Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-15
SHERIFF TELLS
OF CARCASS DEATH
Frank Emery Returns from Seat
tie Sounding Praises of
The Officers.
CONFESSED TO DETECTIVE
Desperate Told Story of the Killing of
Officer Ford to Police When
He Was Dying.


Joe Garcia confessed to me that he |
was the man wanted nv, tho Salt Lake
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loon on the night OF December IL, l9OG
and that on that night he. in company
with John owen and Joseph sullivan
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ON North Main streat Inn, f,r,bo,. than
that Garcia would tell me nothing"
said sheriff g. Franz rn,or,, this ,,,or,,-
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maui d confession TO one OF the Sealue
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9HeIil Emery returned from Seat'le
tliS iiio'i'IHE' arriving IN san LAKE az
e,oV' ne WIS I9oh'nS itesh as G1lSS
aIter ms Inhs rae ana Wear! vigil !"
whlch ne III company with seattle ON
GERS, spent three DAYS ana nights look
ing for the eN-conNict and desperate
Harcla' re Is very modest apout Ihe
capture OF inc notcd ouVIaW' ASCENDING
the cIedlt ana honot LOT the same en-
tlrelE to the Seattle officers. They arc
me set OF men sald Sherlft Emery
and gave their time ana rlsked every
thing to help in the CAPTURE of Joe
Garcia. From Captain Tenant down.
the Seattle officers are as fine ana
fearless set of men as IT was ever my
pleasure to meet They worked day
ana night ana never battered nor wa
Nered from their duty, and theN are en-
titled to the gratitude of every peace
and order loving citizen OF the state OF
| Utah for the capture OF one OF the
worst criminals in the history OF the
| country.
STORY Or, TIN. CAPTURE
I'VE got word that Garcia was in
| Seattle said Sheriff Emery. and /
started out for the Washington town
on Friday evening May 5. arriving in
Seattle Sunday night. l went at once
| to the Seattle police headquarters, ana
! Detectives McClurg and Peterson We're
] detailed to accompany me on the hunt
/ for Garcia We laid for the Mexican
/ three days and nights. and discovered
in our rounds that Garcia. was perhaps
acquainted with McCurg and Peter
son, after which Officers Adams, Clark,
| Holland and Griffith were assigned to
the task These We're the men who
| captured Garcia and the whole trans
! action did not occupy more than n
| minute.
/ I'VE searched the city for three days,
and on Wednesday we got good
! line ON the hali-bre IL was ar
! ranged that Of1cers Clark, and Holland
! should go up on one side OF the street
and Ofiicers Grlnith ana adams anu
myseit on the ouiIer, t Me VIZ 49, a'i Ia %
First avenue. and the program was
carried out. Garcia came along the
! street accompanied by a friend, and
/ suddenly the officers closed In on him
| He realized in a minute that he was up
4 against ii, and began TO pull his guns
| He had a revolver In each overcoat
| pocket, and grabbed for them with the
| intention OF shooting. He succeeded
| In getting one hand out with the pistol
! ready to fire. but just then Officer
| Adams shot him through the wrist,
and he dropped the gun. His other
| hand caught in ms pocket ana before
he could get it out the Mexican was
| pierced by four bullets two in the
| wrist one in the right arm; and the
| last one, which was the iatal one en-
| tering his left side ana passing through
| his body, lodging IN the lower Spihai
| column garcia was caught JUST
as he whirled around racing
me. He afterwards lolu me no
thought was town hlarShal from
Georgetown, supurp OF Seattie'
where he mad been eolnln'tti i u nun
per OF uepi eu" tr 80,
officers We're after nm. rae never rec
ognlzed me as an o'.lvea I'oln = an
AS he raised ms arm 10 Ilre sp,nepouy
struck ms arm upward ana the gun
flew out OF MS hand ana lell on the
ground AT the oiucer Iee''
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81 visited Garcia several times be-