The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-24
FIGHT OVER THE
REWARD OFFERED
eriff at Vernal Will Hold Cald-
well and Fraughton.
THE MEN DECLINE TO TALK
CONFESSION ALLEGED TO, HAVE
BEEN MADE.
CspeciaI to IL HeraldD

| II ERNAL. Utah, Feb. % (via Price,
Y Albert Caldwell and David
FraughtOn. the two men who
have been identified as the Cody bank
robbers, were interviewed by The Her
| aid correspondent at the jail today.
When asked if they had any state
ment to make, they answered that they
had not, any more than that they were
not the men who held up the bank
and killed Cashier Middaugh. They
| have secured the services of Attorney
| T. i. Mitchell to look after their in
terests, who visited them in the jail
today, and they were no doubt act
ing under his instructions when they
refused to talk They declined to
state whether they would fight the
proposition to take them to Wyoming.
Attorney Mitchell also refuses to dis
cuss the case.
Waiting For Wyoming Officer.
Sheriff Horton is still here awaiting
the arrival of Sheriff Fenton of Big
Horn county, Wyoming. w. L. Waits,
who identified the men. is a lawyer
residing at Cody, and was fired at sew
eral times during the fracaS. Since
seeing the men again he is more posi-
tive than ever that they are the men
wanted. He positively identified Cald-
we'll as the slayer of the cashier and
as the man who fired at him. Both
Horton and Waits have been very
guarded in their statements. realizing
that both men have numerous rela-
tives here. Despite the bold front that
both men have assumed, it can be seen
beneath it that they are worried,
especially Caldwell.
Alleged Confession.
Sheriff Preece believes that he has
something that will make it very dark
for the two men, which is nothing less
than "A confession made by the two
men to Joseph Labrum of Deep Creek,
in this county, several weeks ago. La
Drum claims that they told him that
they were in the Cody bank robbery
and fired several shots while in the
bank
Labrum asked them if they had
killed anyone, and they said they did
not think so. Labrum lives fifteen
miles northwest of Vernal, on the
outskirts OF civilization, and it was
while they We're hiding around that
they ran across Labrum, who is a dis
tant relative of Caldwell. Labrum will
make an affidavit tomorrow to the
statements that he has made concern
ing the story told to him. He states
that Caldwell did the talking and
FraughtOn merely endorsed CaldWelis
statements.
Had Been in Wyoming.
IT is known that the men came from
which tailed with the statement made
at the time by the Wyoming officers
that the men had gone south after the
robbery. The story told by Caldwell TO
Labrum of his shooting at a man in the
bank corresponds closely to the story
told by Waits. Today Fraughton
when interviewed by The Herald CORE
SpOndent, stated that he never was in
Cody in his life. Caldwell merely stated
that he was not implicated in the rob
berry. They first signihed a Willingness
TO be taken to Wyoming for trial, but
when asked today if they still felt the
same way declined to talk. They evil
IDENTIFY realize that the lines are clos
ing in around them, and are fearful of
saying something that Will go against
them.
Sheriff Expected Today.
Sheriff Fenton of Big Horn County.
Wyoming. is expected tomorrow or next
day to further identify them. He Will
probably ask the governor of this state
for reqUisitiOn papers. but there viii
no doubt be a legal fight for the GUS
tody of the men because of the $1,000
reward for their capture. Sheriff
Preece claims to have been informed of
their connection with the Cody robbery
when he made the arrest, and he will
claim the reward. He stated today
that he would not give the men up un-
til the matter of reward was settled.
Sheriff Horton will contend that CaId-
well was not in Freezes custody when
he arrested him at the court house, be-
ing out on bail for the larceny case. It
is not improbable that if il develops
that they have the right men that the
case viii go into the courts before it is