The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-30
CELEBRATED MKEE CASE.
Attorneys Fought It Out In Negligee
Attire

Provo, Aug. 29.-Judge Dusenberry re-
turned last evening from Vernal, where
he has been holding a protracted session
OF the district court. He was surrounded
infused some spirit into that burg Some
few s0cials and entertainments were pre-
pared by the good people of the Gown for
the benefit of the visitors
The judge related briefly and interest
ingly the story of the crime committed by
the Mckee brothers 1nere GIe tot..
these boys-Jim. George, Tom and joe
who have a widowed mother living QUO
there These boys are rough. active COW
bOys-fearless, and some say inclined TO
be quarreisome. A herd of bucks which
We're owned by a company, in charge of
two boys named Erickson and Hall, We're
driven into a canyon called the Mckee,
during some time in July.
Soon after supper their tent was APP
preached by three masked men. When
within q few feet Erickson said: On. /
know you boys; it's Jim and Tom" This
caused them to retreat a trffie, but they
gathered fresh courage and entered, Selz-
ing the boys, binding them and backing
them w to a tree where they We're Sc
curely tied and biindfoiued. IheT then
proceeded to drive away the bucks from
the side of the hill and took them for
some distance. where they began a whole
safe slaughter with an eX. Gwenty-three
were killed and others carried ugly
wounds.
The theory of the prosecution pas that
one of the Mckee brothers held the
horses while the other fhree did the
work.
Erickson recognized them by their ap-
peafance and their voices. There was
some difficulty in assigning. a nl0tiN-e for
The crime. bat it appeared that it was the
result of an old feud, and the boys were
angry because OF the herd RaNlnA u1e4i
driven into this canyon, which they mad
fenced both at the head and mouth.
The judge felt that he had missed it
by not providing himself with a kodak 10
take some of the scenes presented to- his
view The cross firing between Judge
Rhodes. <. s. Varian, 5. RI Thurman and
D. .. Hontz furnished an entertainment
which kept the court room croWded-nen.
women and children occupying seats. 1t
was 4 room with low roof, the Judge 5
head reaching within three feet of the
ceiling, while the Thermometer registered
in the close neighborhood of %. This ne
oessitated the learned barristers taking
or their coats and vests and nghtinS 1t
Sut in white shirts and leather belts.
Two of the Mckee boys, Tom and Joe.
nave been given a postDonement of their
case; the others. Jim and George. having
been convicted. as already reported, and
notice of aDDeal been given
AMERICAN FORK BOYS ARRESTED.
Deputy Sheriff wilkins received a. mes
sage from American Fork this morning
stating that three young men of that
place had been placed under arrest for
taking horses not belonging TO them at
Geneva Friday evening and riding them
home. 1t seems that the boys had no
intent ion OF stealing the animals. but we're
intoxicated and decided to make for home
as quickly as possible The horses were
turned loose and afterwards found by the
officers.
TROUBLE OVER ASPHALTUM.
Word was received in Provo today that
certain persons at Price had sworn TO a
complaint charging st. V. Lesieur with
uniaWfutly taking a car OF asphaltum No
papers have as yet been served in Provo,
nor have they been received. Mr. LIE
Sieur is not worrying about the matter.
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cars which were shipped out of Price at a
time when IS was not definitely known
whether or not the asphaltum was located
upon The reservation. There was an at
tempt TO hold this particular car on which
the complaint seems to be based. but
what the circumstances are cannot be
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