The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-11
door of the cabin and point his gun at
The First Shot.

Taylor.
The First Shot.
| calverly is an unusually rapid
shooter and he Immediately raised his
gun ana took shot at the person in
the door. who seemed to be taking
careful aim. 1t Was the first shot fired
s ana IL probably saved Taylor's life.
Inc puIiet passed just in front of the
peIsoh in the doorway, striking the
1ooc post. He Immediately jumped
oack and slammed the door.
An instant later, Dawes, who must
nave seen the boys, rush back past the
WIDOW and called out,
they're in there, Bob. / seen
them"
This gave Dawes position to the
outlaws and in a few moments they
. ncsa9 shooting out of the window.
Taylor says there were two separate
streams of fire, one little lower than
another, while Calverly could see two
separate clouds of smoke come up
over the house. Both believe that the
two boys were shooting as hard as
they could. After shooting for some
time they saw Dawes lall from his
kneeling position, heard a groan and
then saw him lift his leg and let it fall
Shot Too Low.
While Dawes had been doing battle
in this way he called out to Calverly,
Shoot little lower down, Bob
From this Calverly believed that
there was cellar to the house, and
that the boys were shooting from
under it, as it is raised up about three
or four inches on blocks His bullets
from that time went too low to have
any erect. Nevertheless he kept up a
steady fire.
killing of Stagg.
After killing Dawes the boys came
out of the window and began to shoot
at Calverly and Taylor They would
dodge out from the corner, fire a shot
and dodge back and the others would
shoot every time this thing was re-
peated. Soon this sort of practice evil
IDENTIFY became tiresOme and the bows
dld not dodge out. Calverly and Tay-
Tor, however, continued to watch the
house. They heard a shot from the
direction of Stage, but thought he had
hred 1t himself, until suddenly there
was a shot from the side and a, bullet
cut through Taylors collar This was
only about ten seconds after the shot
from Stages direction.
RMS shot seemed to unnerVe TAYLOR
He said he had never been in such a
position before and could not tell what
to do. He would run back and forth.
lodging, sometimes putting his gun nm
and not firing a shot. Calverly and
the boy on the ridge then EXCHANGED
about five shots, Calverly's last strik-
ing just in front of the fellow and maxi
ing him disappear at once Taylor
said,
You got him that time, Ed"
The Retreat.
The fellow did not appear on the
mil again. Coughlin has since said
that this shot came near killing him.
L struck his cartridge belt and glanced
on. This circumstance was the only
thing that saved his life.
- Calverly, by this time, had pulled
1dylof together again, and the TWO
started to back away slowly. keeping
their guns up and their eyes fixed on
the nil where they had seen the muir
derer. When they had backed to the
spring they ran for their wagon and
rode away.
Iribune's Innocent Interview.
Calverly completely denies the other
fish story told by Coughlin and printed
py the innocent reporter of the Trib-
une, about his having found Dawes
still alive and having washed out
MS mouth and heard his dying state
ment. He says Dawes died two min
US dAtS1 he WIS SnOt. More than
that, the position in which the body
lay, and all the signs indicated that
the only thing the outlaws had done /
was to turn him over and secure his |
gun and ammunition. The story that /
they stayed three hours is also ex-
ploded. They must have left the cabin
after the battle in or
Ter to have reached Squaw Flat by
Il o'clock. The posse afterwards rode /
he distance, going down hill the csher
way. and by hard travelling consumed
six hours.
1t is evident from the stories of
Calyerly Talyor COughlin and George
hat after firing several times from
he cabin at the two officers near the
point, COughlin determined TO execute
4 flank movement. He probably did
lot know that Stage was around as
he old man had not fired shot He
;rept around up the hill and on his
Tay he saw Stage. George says that
5tagg heard Coughlin on the hill
lbove him and turned around to look
when Coughlin shot The course of
he bullet indicates that Stage was
;hOt in this position, as it ranged
rom the left cheek bone down below
he right side Of the collar bone.