The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-17
NIGHT WITH AN OUTLAW
Experience of Party of Explorers in Utah.

broken parts of a stove to build around
some mud walls, a coffee pot. skillet
and tin cup. For bedding he had some
skins and a blanket or two. He man
aged TO live off the country, killing an
occasional deer or mountain sheep that
found its way to the bottom or catch
ing a fish from the river now and then.
We had our cooking outfit and supplies
\ trip TO the boat furnished coffee.
sugar. canned milk and Vegeta bIes.
Foote had some venison, SO we all
turned i'm and enjoyed it, for his food
supply was extremely low. a new
marshal had just been appointed i'm
Utah. largely on the promise that he
would clear the territory of outlaws,
and r'oote had not ventured from hid
ing for weeks. 1t was this new mar
shall that he suspS cted one of our party
of being and of coming under cover of
an exploration to trap him.
The writer was familiar with men OF
the west. He knew many men that
FOOte knew and Of many incidents in
which the outlaw had figured. He knew
friends FoOte made in his pre-Criminal
days-friends made when the then out
law was the chief peace officer of a
Colorado mining camp, and good one,
too. There was soon a running cx-
change of "reminiscences betwe n us.
FOOte began to talk of discoveries he
had made and incidents that had
brought him into the newspapers. He
was particularly proud Of mis- discovery
and exploration of Al natural cave in
the Glenwocd section. 1t ended by
Foote bringing to light a scrapbOOk
containing among others q large num-
Der of clippings of newspaper accounts
Of his exploits and the robbery of the
Colorado hotel
FoOte pointed tn Sc out with some
thing of pride; his face flushed once
when he called attention to some refer
ence 10 III woman Doliie, made in
thSm, but there was evidence of pride
in the exploit and notoriety II brought,
How proud he was if the record could
be judged by the fact that he had
brought the scTapbOok into the wilder
ness with him at no small sacrifice
One does not usually consider an out
law as a patron of the press clipping
bureaus.
We all slept in the Foote cabin that
night, spreading our blankets on the
dirt floor. 1t was the first night for a
week that we of the Powell had slept
under a roof and we enjoyed the nov
city. Foote had been hungry for COM
pany of mankind and after the sus-
picion wore off was pleased to have
US there. Next morning he helped US
with some repairs on the boat. taking
good care all the time we did not spring
any trick on him when leaving time /
came but outwardly displaying the
most jovial spirit when submitting to
the camera.
we were three weeks in the canyon
and on the return trip again slept in
the FOOte cabin.
1t was taCitly understood that when
we reached the outside we were 10 re-
spect the secret OF the outlaw Not
word of his presence did one Of us
utter. The honor of the wiIds, OF the
woods is it's own. The world not of !
it knows it not. We had broken the
bread of an outlaw: if the law wanted
him il was its business. not ours. To
US he had been d good fellow a COM
raGe-
II was months later that the new
marshal of Utah learned Of the hiding
place Of FOOte and started down the !
canyon after him. FOote had word OF I
the coming. and. hastily building a
raft. launched himself upon the river
that takes its toll in lives. There was
something OF 4 chase. but the men OF .
law did not feel warranted in taking
the chances that the outlaw took IN !
shooting the cataracts, facing death !
every moment of the fight ON his crude !
bark TO safety. Foote got through the I
"a taractS in some waN-thOSe gods to J
whom the outlaw and the fOOlhardy }
look for protection did not fail him /
Others might go to death on the rocks. :
however wisely their craft had been
DESIGNED 10 combat the terrific daSheS i
Of the waters i'm their wild ferocious
race through those canyons. but the
outlaw cot through Unscathed. J.
He reached Arizona and soon after (
ward joined in an attempt of some de- /
signing mine promoters to jump the /
rich mine Of another. FOOte with 9TH /
ers of his kind had been hired TO eject !
the owners Of the property and capture
it The owners were intrenched in the :
mine buildings and resisted the raid /
FoOte was shot and mortally wounded. !
When the officers reached the scene of }
disturbance they found FOOte lying on /
the ground where he had fallen. ?. bull /
let wound through his body, life fast /
ebbinG.
Tell my brother I was shot in the I
back" ne gaSped with his last breath, (
and so dying sought to pass on a feud-- 4
Lutte Johnson in Denver Republican.