The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-28
KILLING OF SHERIFF TYLER.

The killing of Sheriff Tyler Of Grand
county and a member of his posse is
a shocking reminder of the existence
Of a band OF desperate outlaws in the
southeastern part of the state. From
time to time q member Of the gang has
been killed or captured, ana it has been
reported Of late that the survivors had
abandoned their old-time haunts for
pastures new or different walks of life
It seems. however. that the main
force is still extant, and that there is
big undertaking before the peace
authorities of the state. The charae-
ter and extent of the region infested
by bandits renders their apprehension
or determination difficult Of accom-
plishment, but the work is being done
gradually by brave men whose lives
are placed in constant peril in the
name of the law and for the sake of
the community
Sheriff Tyler has been one of the
most persistent, determined and daring
of all the man-hunters who have
sought to rid the state OF the outlaw
organization. His untimely death.
shot, as he was, in the back by a cow
ardly assassin, is an illustration of the
risks run by men who undertake to
enforce the law and suppress its VIC
lators in frontier localities. The west
ern sheriff is proverbially g brave man
and he must needs have an abundance
of discretion intermingled with his
courage if he succeed in every task
mapped out by duty.
These Robbers Boosters. as the out
laws of this section have come to be
known, are believed 30 be a hetero-
geneous assemblage of fusitives from
justice banded together for mutual pro
lection. suspicious of each other. but
hostile to all strangers. Most of them
are common robbers, cattle rUstlers and
horsethieves, while q few bank burg
lars and train wreckers have taken
refuge among them. They appear to
act on the theory that they have
friends scattered over Grand, Carbon,
Emery and Uihtah counties. And it is
said TO be a fact that the outlaws re-
ceive information concerning the move
ments Of the varioUs posses which have
pursued them, information they obtain
in mysterious ways and which enables
them TO govern their actions accord
ingly.
If this be true, and officers who have
done duty in that part Of the state
claim that it is, the best way to make
thorough cleaning out is to take
and hold in custody every suspected
rancher or prowler, until the main
work is finished.
There Is only one way to take men
like these bandits, only one reform Of
which they are capable. It is too bad
for law-abiding citizens to have to
Jeopardize their lives in trying to bring.
assassins in ambush to trial. The only
practical method of dealing with them
is 10 set about their determination with
a grim indifference about their being
brought TO answer for their crimes be-
fore any human tribunal of justice.
Romance no longer clusters about the
cave of the highwayman. Common
sense has asserted its sway and we'll
balanced minds realize that a robber
can be nothing more than a robber.
and that the only way to deal with an
assassin is according to David Harem's
motto: DO It fust."
From the number of officers and
posses closing in on the rustIer's re-
treat from all over the state there will
be a thorough cleaning out before hos
tiiities are again suspended. It is high
tisne.