out. The sheriff arrived the
uOAt 0OAu lAkS .U0t AOAv Q0yukub
came it was discovered that the
cowboys had SWAN the river and
gone. Their tracks were followed
Immediately by the sheriff and
posse across the mountains and
couriefs were sent to sll the settle
ments around to look out for them,
but it wss afterwards discovered
they had walked to Toquerville,
taken horses ont Of the pasture
there and gone north. By a dis
patch from Kanarrs. the sheri1
learned they bad, passed through
there at a.m.-a distance of
twenty-five miles from Toquer-
making thirty.fve miles in ali they
had travelled that night. A posse
from Kanarra started in pursuit m
hour after. They followed them all
day andat sundown corraIled them
again eight miles north Of Iron
Springs, twenty.four miles from
Kanarra.
at IL O'Clock that night the sheriff
and posse arrived. They captured
the two horses stolen from Toquer-
vile, but the cowboys got away
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