Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-01
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Sis salt Lake Policemen were wi'hi"
IIIte-n fsot Of the Herss Thieves
BY far the most definite and authen'
tic information received up to eleven
O'Clock was that br ught by Detective
Sheets, Objects Roberts, Carey anu
Raleigh At which time they came
down out OF tho mountains Tor some
thing 10 eat and drink and 10 gel
little rest and slesr. This experience
OF tho Cilicera 10 hesi told In the lsn-
ruarc u Detective Sheets himself To
NEWS man he raid In substances
"when the news came that Cough
lin and George were headed this way
Dix OF us wsnt out 10 the Hot Springs
in the patrol wagon with tue purpose OF
making escape Ia this direction i'm.
possible ~ We could. We rpsut the
night about half mile north OF Beck's
until u quarter 10 four o'clock tnls
morning. Al that hour there were q
great many vegetable wagons coming
toward salt Lake, In une clump Of thio,
or four wagons soon after wo started
north we noticed couple Of horse
men. IL being quite dark We did no!
sto them until WI were very close.
This was about half mile north VI
KinHey's dog farm. The horaemon
were on tha west siJo Of the vegetable
wagons apparently riding along with
them. We were on the east, anu as We
rot directly opposite, three vi us, my.
.rl, raleigh and JAnney recognized
,hs RIDERS M being Cuughlin and
usoTgy."
"DEAD SURE UF H."
"it ha. been suggested" said the
NEWS man, "tnht perhaps there ~ a
possibility Of your having been mia
| taken; that the two men In question
were decoy friends Of Couziilin aud
! George engaged In little game n
| throw tho officers OF tho track while
| thoy got out OF the country"
! "Just tell tie mAn VINO says that thai
he 10 cfszy,D said Sheets with empA.
sized assurance. al know both Of them
~ well RA | kuUv anybody, and ~ dg
Jannry aud Raleigh. They we're
| George and Cougniin and no mistake
about II. / am dead sure OF that"
ResuminR tbs thread Of his Ctory
! Sheets aaiu, "rhe bOya recognized u,
Just ~ quickly ~ We did them. Like
flash they dropped under the c0Vel
that was Hnordtd by the body VI the
driver VI the vegetable wagon thai
separated us. They mad their Win
chesteTs thrown across their sAddlei
] pointed toward ". Ralelgh raised
with Eis anu we Immediately 't,rtet
to turn about In the patrol wagon
While we were doing 70 they pu
spuIs 10 their h9Tsts and dashed uowt
tue road NJ fast As tbs animals cUulC
follow. We gave chase buI were out
disiRnced."
TOOK TO the MOUNTAINS.
"when we got back as far as Kin
nsy's ranch they turned of the Toal
and took TO tue mounialns, w,
couldn't follow them nv they were OF
horses, and from that point we were OF
foot. We Immediately sent TO tow
for six horses but only got two. hut o
daylight all six OF us stsrted Out OF
loot. Later Captain Donovan ant
| Jenney mounted the two horses tina
were sent to Ne and followed th,
tIHil OF tho outlaws Raleigh, Roberts
Carey anu myself continued on aiOo
but were soon lett behind. AZ the sui
got higher We g0t more tired an
thirsty ana II wan mighty hard wofI
following the trail, especially when
Ia understood that some ot us hRy,
been out for thirty hours"
THEIR HORSES WERE TIRED.
Sheets further says that their horse
were very tired. A'tef leaving KIN
nry'. Jog farm Coughlin AMI GsOrg
pushed on directly past Mayer Bsskin'
ranch nud continued on towards CIT,
CTeuk canyon through the mountains
HEARD SEVERAL. SHOTS,
"hbout o O'Clock, +" continued Sheet.
two heard IoyeTAl shots ilTed sbove "a
by Donovan mud Janney, We tris,
10 get up there hut We were neirl,
choEed aud couldn't do II. The shoot
ing seemed to be somewhere near til
divide between CITY Creek ami Baum
tliul. What IL meant / don't know
We would been mighty glad to get U
there but couldn't 80 1t aud so cam
back 20 got sOfaelhiui 10 sAt aud drin
aud iow hourP sleep preparatory {
going back again"
HAD TlIRER RIFLES.
The salt Lake officers say that tn
white men wore white slouoh hats an
that they were in their shirt sleeve
and leather 'Bchgps" and. that they La
three Winchester ritleS but had no re-
yOlyers. They ltisJ 70 trade one OF lh
rifles otf Tor revolver TO one VI ia
young mun driving vegetable wogO
that IL, told him they would like (
do nc. When asked rs to where the
hailed from, COughlin said they cam
irom POcAIoll0 and that they were OIL
their way 10 Southern Utah.
sHor DOu Al YOUTHFUL.