The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-05

Inc situation IN regard 20 the two
young outlaws, Coughlin and George
is still greatly mixed.
The officers are scarcely able to say
anything definite, on account of the
many misleading rumors that are
abroad in the county
There is one important question,
however. that must be solved It is.
Have the murderers escaped from
this county and taken refuge with the
Fsnstermaker gang in Tooele county?"
There are certainly appearances
which would indicate that they have,
despite the indications which have
led the sheriff to make his search for
them in the vicinity of Murray.
Saturday night two saddle horses
were taken from Murray, where they
were tied in front OF d store, having
been brought there by two young
man from Taylorsville. who were
bent on having a good time. They
hunted around for their horses and in
the morning said they found tracks
which would indicate that the thieves
had gone west. Investigation 10y the
officers convinced them that the
thieves were the two murderers. but
the doubt was on the point as to
whether the horses were being kept
IN Nome friendly barn or whether the
boys had made their way out of the
county.
The first information on this point
Jeanne late in the afternoon, when d
! man claiming to be the foreman of the
,,,fu oe tho picLVi1Ia NTfI,i1o aor,Dan1y
in Milton precinct, about ten miles
west of Garfield beach, came TO the
police station and reported that men
answering the description of the muir
- serS had been seen in that vicinity.
Unfortunately the mans name was
mot taken at the police station Or
sheriff'S office, 10 which he was re
ferred. However he seemed to he
eminently respectable.
At the sheriffS office he told the
story that Driver Davis, who works at
the mills, was working outside at 5
O'Clock yesterday morning, when TWO
young men on horseback approached
along the road. One was riding
few rods back of the other. Both
carried guns and had plenty of
ammunition. His description of them,
as he saw them in the moonlight, was
very like the boys. They asked the
way to Grantsville. and when told
rhode off Immediately.
tAn attempt was made to telephone
from Garfield to Grantsvllle, in order
to put the sheriff and others on their
guard but as the store is not open
on Sundays the attempt proved futile.
Therefore the foreman boarded the
train and came in to report the Oc
currence to the local force. The
sheriff could rot hope to catch the
men ii they had gone that far out
into the ToCele country and there
fore no men were sent in that direc-
ton. the only hope being that Sheriff
McKeller would catch the boys if it
should prove to be them.
A Herald courier, who arrived last
evening from Z T City says there is
no doubt that the boys passed
through there shortly after , o'clock
Yesterday morning. They were riding
at a good pace.
II IS not at all improbable that it
VA be found the boys went west
ami have made good their escape.
Ever since they made their dash to-
fUard the city it has been believed by
,, great many that TOoele col 7ty was
Ssheir destination. Coughlsn served
Sa term with Fenstermaker in the
4penitentiary and knows him well.
He knows that a refuge IS to ne
found out in the wild country, where
a good gang alreduy hOuIlSneS-
The BOYS passed through z t City
early in the morning and no doubt they
are now safely among their friends.
The ranch OF old man Abe Fenster-
maker is about eight miles from
Grantsville. which is about twenty
two miles from Garfield beach. The
Fenstermakers do not engage in
farming. Their place is about seven
miles from nowhere. The only en-
trance 10 the ADe Fenstermaker
ranch is on a blind road and from it
there are several blind trails, leading
out towards the Perry Fenstermaker
ranch. which is almost on the Nevada
line. The Abe Fenstermal1er ranch could
have been reached by 8 o'clock at the
outside The boys would be re-
ceived at this with heartiness and
would be allowed to eat and rest I'M
theis. journey.
The Perry Fenstermaker ranch is
an ideal place for such desperadoes as
these. It is the headquarters for as
desperate a gang of cattle and horse
thieves as this d. = of the county has
ever. seen. The ranch house is situat-
ed in one revine and ever a hogback
one will succeed in crossing the Ne
va6a. line. The cabin is situated be-
tween two precipices and the only
vaN to get at IL is from above and
below along the gulch, the sides being
precipitous An army could be en-
gagged with impunity by few de-
termined men in there
TOO MUCH SYMPATHY.
Sheriff Hardy Believes the Murderers