Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-28
OUTLAWS
SHERIFF AND CATTLEMAN ARE
AsSASsINATED.
WERE SHOT IN THE BACK.
Officers Were Unarmed-Posse Enroute
to Scene Of Killing-Hard Fight
in Prospect.

Salt Lake, Utah, May PA special to
the Heraal from Thompson, Utah. says:
A cOwardly assassination OccurNed
about 50 miles north of here yesterday
at noon. Sheriff Tyler of Grand county
and Sam Jenkins. a cattle owner. were
shot and instantly killed by outlaws on
Hill creek, about so miles north Of here.
h sheriff. Jenkins and Deputy Sheriff
Day had been on the hunt for cattle rust
hers for several days, in fact ever since
they killed George Currie on the 18th, of
April. The posse had separated from
Sheriff Preece of Uintah county and
posse early in the morning, the latter be
ing about thTee miles away when the
shooting occurred.
| The story of the killing. as told by Dep
uty Sheriff Day. who was only aaboutr so
Yards away when the shooting occurred,
is as follows: al -
The officers came upon the outlaws
cannp unexpectedly. As soon as they
saw the officers they dismounted and ad-
vanced towards them. When within a
few yards from the outlaws Sheriff Tyler
spoke to them, saying: Hello, boys
| The reply made could not be heard by
Deputy Sheriff Day. but Immediately
after it was made Sheriff Tyler and Jen-
kins turned toward their horses. sup
iposedly with the intention OF leaving to
get more assistance. AS soon as their
backs were turned the outlaws shot them
through the back, the bullets coming out
of their breasts, killing them almost in
stantly.
Mr.. Day was a witness to the killing,
ibut was in such a position that he could
offer no resistance. AS soon as they
We're killed he started for assistance.
when the outlaws turned their guns on
him, shooting twice, but missed him.
Mr.. Day then started in search of
: Sheriff Pease and p61se of seven men.
who were about three miles away. AS
soon as he found them they decided it
advisable to come for more assistance.
as there is supposed to be quite a num-
Der of outlaws in the party they hay-
ing about 20 horses with them. Mr..
Day saw three outlaws but is sure
they are more of them. They left the
bodies of Sheriff Taylor and Sam Jen-
kins where they fell and came here,
arriving about 10 this morning. I'll e
bullets used by the outlaws were Of
the soft nose variety and where they
came out there are holes almost large
enough for a man to insert his fist.
Governor Wells has been notified OF
the cowardly killing and asked for as
sistance and he has taken pre- pit &C
ton in he matter and guaranteed al
expenses of the pursuing party. Sheriff
Howells and the posse of ten men ane
seven horses from Salt Lake are now
en- route to this place. Sheriff ALFRED
and posse from Price are also expected
These with a posse of ten men or
horses from Moab, who are also e1
route here, will make quite a large ex
! petition and they will leave here il
the morning for the scene of the killing
and for pursuit of the outlaws. Gov
ernor Wells has requested that every
effort be made to capture the outlaw:
and it will be surely done. as everybod!
is determined that the murder of lyle
ar1 Tarkipc Shall ha aypnp5-
A hard fight will surely occur if the,
. ! succeed in oyertaking the outlaws as tn
latter have made their brags that the
whipped thirty men in Wyoming and cal
5 do the same in Utah.
Only one of the outlaws is %positivel,
known, that is Dilley. some of the 9th
I ers are supposed to hay been impi
Gated in the train robbery on the Uniol
! Pacific railway about a year ago.
The people of this place and sur
rounding towns are greatly excited owe
the cowardly killing, as both men Wer
very we'll known and popular. Sherli
Tyler was fearless in the discharge o
his duties. Fear was unknown to him
Sam Jenkins was also well known. II
came to this state from Nevada abou
fifteen years ago.
1 Both the murdered men were unmar
in Park City in u short time.
What makes the killing more coWardi
was the fact thai the officers We're un
armed when they were shot down. me
n left their rifles On the saddles when the
d d]ismounted and approached the outlaw
on foot.
r.. l.. Fullerton. manager of tn
a Webster City Cattle company, n som
more employees of that COMPANY. WEI
y expected here this afternoon. Their rout
lay near the outlaws camp. and as the
y have not yet arrived it is feared the
n they have been attacked and probabl
o murdered.
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