Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-12-09
SLIYERs OF Elk CONVICTED
Ihree Men who nIcd BiE Game in
fNelIoYvstone Park Captured
After Long Chase.

CODY wyo.. Dec. s-CSpecisl.) )--Those
persons who are interested in the protec-
tion Of big game win be graufed to learn
that at least one game warden has done
his duty. o. d. Marx has been instru-
mental in bringing about the arrest Of
Fred w. Chase. Gus Holtz and Harry
Workman. all Of Cody. for killing elk In
the Yellowstone National park. These men
were arrested last week by Leslie snow.
deputy United states marshal. and taken
to Fort Yellowstone. where they were fined
500 and costs. which amounted to So each
They appealed and the case will be car
ried to the United States court in Chey-
enne.
Chase has been known to the authorities
for some years a. one Of the most fragrant
violstors OF the game laws in this locality
He has OPENLY boasted that he was too
slick for the game Wardens ana local au-
thorities, and further asserted that when
they got him It would be at the point OF q
gun. AS q matter of fact. after the war
rant for his arrest vas read, to him, Chase
went with the marasRl like the proverbial
lamb.
Chase is taxiderlhis and It is alleged
that in the past has killed for the heads
and horns, but moF frequently only for
the two tusks. wht bring all the way
from s TO $50 a pair It is further alleged
by persons in a pu Jon 90 know that at
the close OF no season since Chase's resi-
dence IN the country has he returned with
less than twenty-five pairs Of elk teeth.
and at the close OF one season he brought
in as high as fhirty-three pair. The head
and horns OF the elk had been taken from
the elk killed in the park. but the meat
was untouched.
Chase win ba held and tried later in
Uinta county. where the depreciation was
committed. for the killing Of several elk
outside the park line, from which the tusks
alone had been taken The men also are
charged with killing a moose near Bridgsr
lake. which is a felony, since moose are
protected for twelve years. The carcass
of the moose was found with the head and
scalp gone, and its Killer was traced in
the new-fallen snow 70 Chase's camp.
Moose are greatly on the increase in the
game preserve set apart IN the forest res
ervation for breeding purpose. and this,
with the increased vigilance Of the game
wardens, Is doing much toward the preser-
walton OF big game The game wardens,
however, are greatly handicapped by the
fact that there is no money at their dis
posal with which 70 prosecute their work
and carry on their Investigations. When an
arrest Is made. as = the case OF Chase
and his associates. a. the expenses, even
TO the railroad tiokelF must come out Of
the private purse OF 4e game warden until
they are eventually reimbursed by the
state
50 in earnest is No IN the prosecution
or Chase this most razen Of local law
breakers. that he % flares he win pawn
his saddle horses b pre- these men shall
escape punishment hes sause of the lack OF
few dollars. Marx calnped in the snow and
trailed them miles IN a snowEtorm in the
mountains to obtain svidsnee sufficient to
convict them, and ~ s 3 theF.foEa ds1arm-
ined that they shall sfiot escape the punish
ment which every real sportsman viii agree
they deserve.