The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-02
PURSUIT AND FLIGHT.
DesperadOe~ Cornered on Hat
shaped Rock and scared.


Shaped Rock and Scared.
The pursuit was taken up al the
Hot Springs end of the line as soon
as the horses were secured. Captain
Donovan and Officer Janney knew they
were on a very risky business when
they We're out even handed against
couple u desperate men who might
ambush them and who would in all
cases have the choice of position
Captain Donovan relied on d belief
that his urgent request for a number
of men in City Creek canyon to stop
retreat in that direction, had been
coAplied with. and thus believed he
wbuld be reinforced at d critical
moment.
Under these circumstances the pur-
suit was pushed. The two police Off
GERS took up the trail from the point
where it had been made by the men
seen on the mountain and followed it
clear through. Men from Davis cOun-
~ also mounted and started off on
Their own hook into the mountains,
hoping TO catch the thieves.
\ Rocky Road.
The trail was hard one to follow
The men evidently knew that they
would be followed by their tracks and
they made things as hard as possible
for those who were following. They
would go along in the sandy rock for a
few minutes and then suddenly branch
off and double in the thick forests of
Scrub oak until they had doI every
thing in their power TO dull the trail.
ThAy went up and down ravines,
across and reacroSs gullies, winding
hither and thither until the four miles
as the crow flies became almost ten
and the work for the officers was
:. weary.
O. As the two officers neared City Creek
canyon on the trail and We're coming
out of the gully they saw two mounted
men in advance OF them, riding lis
their direction. True 10 the orders to
shoot first and call Halt afterwards.
- officers raised their guns and drew
sNSead. The other party made no
demonstration and Donovan and Jan
Bey had the satisfaction of greeting
friends instead of foes. They had been
reinforced by Mounted Officers Shan
non and Q =. Pratt, who had been
into the canyon the night before, and
were doing a little prospecting on their
own account.
The meeting was on the side of one
OF the steepest and highest hog backs
of the whole range. II is about seven
miles up the canyon and juts out
sharply and prominently into the cam
yon. Up the slope of this, though in
a devious way, the trail led them. O.
I. Pratt was in the lead barking the
trail and the others were following ?
f9W feet behind Soon the helmet Of
Platt md his uniform came to the top
of the ridge. His eyes were fastened
on the trail and the others We're not
up high enough to see the surround
ings.
officer Pratt Has Il Close Call.
Suddenly the ZIP and hum of bull
let was heard as it whizzed about a
foot from Pratt's head ana over the
heads OF the others. The ~fiicer looked
up in surprise. There. s. qfral hun
Dire: yards in front of him%en a rocky,
hat-shaped mound, quite Z distance
above him, were the two young men.
who had thus cordially greeted him.
In an instant the other officers had ap-
peared in sight and all four were soon
down from nheir horses taking posi-
lions for a fight
The outlaws had much the best of
the situation. Their post was a par
Iicu&rly advantageous enc. The rock
WaSfso situated and so broken that the
$50 men could command the whole
Situation. There was no chance for
UP On them, as the sides of
.-<S mountain were barren. They
gid be protected and shoot either
Nay. They could also see all of the
city and all of the surrounding country
for miles. They had evidently vyatched
the approach of the officers ana opened
upon them when they thought the time
was ripe.
Heavy FusiIadc.
The officers were in for battle
Now they had the outlaws placed they
were determined to make an attempt
10 drive them out, hoping their shots
would draw help from the other side
of the mountain and so result in hem
ming the men in.
For some time there was an interest
ing fusilade. The outlaws We're shoot
ing from their rock castle and the Off
GERS from behind their horses. No
damage was done to either side, but
the hunted men evidently thought
things were becoming too warm for
them and that their ammunition
would not hold out long enough to al
low them ID whip their pursuers
Therefore they sprang from the rocks
and ran toward their horses a few
rods off. firing as they ran One of
The fellows reached his horse and
started to fire over its back.
4 Horse Shot.
Just as ne was about to shoot. how
ever The guns Of the other size spoke
and the horse was pierced through the
backI beneath the spine, the ball COM
inegOut of the other side very close to
4he man. Shannon claims the credit
of the shot and it is generally conced-
ed TO him, though Pratt has some
claim upon ii.
This was effective. The blood from
the wound evidently spurted in the
face of the youngster, and taking his
saddle and blankets he made a break
down TIE mountain side for tail tim
her. his companion following his ex-
annie. 4 few feet further on the sad
dies were dropped and shortly after
the blankets were dropped as being
TOO heavy.
On Hands and Knees.
This was the last seen of the desper-
ate Youngsters The Officers were
ratfaGr suspicious of the movement,
siSs51[sng 1t rEse to draw them to the
ea&the mountain where they would