Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-20
Run Down in the Mountains Near
HardscrabbIe Canyon by
Deputy Sherils
TRACKED HIM IN THE SNOW,
Met Father Of the Man Who Gave OF.
hcers the Evidence They Waited
Offered No Resistance.

Maniac Thomas Murohle. recently OF
Provo was captured In Hardscrabble
canyon yesterday afternoon. and AZ 1850
o'clock this morning was landed In the
county Jail, to await return to the asy-
lum, Deputy Sheriff Joseph c. sharp
and Guard David Bennett OF the Provo
mental hospital, accomplished the cap
tuTe after a search which lasted since
Sunday night. Yesterday morning at
10 o'clock the two officers left Salt Lake
to explore city Creek canyon after re-
turning the day before from a futile
search OF the hills behind Pennington.
A few miles beyond the upper water
works they located tracks In the snow.
which had fallen during Sunday and
Monday AZ the cabins "a mile south OF
the HardsCrabbIe divide the tracks
turned aside from the trail, and eyi-
dences showed that the maniac had
stopped there for rest From that point
the snow was from eight 20 ten inches
deep, and yet the tracks continued.
not even turning aside from the TRAN
where il led up the bottom OF the creek
for a long distance. Soon after cross
ing the divide the officers met a man 50
closely resembling MurChie hat Dep
uty sharp asked him where MS son
was, an when he had arrived In Hard
scrabble
How did you know he was here?'
was the reply by which Murchie.s Ia
Their made himself known.
We'll we tracked him here through
the snow Don't you consider him q
little dangerous asked the deputy
sheriff
yes do replied Murchie He
bought gun yesterday and some
shells / finally got ;he gun away from
him. but could not get him 70 give up
the cartridges he has gone down
TO Porteryile now. 60 buy provisions
and ! wish you could catch him before
he returns
The two officers rode on after re-
ceiylng this Information, four or five
miles down the canyon. when on turn
ing a sharp corner IN the road they
met Murohle. himself, IN the road, with
his arms filed with provisions He
made no effort To- escape The ~
ncers assured him that they were his
friends. and asked him what sort Of
trick be played ON them by running
away sunday night He eplicd quite
nationally that he didn't want 20 30
back. well. you'll have to 10 back
Tom" put in Guard Bonnet, "but we
won't hurt you
Deputy Sheriff sharp t'nu 'ismount-
ed ana handcufed MurcH.,. who sub
mltted to the operation qui,r willingly
sharp then told him that ho would take
him to Morgan. and bring him 20 salt
Lake ON the first train. MurChic was
willing TO go. but refused 10 walk the
distance. and also refused 10 ride be-
hind tine officer sharp then rode down
10 "a ruuch belonging 20 a man named
TAYLOR. and rented % buggy In this
Nurcnic WIS placed ana driven down 20
Moraau. tine officers following ou horse
back
Guard Bonnet did Aot come down on
,h- train but is following with his and
sheriff. Shptps horses Tonight ho
wIi return with his man 10 Provo
Murthie had been out On the snow ull
night Sunday. ana had nothing 20 eat
from the time he escaped from the
officers lt the Grape street house until
nc arrived at his fathers cabin IN
Hardycrabble Monday midnight