Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-27
FRANK DECKER'S LURlD STORY
with Jess Peterson He Fills Up
On Whisky and Starts to
Tear Things
pding Full Tilt for Blake. Latter
Opcrs Fire and Five shots Take
Encct--Decker In Hospital.

A. the result Of tampcring with bad
whisky. Frank Decker, a Wyoming
4 ,hsnharder is lying az tho J.. d. $.
hosr.ml with two pistol shot wounds
m his body. while Jess Peterson, a
omranlon, is about town nursing a
badly injured arm from the same cause,
and j. Blake, the man who wrought
The havoc, occupies a cell in an Evans
Ton Jail
The story. as related by Decker. IS
4 and one, and makes a hero of the
,o.leec bred boy whose good markham
,tp wen nigh ended the existence of
fr0 western youngsters. who imagined
4 they we're to the manor born. Five
shots out of the six in Blake's re-
,oNer found their mark. Decker re-
ceylng two, Peterson getting one. and
SIN another ploushins IT'S way across
bis s0mach. cutting the skin the width
ofhs body. one bullet lodged in ths
beck of Deckers horse.
Decker smiled frequently as he told
tha tale 20 the News today, freely
admitting that himself and chum got
a that was coming 10 them. while no
had nothing but praise and good feel
mg for young Blake. pecler's story
was told In The vernacular Of the sheep
hsrder. with It's eve goes" eve runs
arc races" etc. lie doesn't blame
. the man who shot him q bit and viii
81 Dc can, sue that he goes scott free.
DECKER's STORY.
"Aiy folks live at Lewiston Ida" said
naclor "but for some time have been
employed iu the region OF the la Barge
and F0utauellc rivers Ina western wy
oming. or late / have been hcrding
Il sheep for Bcnuion brothers Of salt Lake
nf IA nf fhn ennOtamN
was oIt for lark. with my chum. Jess
Peterson.
.Nc rides from our camp, which Is
On Hams Fork, about p miles nom
J. EeEmcrer TO the corral& OF Mf. Blake'
rrIf a mile away We had been drink
irr some. and felt pretty gay. Arriving
al plake's camp, we finds his men
| c,,ttpe out and counting sheep for
sbiarcnf. His son was calling out the
numbers tally meaning 100, which
ras recorded by a man some distance
| AWAY Each dime Blake says tally
NE Wells tally. making 1t impossible 20
| Keen strict account We only wanted
lit.le fun. but our foolishness an
moved Blake and he told us repeatedly
IN cat &c out He said. Boys. If you
ranf something to drink. wait TIL we
ed through with this bunch and I'll
gyo YOU an the whisky you want
I'VE let's up calling out tally ana
agfII U.nIlktN lANh aAANNAAA A'AfNtNN ~ h-N-
while. went back TO our own camp,
hst remembered about the promised
whisky
BLAKE WAS NOT AFRAID.
About o. m. we again start for
makes stin feeling good and bent on
ssyinr a time. We bauters each other
I'm n race. and Off we go. losing our
ATS but not stopping to get them. we
gere whooping and yelling ike an
gst ont when we approached the place
where Young Blake was standing alone,
re riding as FAST as our horses could
"a directly for him. He was tender
,oN {ust out OF school and ] guess he
tbogeht we were about To do him up.
DE looked scared. but l guess he
wasn't The first thing ] knew there
vssa fash and / feels a piercing pain
IN the upper part OF the right chest.
stopped my horse just as a shot
went through the animals wethers.
and I Jumped off and started 10 run
/ 90 The opposite direction. Before 1
reaches clump OF quaking asp, a
Il bullet hits me i'm the thigh and down
] goes / don't remember anything
else that happened, until ] found my
sf n camp with my brother and
oilers around me-
L BOTH MEN SHOT
Dackei went on 10 say that he did
n,t know just when Peterson was
shot, whether before or after him
.tli lIo was told thar Immediately
atr re shooting Blake started for
hemma.er 20 give himself up, mes
enger went TO Bennion's camp 90 APP
uaisc Deckor's brother Of what had
Fcgrred. and a search was instituted
Ton iha missing man. IL was an hour
nQ "a half before he was found and
Was believed from his condition
hat ha was fatally wounded.
4 BROUGHT TO SALT LAKE.
Decker was cared for during the
.isht ud early next morning was
lken I1 Fossil. IL mile distant.
placed aboard an o. s. l.. train ana
aought to salt Lake, Via McCammon.
ne most dangerous wound is too
usn 90 have penetrated the lung and
ietdy Drovcry is expected. The
0lllt DIme out below the shoulder
.ade Iae other BAH passed clear
Molgl The hcshy part of the thigh,
'. luckily missed the bone.
Decker is "a husky fellow, "a years
age and looks little the worse
lle ldcal hc is passing through.
was born In Denver. but has re-
Il uIg
Il FETEgsON NOT BADLY HURT
lhhomo Of Peterson is at AT Pleas
o." |NNNAHH A"A NNNN 10 N'' 't'
0a city aud pays daily visit
DIG gHum Decker. one bullet. as
'i, hi Peterson in the LETT arm.
Nl} between the wrist and the
$50 bones were broken, and.
ihe wound BE- painful De viii
POI all rlrht again. From the
bullet De had narrow escape,
Missile barely missing "a vital or
'ako sr hng been to the hospital
Il Decker and Is very sorry for
recurrence, though of course he
| much Llamc his SON for what
Na Hnoci1lly as the victim of tho
XIV m1ns aim cannot find u DO
h'HfIs tp censurC him. j. Blake
i oNll - years old Decker says
hr 'shi oi roWdief riding upon
f''fHs lko Domunrhe Indians
~ .N nurn fcr his patience but not
nsN hfrNa llf has not been adj
49, il 1ail. as IL was believed thai
nv, would die AS the latter d.
rar Ns IanldlV. Blake VIII doubtless
fs~ rt lt hhcrtv ana judging