The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-29
THIRTY-TWO BRAVE MEN
PURSUE The OUTLAWS
Heavily Armed Posses Will Hunt DeSperadOeS TO
the Death.
Believed That Butch Cassidy Led the Band That Murdered
Tyler and jenkins.
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Thompsons, Utah, May 28.-Twenty-
eight determined men are on the trail
of the murderers of Sheriff Tyler Of
Grand county and Sam Jenkins, the
cattle-owner. The sheriffs OF Emery,
Salt Lake, Uintah aud Carbon counties
are in charge Of these men, who are
settled in their purpose to exterminate
the cattle rusters and train robbers
who have infested this section. They
are going to follow the trail of the
murderers through two and three states
if necessary.
The whole eastern end of the state
has arisen. and those men who hate the
cattle thieves have turned out against
them. The small ranchers who be-
friend them, partly through fear, and
partly because they, too, profit by
stealing, will lay very low for time.
Any attempt to shield the rustlers in
their flight viii likely meet with quick
justice. For these hardy frontier sher-
ifs and cattlemen, who have for years
taken their lives in their hands to pro-
tect property, are united and harmon
ious in their determination to rid the
state of the cattle rustlers.
Have a Good Start
But unfortunately the three men, pos
sibly five, who shot down Tyler and
jenkins, have the start of the pursuing
posses by many miles and hours. They
are at least sixty miles and thirty-six
hours in advance of the foremost posse,
and forty-four hours ahead of the sec
ond crowd which left Thompson's
Springs this afternoon. Whether or not
they WIZ ever catch the fleeing outlaws
is questionable. Men VINO know the
country that must be haversed. and
who understand the difficulties are
doubtful They fear that the three men
who were seen at Turner's place on
Saturday evening win be able to get
far away.
Another difficulty comforts them.
There is no certainty as to the -direc-
ton in which they have gone. 1t is
either east into the White River noun
tains in Colorado. or north TO Browns
Park and on into the Hole-in -the- Wall
country in Wyoming. Until the posses
reach Turner'S. which they, or at least
one of them likely did this evening.
nothing viii be known of the trail
taken by the outlaws from there. The
Turner's were told by the three men
that they were going to the White
River mountains. The sheriffs are di-
vided as to whether that statement was
meant to be misleading or was truth
full.
Butch Cassidy Again.
A most important theory was devel-
oped today since these frontiersmen
have had time to think about the trag-
edy. 1t is now believed that the no
toTious Butch" Cassidy. the man who
is generally supposed to have been with
George Curry, the leader in the Union
Pacific robbery last June, is the leader
of the gang which killed Tyler and Jen-
kins. Descriptions of the men as given
by Herbert Day, who saw them, to per
sons here who have known Cassidy,
make it appear almost certain that the
well known train rObber is of the gang
It is believed that three men who
came through Moab on Wednesday
evening are the men who did the kill
ing. Thus, with the occasion on which
they were seen at Turner's, makes
three times they have come to light.
The men who know Cassidy declare
that he fits the descriptions. Sheriff
Alfred of Carbon county. who knows
Cassidy, said: II believe he is the man
we want; these descriptions fit, and
there are other circumstances to con
firm my opinion"
There is another fact of Importance
It is settled that Curry was in the
Union Pacific robbery, and if Cassidy.
who is known to have been one of
them, was with him. the Little Book
Cliffs Of Grand county have been the
retreat of the Union Pacific train rob
hers since December. They have been
hiding there while many sheriffs of
the west and noted hunters of outlaws
have searched Tor them in vain. There
was placed upon the head of each one
Of the six men who are believed to
have held up the Union Pacific a price
of $4,000. The printed notice which
hangs in the waiting room of the little
Rio Grande station here has been read
and re-read today
These outlaws who have wintered in
Grand county are The most desperate
train robbers of the west. Even if
they are not caught it is unlikely that
they Will after this man hunt is fin
lshed. come back to Utah for many
months
Two Posses Start.
Two posses went out from Thomp-
sons today. They are led by Deputy
Sheriff Herbert Day and r. D. West
wood OF Moab, and by Sheriffs Preece.
: howells and Alfred. The first posse.
composed of eleven men. had in it Sher-
IF Leamaster of Emery county. Bob
Bryant of Moab and others whose
names could not be learned. It eft at
o'clock this morning, with rather
scant outfit Of provisions. and win push
On through to Turner's. Every man is
armed to the teeth. Each carries a
rife and a pistol or two. Almost every
make Of frearm known is in the party.
There are the old-time rifles and those
Of the newer make which use smokeless
powder the small oalibre variety, which
viii kill at two miles
Most Of the eleven men in this party