The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-06-09

near the line of Old Mexico the rob
/ bers killed in the coldest kind of blood
an innocent old proSpectOr, whose grub
they wanted, and who happened to
know one of the party. Beeler then ran
! them across the Navajo and Zuni In
dian reservations, and at Duncan, N
NJ, he was close enough to them to
give warning to Scarbel at LOrdSburg,
! the -WellS-FargO special agent, and one
of the most daring and successful man
hunters IN the west Scarbel imme-
! diately took steps to intercept them,
and so accurate was the information
he had received that on the following
morning he and one deputy ran into
the killers not far from LOrdsburg.
They were intrenchPd behind rocks and
it seemed the very height of fOolhardi-
ness to attack them. ScarbefS deputy
entTeated him to withdraw but he
would listen to nothing. He had hardly
gotten within shooting distance when
bullet from COpehart's 1910 Snuffed
out his life. The deputy fled and is
alive to tell the tale Beeler again took
up the trail, unwearied in the chase,
and with grim determination to run
them 70 earth. He informed a Sun
reported today that every place the
bandits stopped for refreshments or to
feed their horses, they changed a $40
bill. and that at Dolores, a week ago
last Sunday, they ate breakfast and
changed bill of that denomination. 1t
was at the crossing of the San Juan
river that Sheriff Beeler lost the trail
and experienced a delay that allowed
the pursued to gain time and get over
into the country north of Thompson's
via Moab. For three days he was COM
PEELED to lie at the crossing of the San
Juan, on account of terrific rains. At
n
informing him of the situation and
telling him to look out for the five.
Cribs letter did not reach Tyler in
time. 1t was received the day after his
death1
Sheriff Beeler. in concluding a talk
with Sun reporter, said: These five
fellows are tough people. | think now
they number six, as one of the fellows
| arrested at SpringervillE was turned
loose. His name is Low. l think he
has Joined them, by this time. They
had seventeen head of horses when L
hrst got after them. When travelling
they always leave one man day be-
hind to keep tab on purSuerS, if any.
They have the latest improved guns,
the 30-40 Winchester, which shoots the
-Jorgenson bullet. l have here
a, bullet that was fired through a tree
at me. / afterWard tried to reach
cllOliIlu Tic Tree WITH DOln anu
couldn't do it. Each one of this gang
carries canvas bag full of cartridges
on the horn of his saddle. In our run
ming fight at the start, the outlaws
showed plenty of nerve. When their
horses were killed they quickly changed
to fresh ones. l know that | hit one
across the belly, as l found on the trail
the bloody rag taken from the wound.
But he is still with the gang, When
they crossed the river at Fruitland,
three of them took the ferry; the other
two showed their horses into the river,
which was running bank full, and
grasping their tails. were landed safely
on the further side. l remember that
Scarbel the detective killed near
had CaDehart arrested
three years ago for rObbing a train
on the Atlantic & Pacific. Caoehart
got off clear, and swore then he would
kill Scarbel before he died. He has
done it, and killed a brave man, too
1.-THE rewards on the heads of these
five men now amount in round num-
bers to $4,000. The rewards are Of
fered by Grant and Apache counties,
Arizona; by the Wells-FaFgo company
and by the Diamond c. Cattle company
of Arizona; also by the governor of
Utah. / am making what effort ! can
to join one of the posses in pursuit. l
Fave wired Governor Wells of Utah of
my wishes. In regard to the prospects
Of overtaking these fellows, l would
say that l consider the chances slim.
They have good start. They can get
fresh horses. There are other outlaws
to befriend and assist them. The
chances are against the pursuers, but
they have my heartfelt wishes for their
success. l have stuck to this chase as
much for satisfaction as anything else.
LesUeur and Gibbons were my per-
sonal friends, and they lost their lives
in well-meant effort to assist me. l
would have liked to avenge their
deaths. My plan was. had l ever come
up with these killers, to ride around
them and meet them as they met Lee
5ueur and Gibbons. That is the only
way to make successful cleanup OF
that kind of CATTLE
Sheriff Beeler is a nervy looking man /
nearly six feet tall, and physically
seems to be as hard as nails. He has
1 calm, deliberate manner of speaking (
hat impresses one that he means all |
ne says. He has borne the expenses I
IF this chase extending over hundreds !
md hundreds of miles out of his own |
pocket, and still considers it money
veil scent.