The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-24
CHASE FOR A FUGITIVE.
HOW METCALF, A MONTANA
CRIMINAL, MET DEATH.
Under Sheriff w. F. Smith, of Beaver
Head County, Who Is In the City
On His Way Home From Okla
homa, Tells the Story.

! Under Sheriff w. F. Smith of Beaver
! Head county, Montana, was in the city
/ yesterday on his return to Dillon from
an interesting trip to Oklahoma on Of
] fetal business. During his sojourn in
/ town he was the guest of Sheriff Lewis
/ and staff, to whom and a Herald re-
porter he related a lurid tale of a Mon
tana outlaws capture unoer circum-
stances riYalling the most celebrated
and blood-curdling affairs credited to
the tough territory.
AN ESCAPED MURDERER.
BY way of introduction it was related
/ that on Aug. u, 1894, one Paul Met
/ calf, a Montanan of unsavory repute,
killed Frank G. Hunter at Medicine
Lodge. For this murder Metcalf was
/ sentenced to 80 years imprisonment.
1 After serving seven months he was
granted a new trial. pending which he,
with two or three other prisoners. sue
I ceeded in escaping from the county
jail at Dillon. This was on June 5,
1895, and at that time Metcalf was un-
der 90 years of age. Ever since Sheriff
Padley of Beaver Head county entered
upon the duties of his office. which
was subsequent to the Jail breaking.
the sheriff determined to effect Net
calfs re-capture. Sheriff Padley even
offered a reward of $3.50 and personally
guaranteed payment when the reward
was earned Later events justified the
paying of this reward on Metcalf's ap
prehension and arrest by the Oklahoma
officers.
THE OUTLAW RUN DOWN.
From northwest to southeast the es-
capped convict was traced, and after
his departure from a score of places it
hot H.. Il hi
eddy the perpetratOr of Sundry crimes
where he paused, only to fit away.
Finally. about two months ago, Met
calf was located at Pittsburg, Kan,
but before he could be captured he had
gone. A little later he was known to
be within few miles of Winchester,
Okla, living with his half brother in
dugout. The credit of finally locating
the escaped murderer belongs to the
city marshal of Pittsburg, who notified
the sheriff of the county in which the
outlaw had taken up his residence.
FOUND IN A DUGOUT.
Accordingly, Under Sheriff Ferris and
Deputy Johnson proceeded on Satur-
day, the 18th inst. to the Metcalf dug
out to arrest the Montana fugitive. Ar
irving at the dugout, the two officers
met Paul MetcalfS two young nephews.
Asking for something to eat, the boys
replied tnat the COOK was away. Inc
officers. obtaining permission to go into
the dugout to warm up" dismounted
and tied their horses. The brave sher-
ifs walked into the dugout, which was
about II by Is feet in size. There on
bunk was Paul Metcalf, with a rife
at his side. For about 45 minutes the
minions of the law engaged Metcalf in
conversation, and after being well
warmed up, arose to GO. AS they
did so, Under Sheriff Ferris drew a
bead with his rifle on the outlaw and
commanded him to surrender The Of
of shots from Metcalf's pistol from
under the blanket which covered him.
! BULLETS FLEW THICK AND FAST.
Volley after volley was fired, and
when hostilities ceased and the smoke
had cleared away, it was learned that
II shots had been exchanged in the
little room. Strange as it may appear,
not a single shot struck the officers.
1 With Metcalf the result of the battle
was serious. He received one bullet in
the wrist and one in the chest, which
interfered with his breathing. After
the wounded prisoner surrendered, he
calmly sat on the edge of the bed,
rolled a cigarette and smoked it. He
told the courageous officers that he
knew who they were when they came
into the dugOut, and what they really
wanted, although the sheriffs believed
that they We're strangers to him.
METCALF FATALLY WOUNDED.
AS soon as Metcalf was made ito