The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-15


Joe Bush, one of the heroes of the
sheriff's posse who apprehended
Butch" Cassidy, Joe Walker and two
other outlaws in southeastern Utah
carly Friday morning. as noted in yes
terday's Herald, arrived in this city
on yesterday moons Rio Grande West
ern train The plucky deputy sheriff
was besieged all afternoon by friends
and acquaintance for more particulars
concerning the affair. But there was
little to add to the accounts already
published The dead bodies of Cassidy
and Walker were taken to Price for the
purpose of holding an inquest. Lay,
alias Schultz, and Thompson were also
brought as far as Price, where they
will remain in jail pending their pre-
liminary hearing. Officer Bush thinks
they viii be bound over for trial on
charges of horse stealing and brought
to the state prison in this city in a few
days for safe keeping.
BUSH'S BRIEF TALE.
In a few words Officer Bush related
now he, in company with Sheriff futile
of Emery county, Sheriff Alfred and
County Attorney Warf of Carbon
county, ]. NJ. WhitmOre, George Whit
more, Jack Gentry, Pete Anderson, J.
Inglefield and Jack Watson, all men
or iron nerve and determination. fol-
lowed the trails of the four desperate
horse thieves and robbers for nearly
week without rest and without sleep,
until they came upon the objects Of
the hunt at a place almost within their
lair.
Piloted by a trusty guide, the trail
was followed over mountains, cliffs and
hedges. They Travelled the entire night
before the capture over a trail that
was next to impossible. For miles it
led over preciDitous cliffs and at hum
dreds of points the slip or stumble of
horses foot would have dashed them
to certain death q couple of thousand
feet below. As Bush remarked, it was
far more dangerous to travel these
trails than to risk the fire of the sharp
shooting desperadOes.
THE SCENE OF CAPTURE.
At last, however, the trail led to the
head OF Florence canyon, about 40 miles
north of ThomDson's Springs. Here,
within touch of deep snow drifts, ~
daylight Friday morning, the four out
laws were found asleep in camp Re
fusing to surrender, Cassidy and
Walker were shot and killed. The other
two then threw Up their hands. Not one
OF the brave posse received even
scratch in the exchange of shots.
About - head Of cattle and horses
were captured and led back to Thomp-
sons Springs. The animals We're stolen
from the Whitmore ranch, about a
week before, at the time one of George
Whitmore's cowboys was struck with
cartridge belt by one Of the thieves.
IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE.
officer Bush and his compatriots, who
have done the state such signal service
in starting to break up the Robbers
Roost" gang by taking two of the
about the division of the large
rewards. That viii come in proper
season, shortly. There will be no
trouble about establishing complete
Identification. Dozens Of citizens at
ThompsOn's and Price and vicinities
know Cassidy and Walker, and are
positive they were the subjects handled
yesterday at the coroners inquest.
Joe Bush believes that another enc
or two man hunting expeditions like
this viii go a long way toward eXter-
minating the Robbers Roost gang of
outlaws.
FURTHER DETAILS FROM PRICE.
The following additional particulars
were received last night from The
Herald's correspondent at Price:
Price, Utah, May 1.-THE dead bodies
of the two outlaws, Cassidy and
Walker, arrived here at 7:10 this morn
ing, and were taken to the court house,
where an inquest was held. A verdict
was rendered by the cOroners jury to
the effect that they came to their time
r. Y end by shots fired into them by the
,heriffs posse. The two others who
were arrested and brought in alive
late Of Johnson county, Wyoming, and
William Schultz, who also claims WyO-
ming as his former residence. They
each claim to be cattle hands. and name
many ranches in various parts of Wyo-
ming in which they have worked as
cowboys. They also claim that CASH
dy came with them, and was known
to them as Johnny Herrin, and that
they fell in with the fellow. Joe, mean
ing Joe Walker, at Green River. Utah
Their story, of course, is not believed.
They are evidently what is known as
"rustIers" in Wyoming, and no doubt
are part Of the gang from the famous
"Hole-in-theWall country" in that
state.
The work of Sheriff Alfred and his
posse, which consisted of seven men,
cannot be too highly commended. Sher-
if futile and his posse Of eight men
from Emery county deserve great credit
as well as a fun share of the rewards
offered for the apprehension of these
outlaws. The people Of Emery and
Carbon counties have long suffered
from the thefts of these rustlers, who
have run of thousands of dollars
worth of live stock belonging to the
citizens of these two counties, and it is
to be hoped that now the good work
has begun it viii be kept up until the
last one of the Robbers Roost' gang
is exterminated or jailed.
VIII W. Hyde of Lower Crossing and
Dick Jones of Emery county were to-
day lodged in Jail at Price. 1t appears
that these two men have been engaged
as couriers in the conveyance of in
telligence to Walker and Cassidy, and
the gang generally. This class of
boosters of whom there are many in
Carbon and Emery counties, will be
vigilantly looked after in the future.
Sheriff Ward Of Evanston, Wyo, has
been wired TO come TO Price immedi-
ateiy for the purpose of interviewing
the two men who were captured alive, /
and TO determine their criminal status
IN Wyoming.