The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-01
CAPTURE OF A HORsETHIEF.
How Charley JOhnso OF Price,
Earned a Reward.

On Thursday last a man rode lnto
tie little town of Price, on the u. q II
G. and reported that on the day pre-
yious horse had been stolen from his
camp. about thirty-fve miles southeast
of there. The owner of the animal was
one of a party who were on their way to
Portland. Oregon, and seemed very
anxious to recover his stolen property,
so anxious indeed that he offered
reward of $50 for the capture of the
thief and the morse. Our correspond
ent &c. H." says that at the mention OF
the reward, Charley Johnson, a farmer
and a man of very quiet disposition
was noticed to open his eyes consider
ably wider than usual, and those who
were best acquainted with him
knew that something was about
to occur. After a moments consid.
Grafton, johnson turned to the stranger
and said: 81 guess I'll take your $3.50. ="
The owner intimated that he Woud be
only too glad to hand over gold to
that amount. providing the horse and
thief were brought into camp. John
son accepted the offer, and armed with
the proper authority, was soon astrlde
his trusty nag, and in keen pursuit in
the direction in which it was supposed
the lover of other peoples horses had
gone. Contrary to the general custom
Of people engaged in such hazardous
undertaking, j Johnson rode all unarmed
and he rode al alone" and save for the
smile of satisfaction which was seen 10
oyerspread his countenance, one would
never have imagined that he was doing
other than taking constitutional spin.
But Johnson is a man Of great physical
strength, and is more than a
match for the average man and
a club combined. The pursuer tracked
his man through Huntington, Castle
Dale and Ferron, and soon discovered
that the party he desired to interview
was but a short distance in advance.
He arrived at place called Muddy,
about seventy miles from Price, at .
o'clock in he morning, and discovered
the horse in question tied to a corral
fence. Taking the saddle from his own
faded animal, he laid down to rest, and
In few moments discovered a man
asleep, wrapped up in some quilts
About daybreaK on Friday morning,
the man in quilts concluded that he had
probably enough sleep, and arose and
made preparations to move on. But
suddenly from short distance away
came the loud command, Arms up,
Young man !" and notwithstand-
ing the fact that the thief was
heavily armed, he obeyed the
command so quickly as to aim )st
a tonish even Johnson himself. Johi :
son intimated to the thief that possibly
it might be a good idea for them to re-
turn to Price, as he understood Judge
Mcintyre was very anxious to see him
in regard to some matters that would
not brook delay.
Between Muddy and Ferron Greek,
the prisoner snatched rom Johnson Il c
pistol, which the latter had taken from
him, and attempted to escape. The
officer was too quick for his man, how
ever, and took the weapon away from
him, though not before it had teen dis
charged, the bullet passing harmlessly
through the air. Nothing happened
/ to mar the pleasure" of the rest of the
! tourney, however, and the two men al
rived at Price on Sunday afternoon.
! On Tuesday, at am. the prisoner
who gave the name of George Wright
was arralgned before Judge Mcintyre
and pleaded guilty TO the two charge,
preferred-grand larceny and resisting
/ an officer. Wright was placed undo
! 81 900 bonds to await the action of tn,
Grand Jury of the FIrst' District a
Provo. G. H.