Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-10
THREATENED TO SHOOT
Deputy Game Warden Rudy's Experience With
Trio Of Fishermen.
CAPTURED NEAR THE MOUTH OF JORDAN
Brouebt TO This City and Taken to the
County jail. whore Two of Them
Make Good Their Escape.

zone, two, three-get out Of that
boat. come to the bank and give your
selves up or I'll fill you full of shot"
Such was the threatening command
of Deputy Fish and Game warden
Frank II. Rudy to a couple of men
who were attempting to avoid arrest
near the mouth OF the Jordan yester-
day afternoon. 'rhe command was
earnestly emphasized by the leveling of
double barreled shotgun pointed di-
rectly at one of the fugitives who SIM
ply laughed and said. Blaze away"
well. III do IT," responded Rudy
and again he counted zone, two. three
and pulled the trigger. For some rea-
son the weapon was not discharged,
and as the sound of the click of the
falling hammer reached the men out
in the boat. a merry laugh went up
from one of the men who believed that
the officer was only "bluhlng." But
I'm not blufflng," said Rudy, land If
you fellows don't come ashore I'll
shoot. sure" The boatmen still
thought the officer would not dare TO
execute his threats and one of them
gave vent to a meio-dramatic. laugh OF
large proportions. Then Rudy pulled
down his gun again and again ne
counted three. and again he pulled the
trigger. This time there was an eN-
plosion and charge of duck shot was
buried in the water about u rod from
the boat.
Once more the laugh of melo-dramatic
defiance was heard and Warden Rudy
got exceedingly wroth, and as he re-
ceived reinforcements in the persons
of Willis IL. Rudy and John Vinegar
the men came ashore and gave them
selves up. Rudy says he knew he had
big job on his hands, and as he was
afraid his captives would escape he
kept them covered with u shotgun
while a seine which had been taker
from the boat was cut up and portions
of it tied tightly about their wrists.
The details that led up to the cap
ture are thus told by Mr.. Rudy: II wa;
going down the banks of the river
when 1 saw u horse and light wager
standing near by. on looking closer
found that three men were catching
fish with seine. Deputy Warder
Willis Rudy was with me and we i'm
mediately seized the horse and wagon
In the wagon We're some fish and {
shotgun. the one j used later to max,
the capture. When we took possession
of the rig one Of the men came ashore
and we promptly put him under ar
rest. The other two men started
down stream in their boa
at u lively rate. l left my brother be
hind to keep charge of the chap W
had arrested and to follow rle dow
the river bank in my pursuit of TIL
| others. l kept close to them all tn
time and commanded them to com
ashore, but they wouldn't do 1t not
withstanding / often threatened t
shoot When had chased them dow
stream about two miles l reached MI
1 Tom Winegars and got him to ROY
| me across the river where / woul
have the drop on them and where W
arrested them, tied them together wit
heavy seine Irvine and brought ther
to the city. arriving about o'clock.
On the way to this city Rudy rod
behind the wagon and steered 1t to tn
county Jail into which he ushered a
OF his prisoners. who gave their name
as ii. II. Edwards, $50 south. Wes
Temple street; Joseph Scott, rear II
Third East street, and Samuel !
Douglass, Ogden. The two last name
were the men who attempted to oscar
by rowing down the river. At III
county Jail some discussion arose as
receiving the prisoners, and during il
progress Douglass slipped out of tn
door and disappeared in twinklini
Rudy started in pursuit, but soon r,
turned empty-handed. Douglass Is
big fellow and has good deal of nerv
being the man who laughed in the far
of the officer and told him to bla;
away IL he dared When Rudy q
back to the county Jail. Sheriff Lew
refused to receive the prisoners. ina.
much as they had been arrested will
out warrants. He said he didn't pr,
pose to take any chances on lockin
up men against whom there was I
formal charge. He. however, said |
would detain them until the papers
could be formally gotten out. The
Rudy started off post haste to swef
to complaints before Justice Somme
, When he got back with them, Scot
, another of his captives, had slippt
out OF the door while Nightwatchmu
, Raleigh's back was turned So on
one OF the trio. Edwards, remaine
He was locked up and the sheriff sal
he would see to II that the other me
were recaptured today.
Up to late hour, however, the ty
, men had not been returned. thouu
2 salt Lake officers sere looking I,
? Scott and the Ogden authorities we,
: searching for Douglass. Edwards WI
| taken before Justice Sommer tn
| afternoon, when he plead not guilty
n charge of violating the law again
$ seining. His bonds were fixed at &
q and he was looking for sureties T,
that amount at press time.