Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-01
ReSULTOF POSSE PURSUIT
There Were Two 0esp~adoes and Ono Was
Killed While Firing a, The 0fReen.
OTHER SHOT CAPT. BROWN.
tspsur~a asa Taken Go Bssahsss CITY
-Lyschsng spirit ~ osden-Sseb-
bers Dosh yeuns Hen.


ESPECIAL TO THE "NEws."l
ogden. May LA horrible double
tragedy occurred In the mountains q
fsw miles north Of here yesterday. onc
Of the victims WINS Captain William A.
brown Of the city police force. who was
shot 20 death by one OF brace OF
bandits who had engaged In hoid'up
nj brigham city the night before. The
other was onc Of TIM robbers himself.
whoec companion was his brother. II
" claimed their names are Morgan and
that they came here from Chicago
The captured man was. fortu-
iAteiy for himself. taken to
brigham city. Had he been ercort-
cd TO ogden II IL not thought mat tho
officers could have protected him from
tho hundreds OF indignant citizens that
thronaed the streets after the news Of
the killing came In.
saturday night at late hour ncwr
was received In Ogden that early In
tho evening There had been two hold
ups. one In and the other near brigham
city. on the mad leading toward Ogden.
The sheriff OF iboxelder county. accom-
panied by deputy. took up the rob
bers trail and followed II 10 the Hot
Springs. nine miles north OF this city.
but did not catch sight of the mon.
The officers Remained ON watch At the
Hot Springs until O'Clock Sunday
morning. whom the men they werc hook
.nH for showed up and an attempt was
made TO place them under arrest. which
they rrristcd and amid q fusiinde OF
shots mn into thu mountninr. which
came cIo~c down TO the springs. They
wcrc followed =. short distance by the
officers and tho manager OF tho Hot
Springs. Nj. INT. but not ovrrtAkeh.
NsturninE TO the springs. the ipxcider
sheriff teiephoned b. the police station
here for assistance. chief Davenport
was absent at Hal, Lake. but Captain
william nrgwn was ON duty. II. at
once notified sheriff I.ayne that help
was needed. and the sheriff mad. I'm
mediate preparations TO go. About $50
the posse. consisting of Captain brown.
Sheriff i.ayne and Deputies ilelnnp and
HALEY. all heavily armed. left town In
response to tho Doxcldcr uhcrin'H ro-
quest.
THE RoDnERs' TRAIL
The party reached the Hot Springs
about $3.50 and Joined sheriff Carbon
and his deputy. Frank Thompson. when
all started out ON hunt for the rob
beers. The trail was found about q
mile northeast 81 the springs. by
sheriff Layne, who notified the others
when all hands won't to breakfast ana
NJ 10 o'clock went out again. took NJ
the trail and followed n 60 near VIII
lard Then Liyne and Bailey took the
horses down the mountain to Wood
lands springs TO water them. Deputy
Helnap. Captain Brown ana Sheriff
Gordon ana Deputy Thompson contin-
ued tho pursuit AMI very soon they saw
the two men they were looking for,
across a ravinc travelling fast. on
horseback. the purruers worked
heveniy.fve yards from them. when
sheriff Gordon called upon them 10 sur
render. To this they paid no attention.
but continued on their way. The posse
then concealed themselves behind
bfeattworks Of rocks and another de-
lnand was made for their surrender. To
which the reply VAS
WE'LL KILL you FIRST"
followed by shot. Three OF the
officers then rrod and ono OF the two
robbers fell. a ball from a Winchester
passing through his heart and body.
The other robbcr then ran and brown
'Af't hfHis wv Hi'i' htAt
forty yards separated thcm. the man
turned and fred Mt brown with a Is
Colts revolver, the ball from which
passed entirely through the body. The
other officers then covered the robbcr
WIN their guns and hc sank down be-
hind rock and threw ny one hand. AZ.
l.FNhTdu. upon demand. he threw up
the other hand and surrendered and
was then handcufod.
Soon several men came up from Will
ard, among them Justice Ward Of VIII
lard, who impaneled a coroner'a jury.
The Jury viewed the remains Of Captain
bfown. heard the testimony OF cycwit-
ntnsen To the shooting, and the Inquest
vas then adjourned until 10 a. m. to-
The living robber claimed that he and
The ono who was killed were brothers,
hamed Morgan. residing IN Chicago.
The man killed was probably rs or "a
than 20.
CAPTAIN BROWNS noDy.
The body OF Captain Brown was car
He'd down the mountain To the road
~ The men ~ the party. The body Of
The dead robber was thrown over the
back " n horse which some one had
ridden UP there, and carried down to
the road
The captured bandit was talsn to
brigham City by sheriff Carbon and
MS deputy and Deputy ncinap, while
sheriff Layne and Deputy Bailey and
onieefs Fender and Shaw Of the Ogden
police force, started for ogden with
the remains Of Captain nruwn. reach
ing here about $3.50 last evening.
before reaching osien. a large NUM-
per 81 men were met, and n was the
Impression OF the officers that had the
surviving robber been with them he
would never have reached the city
THE DEAD OFFICER.
The deceased officer was son OF the
late Hon. Francis A. Brown and