The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-28


Wyoming border to Che Arizona line
Ill along the eastern boundary of this
tate they ride and roam, stealing cat
lie, holding up inn0cent people and
making themselves generally bad.
They set at defiance the laws. defy
lnyone to come and get them and act
or all the world ike genuine outlaws
OF course their time VIII come Soon
n or later all viii be killed or in the
Senitentiary- Maybe portion of them
Sill be hanged or shot for murder That
: the way these kind of people usually
urn out But the neishbors are get
hing to dislike this kind of y ork
To think that in peace-loving Utah
band Of outlawed brigands should
roam unmolested by officers, is aston
shins 10 say the least.
VERY CURIOUS CONDITION.
There is a curious condition of things.
ana withal an undesirable one. over in
The eastern part CT Emery county inst
a. present. condition which has been
brought about and now causes constd-
cradle apprehension among the people
over the mountains. There seem to be
Al least two fully organized and prac-
ncally unhamPered bands of outlaws in
that region, whose dominion is as alb
solute as Abdul Eamid's and whose
operations are simply the unquesLioned
----k'AA us u NAit44 liF Al SE1Q Will. G2I
nes who have just been over there have
interesting things TO relate, says the
Mand Messenger There are two COM
binatiOns firmly entrenched in those
lmpregnabie mountain Businesses. One
IS located toward the north and the
0ther Is southwark on the san Rafael
Reports say thai several herds of cattle
have been driven north and a good
many sold, principally ct Price. one
peculiar circumstance also is that while
the severe winter necessarily has
preyed upon the sheep. the poor ones
have Jared remarkably well ard me
"a ones have apparently succumhed.
The wea-her has probably not had So
much 10 do with this as living. moving
biDeds. however. They seem 10 do just
as they please and remain as unu,o-
Tested as the gentle Castle valley
breezes- ]. is a typical wild west
Show realistically repeated The out
laws live amclg the breaks" the
wiidest.. most rugged and Inaccessible
except 10 the initiated anywhere I'M
der the blue armament. In recesses cut
lnto the side Of those yawning chaSms
two Gu three men are able 30 hold an 4
army al bay. To such places all VINO 1
have Stolen. robbed or murdered are I
welcomed. so thai the gangs are beccm- +
ing augmented steadily as time goes I
on They i've in hutS made of raw /
Sconced from the whistling of winter
blases and furiousiy drifting snow. Bus
they are not confined 10 one sex. There
are females forming that motley com
bina5ion. II IS positively asserted by
parties who are IN a position TO know
that in one camp are two girls who
seem 20 enjoy the novel ,istence and
immensely comfort their male con-
sorts That smacks of the romantic
u Is also stated quite emphaticaily by
certain knowing ones that Sheriff
Burns slayers are there. Rumor is an
element. of course. but some
time ago there was a change Of fem
lninEy. Two girls came back TO one
Of the Emery county towns They
gave the names of all the outlaws eX-
cept TWO. The identity of these two
even an inquisition could not have
wrenched from them. Here is a glar-
ng example Of the perversity of hu-
nan nature. Think of young girls out
n the widest wilderness where nature
las turned somersaults. under the
benign care Of a band of the rot and
scum Of border civilization.
These bands do exist to the mortal ,
error of a great many and iucalculs- !
de disaster 90 others. The problem Of
,ustlng them is a grave question. ,
There Is no use in attempting to dis I
odge them by force-a good big mill |
airy force would be Inadequate The / !
My way would be to starve them ouf !
nd II is questionable if that is feas- :
bic. !
NEED TO BE WIPED OUT /
The Salina Press says of the "Rob-
ers' Roost" gang: