The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16
Sheriff Wallis and Hank Carr
Make An Important Capture
of Four Horse Thieves and
Kidnappers-A Creditable
-Four Days Work For
Sheriff Wallis and
Deputy.

Sheriff Charles S. Wallis, in company
with Hank Carr, arrived in the city last
night having in charge four desperate
characters whom they had captured and
who were hand cutfed in a strictly up to-
date style, the history OF which consti-
tutes one OF the oleverest stories in GRIM
inal detection in the annals OF Western
Colorado.
The men who were captured are doubt
less members of robber gang operating
in the wilds of the La Sal mountains and
in the eastern fastness of Utah. Their
operations savor of the crimes and his
tory of the bandits of the Robin Hood
period and their capture is feather in
the cap of Sheriff Wallis and his special
deputy, Hank Carr The men have
given their names as Henry and Charles
jackson, who are the recognized leaders
Huff and Ed LaFevre. Williams is
about eighteen years of age AID La
Fevre about twenty.
The Jacksons are much Ylder and are
evidently men who have committed more
than one crime, if their history was
knowu.
Last Friday night these four meE
went to the home OF John Cooper resid
ing in this county near Bovina. AT the
point OF their guns aud revolvers they
made the woman, wife of Cooper, and
two children, aged respectively three and
five years, get into wagon. while they
held Cooper at bay with guns. The
wagon, as soon as the women and the
children were aboard drove rapidly
away in a westerly direction. One man
was left to guard Cooper, while the est
OF the gang got start and then he fol-
lowed. Cooper gave the alarm, but as
tance away and as the neighbor did not
have any guns Of consequence, Cooper
could not follow,
Saturday morni1g Cooper swore out
torney McMullin and a pursuit was
quietly begun by Sheriff Wallis and his
old time friend Hank Carr on Saturday
evening. The start from Fruita WIS
made Sunday morning.
The trail OF the gang was easily struck
and followed into Garfield county.
When Wallis and Carr reached point
on Douglas creek, about 60 miles from
here they discovered the party located
temporarily in a cabin. Something
seemed to be wrong and the party was
only resting temporarily.
Wallis and Carr decided that as they
ere only two against four they had
better not make bold attempt to ap-
proach the cabin, as the men were known
to be heavily armed, according to the
story OF Cooper, who had been held up,
when the gang carried away his wife
and children.
1t was decided that discretion was the
better part of valor and detour was de-
termined upon. Sheriff Wallis knew
that the Circle L ranch was about six
teen miles further away on Douglas
creek and they determined to go in thas
direction. BY doing this they came up
on the cabin from the rear.
They were noticed by the party at the
cabin before they reached there and, as
was afterwards ascertained, some of the
gang wanted to arm themselves in case
OF an attack, their arms being stacked
inside the cabin. However, fortunately
for Sheriff Wallace and his partner, the
advice from another one Of the gang that
they were cowboys coming on peaceful
errand, was needed and they arrived at
the cabin unmole ted.
No intin alton was given OF their or
rand and the gang, which was occupied
in fixing a broken wagon tongue. was
soon engaged in conversation and Sheriff
Wallis assisted them in repairir the
break.
When all the gang were outside save
one, who was within the cabin, Wallis
watched his chance and went into the
cabin CoveripQ the one in there with