Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-29
BUTCH CASSIDY
TO SURRENDER.
Famous Bandit Comes to Salt Lake to Give
Himself Up Providing Gov. Wells Will
Not Permit Him to be Extradited.

person and talk the matter over with
you. II YOU VIII promise not TO do any
thing with him until after the governor
has been seen. He understands the
governor is out of the State and that
he viii not be home for some little
time yet
u informed the man that I was not
prepared 70 say what I would do at
that time but requested him 10 meet
at the same place al 10 O'clock the next
morning. He agreed TO this and ! said
II was my intention 10 bring along one
or two more officers with me- He Of
fered no objection 20 this but admon-
ished me not 10 make any move until
Governor Wells had been consulted.
THEY MEET AGAIN.
1--WE met again the next morning
FIVE Of us IN all. ! brought with me
two men and our friend brought a CONF
panlon, too. After the formalitles of an
all round introduction were through
with l requested the man with whom
had talked the previous evening TO
kindly repeat IN the presence Of the
others what he bad already told me.
Without the least bit of hesltancy the
fellow related the story over again and
concluded by naming Butch Cassidy l
had not Informed my companions who
the individual was that wanted to give
himself up, and their astonishment at
the mention Of the outlaws name was
fully as great X not greater than mine.
Again the man said he would take me
and one Of my companions after dark
10 see Butch, providing we would prom
lse not 20 attempt 10 arrest the Dandit
until after the governor had announced
what he would do In the matter. OF
course. said the man, you know as well
as / DO the character Of the man you
are dealing with. Butch Will not be
trhed with. Tie wants 10 do the right
thing. All he asks for Is square deal.
He believes he Is entitled 10 receive JUS
tce and he does not want anything
to do with a man who is liable TO act
the part OF a traitor. He has full con-
fidence In you, Mr. Harrles and would
advise you to make up your mind to
agree 10 his terms and so TO see him.
He told ne that he would have given
himself up to the officers south long ago
but he was afraid he wouldn't get jus
tIce and suspected he'd been hangar
coed through
Il told the man was willing 20 make
Butch at the first Interview, but I would
go no further; and refused 20 say what
/ would do afterwards, This was not
at all satisfactory to our friend, and
we parted with the understanding that
] would see him again before the day
was out. That was Wednesday morn
ing. ana have been trying to get 10 see
the man, but up 10 now have failed
Deputy Harrles said that AZ soon as
he met the man who knows where Cas-
sldy is. he was going 20 tell him he
would see Governor Wells IN regard 10
tho matter Immediately upon his re-
turn.
When asked II he really believed It TO
be a fact that Cassidy was In town, Mr..
Harries said there wasn't any doubt IN
his mind about II.
"Why shouldn't he be here?" he
asked. HAS he not had every oppor-
tunity TO come and 90 as he pleases.
who knows him here? No one that |
know Of. I have a description Of him.
but II Is possible for the fellow 70 pass
me and other officers fifty times a day
and escape detection And isn't he as
safe here as he would be anywhere? l
think he would be far safer and less
liable to arrest right here In salt Lake
than anywhere else in Utah