The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-08-09

Courhlin asked 10 they were sheriff.,
and. finding that they were not, wanted
60 know whether hcwus safe with them.
Upon their assurance that dee va. safe
he sAid that 1t WIS the fret opportunity
he had had to surrender. ON other
occasion. be- said the officers had az.
preached them and comneuyed shooting
without any warning whatever. In the
little los cabin at Wah.atch, the first
warning lac mad Of the presence Of the
officers vas when the latter hegan shoot.
ing. The same was the case in City
creek canyon. lie aud George had been
afraid To come out in the open at either
place for iesr they would h. shot
through.
Coughlin said TO the men that be- was
YER, SONY that siagg was shot. When
they had handcufIed Coughliu, the of
iicer. left him In charge u sandbcre and
started ont in search for George. While
they were away Coughlin told Sandberg
that he had made up his mind 10 sur
render d. soon az be- heard the officers
in the canyon, ani had voluntarily
brosen the stock Of hi- gun with tina, In
view, hut he had not had chance to
surrender until the time when the OH.
scr, fret saw him emerge from the
brush.
GEORGE syRRlNpEgs.
sheriff Mcclellan, with a posse Of
eight men from roocle, joined the
Gran,syillc forces about this lime.
McHellar told Coughlin that Il he
wonld locate HE partner and get him
to come out Of the brush they would
not shoot HIM, but that II George did
not surrender they would pop him full
OF holes.
Coughlin went down with McKoliarto
where the other officers were and called
to George several times, but he did not
answer. Finally the officers surrounded
him, ~ they had surrounded Cougtlin
That seemed to do the business. The
lad came out and surrendered. lie
claimed that lac had not heard Cough.
lin call TO him. The place where he
surrendered was above 800 yards from
where Coughlin had given himself up.
George was haudcufIed, and the com.
mand was given TO drive ON down the
CANYON. The posse had gone buta short
distance when they met the buggics Of
sheriff Harrington and salt Lake officers
and the prisoners were given into their
charge. The canyon was left at II
o'clock. Granisyille was reached fifteen
minute. before noon.
couGnlIS's STORY.
In his interview with the salt lake
reporters, Coughlin showed a spirit Of
deprayity and boastfulness that was
disgusting, and seemed To consider the
awful crimes which he has committed
a. a huge joke, lie says he did all the
shooting that George did the loading,
Georgeis very reticont, and seems to
realize the enormity Of the crimes COM
mtted.
Coughlin's version OF the shooting At
Wahsa,ch is in substance as follows,
given 10 Tribune reporters
1--WE were asleep in the cabin when
they commenced shooting ON rs. Why
didn't they come up and ask us to sur.
render? But they didn't. They just
commenced sending the volleys into
the shanty. The bullets whizzed round
our heads aud the Kid said We were gone
now, sure. But told. him we must
light for our lives, So We started In.
! did the shooting, and the Kid did the
loading. when we came out Of the
cabin the two fellows who were not shot
ran like deer for their wagon and made
Of Then | walked towards Dawes,
who was lying on the ground, The old
man was alive. lie reached for his gun
which was a couple Of feet from him,
but told him not TO raise / or I'd fire.
Then he let III go and went up to him.
He was shot through the lungs, and
there was blood in his mouth. got
some water and washed cut his mouth
and gave him a drink.
"Ile said he was sorry they had
fred on the abin, They said they
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