Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-24
FLEEING WESTWARD.
BssassIns Of Sheriff Burns No Longer
10 tho Blue Mountain Country,
WERE IN DEsEREr LAST WEEK.
That Is the Last Report Concerning
the Meanderings Of the Murder
er,, aud Is said 10 be Correct.

And now the news reaches this city
that IIoiIorI AMI Nickel, the youthful
mur1erors Of Sheriff Burns, Of saupeie
county, have made their escape from
the rocky Businesses anu cul dc sacs Of
the Blue aui other mountains In
southoastsrn Utah ana are fugitivos
from Justice In the western part Of the
Territory, fleeing towards tho coast
with view to cvaietn officers OF the
law who have followed their trails like
bloodhuunds Tor months ia order that
they might be apprehendod and made
to Answer Tor the cowardly part they
played In one of the most shocking
tragedies IN the annals 0f local urimg.
Wild nud cventiul ~ the career o.
the boys may have been before they
shed the blood and took the life Of o.
brave an officer as the country could
produce, II has been infinitely more
ohequcrod and interesting since. IL
has been one uubf0ken Painful period
W IAANAANNAN NlANANNf NNANAAhk hAA
attempt 10 escape. In the rocks, eau
yonH anu deserts Of the frontier,
wounded And desperate they success
iully kept out of the clutches Of the
men vino UeTe hunting them down
partly for the price that had been
placed on their heads ana parity out Oi
duty 10 their Office.
But KOtiord and Nickel, IL IL now
aaid, hal got far enough into tne
mountains 10 ascertain tnat there was
no hope for escape TO the southeast be-
fore tie spring time, and ~ the ave-
MUGS for getting out VI their hiding
place by that time would be complete.
~ covered, they resolved 10 come back
this way. In order 10 10 thst without
detection and consequent appfohen'
sion they were required 10 execute the
cleyefcet move they had made since
the murder, ~ most VI the trails OF
ingress ana egfess 10 that region were
supposed TO be watched.
II the story which now comes from
Deseret Ia correct tho move was most
successfully made but not without a..
distance from friends. IL Ia n we'll
known fact that the fugitlves have hau
frends and sympathizers In numbers
that were neither uncomfortable nor
Insignificant Notwithstanding the
gravity OF their ofieuse.
Ex-Counoilman Folland, who has
just returned TO this city TO spend the
holidays from Desefet wnere he has
been on business for several weeks
past declares that KOilord anu Nickel
passed through that place last week.
This statement, said Mr.. Folland, was
not founded on rumor or hearsay In
formation but was an actual fact.
They were being driven westward In
farm wagon. They were kept con-
coaled In the bed Of the vehicle with
mattress under them and quilts over
them. The fact became known, Il
seems, through some young man who
knew tho boys and gave them away 10
tho ofiicers ON being promised half Of
The reward In case they were captured
The officers, as soon ~ they got this
clue, started In pursuit being nearly
two days behind Koflord and Nickel,
who were headed towards the Drum And
Dugway mountains from where, Gays
the young man, they expect TO resume
their journey farther west as soon M
p saibls. While there are many ex-
cellent plAoesin that section Of country
10 "lAy low" this time OF the year It
also aiords, perhaps, more opportuni-
ties for getting away than any other
art Of the Territory anu that IL given
% the reason why tits sought in prefer.
tnce TO all other.
Both OF the outlaws are said TO be
better armed ami equipped now than
htany time since the murder and they
are In no mood 10 surrender except
under the most BAugulnary circum.
stances. The fact that the officers
have abandoned southeastern Utah To
"oome home aud spend tho holidays"
and the further fact that they lmmeii-
ately lett their homes again IN sAnpets
ana Utah counties Ia accepted as a uol-
hfmation OF the story that the boys
slipped from tholr hiding place on this
siue when they were least expected 10
$40.
OFFICERS RETURN FROM NEVADA.
In this connection the News Provo
correspondent writes as follows under
date Of today:
Deputy MArshhl Fowler and Sher-
lhs Brown and Beluap have returned
ifom trip 10 White Pine, Nevada.
They had Information which lead
them 10 believe that kOnotd ana
Nickel, the muTdrroTs OF SheTin
Burns, might be Ia that county; bat
upon investigation the officers found
that the tugiIiyes we're not ami had not
been there.
The officers in speaking Of the
ohancts Of capturing kOllOId
ana Nickel say that there 10 u
strong feeling In the San Raphael
country Ia favor VI the oullRwt.
Several Of their friends aud especially
their relatives do not hesitate 20 eX-
press iheir approval Of the murderous
act u the fugitiyes, aud that class OF
people are making every effort 10 shield
the mutdereta anu tnWArt the officers
In their attempts 10 arfest them, and
they are constantly eudeRvefing TO
lead the officers Oh on false trails. This
feeling, Iaken In connection win the
character OF tie men VINO entertain
aud express IL, has tguueuoy 10 pre-
vent othemi who are law Abiding, anu
ueairous Ui seeing tho murlorers
brought 10 Justice, rom giving active
aid g. tue Officers. Al the next sitting
OF the grand jury some II the mOsl
active sympgthIzyis viii stand gopu
chance OF being Indicted, as the iilc.t
are bound u MAKE every possible ,tlyu
~ capture tue men.