Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-20
OLSEN IN THE COUNTY JAIL
Dcputy smythe Has an Exciting EN-
perienco with iIis Prisoner
Coolncss saved Them.

James Olsen. who shot Mountain
Sheep un tho Ute Indian reservation
H1me limo ago. was brought In from
Fort bughesne by Deputy United
states Marshal smythu yesterday aud
placed lu the county i1n.
Deputy Bmythr had un exciting tlmu
brIugIng the prisoner hory. aud the
wonder is the Ute Indians ana not act
thg prisoners scalp. The trip 90 this
city was Co have been begun last
Thursday, but 1H a number OF Indians
were seen lurking about when the
stage was ready Go Htart.it WIS thought
better Go wait % day. Speaking OF the
adventure Deputy smyth, said.
Whom ! was Go start on Friday cap.
tain 2ulli1ylc the commander OF the
post offered mr ana escort OF cavalry.
uut figured that the Indians would
NOT dare 90 attempt Co Interfere with
ultei stltuH officer nor the
m1.lH. 10 seemed 90 mo that lf thoy
wanted Go kll Olsen uu tho stage they
would place o. man with a gun On some
ihrt of tun road whore ho could shoot
ami mako good hlF escape. a Huuld uf
cavalry would only advertise tho fact
th1t Doe was uu thg stage. and thus dive
iho mallsmuu hs opportunity.
There WgrH only three Uu The stage
-NlH0u thc driver aud myself About
Tour ut uNr WllH7 from che f1rt we
g#Wa upon aHyau nr eight Indians 49,
IIH' lh.N saw Olson, who WAS much
AFRAID, ] hid HIN under the seat uud
GROW tlu IlrrnlH over him. They rode
np ana separated, coming past uu cuch
Side. ! bHi pulled out a clglr end WAS
lul uy mguuE 90 throw them on
HHNI i
"IH ely. they saw nothing We rllutad
IuI they rode un back Those follows
l1l como more than sixty muUB und
Hul BISON caIpHl out Tor u week Co gyt
oi eu. hut they didn't have nerve
enough in attack the stage when he
WAS nHt ln H|ThL
Olson nude sensational ride TO
rUH,h Fort puoh.Hnr after the shoot
lnH tie know that Rod CAP. the In.
NIHu who saw thI rhultIuE.W would notify
lll thn other Indians and they would be-
after him. Though hl horse was tlred
Doe rode sixty miles between o'clock
ln Che afternoon and 10 at night To the
fort. lln kgpt away from the trails and
went over "a very ruuHh route, Tuiug
across patches of stones and jumping
nNIno7 poo they could not track him.
The Indians WUrn after him. but they
could NOT follow tho trail
"Al the HhHophorders left the roHor-
NlIiIn uH Nu1u HH they learned ~ tho
AFFAIR fur thoy believed trouble would
follow, Their camp outfits wore uban.
lnn.u The shnHp were scattered hy
ihu Indians and there % no doubt that
huulrrl1 wurH Killed. Afterwards
whom thg h.rderH went back 10 collect
ihrm. many could NOT ho found.
Their. wac rather curious council
ni ihr inri called hy Agent Myton 90
consider me capture uf tho Indian who
had killed another ut the Ouiuy areucv.
"Mr hyton tllI them DC wanted
them 90 rnt tho murderer who had ned
foo tho Colorado hurdor with ton or M
teen men, who said thoy would defy tho
police. They didn't Ike the Job. liut
70 Hqulw the Flftor of the dead Indian.
came lu ana made ma eloquent speech
NC nn hour. she told thom TO De mon.
90 Doc braves, aud $50 worried them 40
mat they decided 30 $50, But they viii
not go ln posse. II Is generally UNDER
stood that thoy have Hont one or Two
90 ihrlr number 10 waylay tho MUIR
derer and klll him"