The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30
OUTLAWS WHITE FLAG
Story That Butch CasSiday
Wants to Surrender.
TALKS WITH MEDIATOR
VARIED OPINIONS BY OFFICERS
ON TRUTH OF TALE.

In the opinion of Deputy Sheriff Ben
Harries, Butch CaSsiday, the notorious
bank robber and outlaw, is or has been
under cover in or near Salt Lake CITY,
but whether Butch is ready to give
himself up on condition that the puo-
lie prosecutors make a number OF hb-
eral concessions to him, is matter
about which the deputy who has been
following mysterious clue, has serious
doubts. Other officers, however, VINO
have run the story down are sausned
that there are nothing but pipe dreams
as a basis for the talk about the sur
render of the fugitive.
AS told by Deputy Sheriff Harries, the
story is that a few evenings ago ne
met by appointment an individual OF
shady reputation, Vouched Tor Dy a MI
Smith who volunteered the Informal
ton that Butch Cassiday desired TO
surrender himself to the officers or the
law, on condition that Governor Wells
would guarantee that he would be pun
ished, on his plea of guilty, only on
the charge of robbing Paymaster z. L,
Carpenter of the Pleasant Valley Coal
company of several thousand dollars, at
Castle Gate in April 1897; that all other
indictments against him would be dis
missed and that the Utah executive
would agree to not let him be extra
dited to Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho or
Oregon. where the outlaw is wanted for
bank robberies and kindred high
/ crimes.
Interview With Butch's Agent.
This interview, states Deputy Har-
ries, was not the most satisfactory and
/ a second conference was resOrted to.
Nothing tangible was accomplished at
/ the last meeting, for the officer was
without the authority to treat for the
! governor, since the executive is out OF
/ the state, and, besides, there was no
/ telling what the governor would con-
sent to do in order that Cassiday might
/ become a bOarder at the state prison
/ for limited number of years, proVid-
! ing, of course, that there was some
thing after all in the story brought tc
the officer by one whose name the dep
uty refuses to divulge.
Another meeting was TO have beer
! held between Harries and the mysterl-
Gus stranger claiming to bear messages
I from Cassidy, but the namelesS mar
failed to keep his appointment. Now
/ Deputy HarrieS is inclined 70 dOub
that his infOrmer has any authority t.
make terms of surrender for the out
law, but he is still of the opinion tha
Cassiday has lately been in the near vi
ciniJy of Salt Lake and may be here
yet.
However, Sheriff Howens, Deputy
Montgomery and Deputy DOwse, whC
| have also done some work chasing
down the strange rumors, believe tina
they are only myths. They reached thi!
conclusion after mature deliberauol
and giving all due credence to th'
words of the persons who put then
next to the clues Of Gassiday's alleged
display of the flag of truce through
mediator.
According to those in the sheriff
office who differ with Deputy Harries il
his deductions, Butch Cassiday has no
been in or near Salt Lake and is no
here now endeavoring to arrange term
of surrender.
AS the story goes, several days az,
Angus NJ. Cannon, jr., while at Lagoon
introduced Pete Reid OF Fish Spring
mine fame to friend as-A4r.. Cassida!
and a few minutes later remarked t.
his friend that Mr.. Cassiday was Butcl
4 Cassidy, the notorious outlaw
The eyes of CannOn'S friend are SAL
to have fairly popped out when he re
ceived this bit of information. Straight
way he went to the sheriff S Office witt
the startling word that Butch Cassida.
was at Lagoon with 'Ang" Cannon.
vi course TIE ItpOII WIS 1llllllEaldLCl,
investigated by the officers. When ap
preached Cannon is said to have laugh
ingly acknowledged that it was Pet
Reid and not Cassiday who had beer
in his company. Then Angus remarket
that he knew where the outlaw could b
found, but it would take a little none,
TO bring about q meeting between hin
and the sheriff. The officers prOspectet
Cannons bunch far enough to satisf,
them that he knew nothing about Cas-
siday nor his abiding place. Cannon
could not even identity Butch from
photograph.
Hamilton Saved His Cash.
Attorney Hamilton is 9 lid to hav
taken an interest in bringing about
meeting with the sheriff and Cas-
siday, but he gave up the effort befor
he parted with more cash than h
could spare.
A reward of $500 for the capture. O
Cassidy Governor Wells agrees t
pay. According to Deputy Harries' in
formation the outlaw wants this bOunt
himself, that is he stipulateS throug
his mediator that it shall go to his wifi
/ and two children who are said TO b
living in this city.
Acting Governor Hammond smiled in
credulously yesterday when told tn
story or Butch CaSsldays Willingness
to surrender on terms of his own max
ing. He declared that no overtures ha
. been made by any one claiming to rep
resent the outlaw, and he feared tina
the executive could bind himself I
assure the fugitive only the equal pro
, lection of the law and a fair trial A
to the matter of promising not TO le
Cassiday be extradited to other state
for trial for high crimes, the actin
governor is of the belief that the execu
tive would hesitate to make such
compact for the purpose of gettin
| Butch in jail on light sentence for a
} of his misdemeanors in Utah Wit
: many others, Mr. Hammond is of tn
opinion that Cassiday is not now an
has not been for a long time in thi