Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-12
Indians Bring Don Morgan Into
CokevilIe Seriously
Wounded.
NOW AT L. D. S. HOSPITAL.
One Of His Assailants Was Killed and
The Other Captured BY Wyo-
ming Rancher.

| Don Morgan. a 1T-ycar-old boy who
until Wednesday was a sheep herder
with a flock near Cokevine. wyo., to-
day lies In a critical condition at the l..
d. S. hospital I'm this city
The fact that he Is alive at an is
probably due TO the kindness OF a wan
| dering band Of Indians who brought
him into Cokevillo after he had been
held up by two hlghwaymen. and shot
/ through the stomach. His family re-
sides at Mil Greek. and he is a nephew
| Of Bishop O. p. Miller.
The facts OF the lads encounter with
two highwaymen, and the final result In
the killing Of one Of them and the cap
ture Of the other. by a rancher who
knew nothing of them except that they
wanted TO trade horses with him too
anxiously. Is a narrative Of n class that
Is growing more and more extinct each
year.
one Of tho robbers is now on a slab
at Cokeville. having been shot dead by
a man whose horses the pair tried TO
! steal after shooting Morgan. The pal
Is in Jail az Evanston. having been hur-
ried to that city to escape vengeance
zens
The tragedy occurred just after 8
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon. The
highwaymen. whose names are given as
Bates. left Coxeville and proceeded 10
the mountains eastward. A mile or two
from town they met Morgan, who was
engaged as a sheepherdcr by Abraham
Hin and who was coming 10 CokeVille
for supplies from his camp midway be
tween that place and Star Valley The
men drew pistols on Morgan, VINO Is
only II years old. and commanded him
TO throw up his hands, at the same time
telling him that they wanted the horse
he was riding He held up his hands
as requested, and said;
A MERE BOY.
you may have my horse, but do not
hurt me" He leaned a little bit for
ward in the saddle as he spoke. and
whether or not this was taken TO mean
that he was trying to reach gun Is
not known, but at that instant one OF
the robbers fred, the bullet striking
Morgan in the abdomen.
INDIANS HELD UP.
Just then some Indians happened
along and they In turn were held up
BY the highwaymen. who took from
them a horse but the animal OF young
Morgan was not taken, the men being
| terribly frightened at what they had
done. The robbers rode hurriedlyl along
until they came 20 the barn OF ranch
er. where they tried 10 get fresh ami
mails to take the place Of the one they
rode, which was beginning TO fag. The
ranchman demurred against parting
with any Of his horses, and backed his
protest up by producing a gun. SIX
shots were fired. three from his weapon
and three from the guns Of the intrud-
A. Ill nurHHN D.
a hole in his temple, and his pal was
quickly subdued by the ranchman.
HELP FOR YoUNGsTER.
Meanwhile the Indians had taken
Morgan TO Cokeville. and he was placed
upon the first train bound for his home
in Utah. Preparations were at once
made by citizens TO trace the men VINO
shot him. but a report from the ranch
IN question obviated the necessity OF
any action en- that direction.
When the living highwayman was
brough. into town, along with the body
Of the dead man, he was set upan ana
somewhat severely handled, but wiser
Judgment prevailed and the man was
hurried to Evanston. Mr.. Hill, who
was on the train with his young em-
ploye. telegraphed back and forth dur
ing the afternoon ana night, and ono
OF the dispatches sent by him TO Coke
vino vas advice 10 let the law take
its course.
NEPHEW or o. p. MILLER.
Immediately upon arriving at the
hospital IN this city, Morgan was
placed under the care OF DR.. Ralph
r. Richards. The opinion Is expressed
that an operation VIII not be neces-
sary, ana strong hopes are held out
that the lad VIII recover, despite tho
fact that the wound was received In
dangerous place. The bullet came
out through tho left hip. The parents
of Morgan. j. W. and Harriet Miller
Morgan, reside at Third East and
Fourteenth South street, In MIN Creek
ward The young man IS a nephew Of
Bishop o. +. Miller.