, 1908-06-01
.]H[R|FF] MURDERER
IS STILL At LARGE
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have heard the Walden officers for g
long distance, as they used the brake
freely on their wagon coming dowr
hill, the rubbing Of the brake against
the wheel making considerable noise
Summers followed the road for about
four miles, when he saw Lovejoy and
his automobile near the old cabin. He
then turned of the road and struck
through Fox creek park, taking the
Fox creek road for Centennial. Dark,
ness settled down and he became lost
the horse gradually turning and work.
ing its way home. The horse struck
the main road again just between
Burg's ranch and Woods, several miles
below where Bath was shot, where
Summers removed the saddle, bride
and haltar, leaving them nea the road.
but taking the blanket with him.
Hours In the Saddle.
1t had required Mr.. Frazer five hours
to go over the trail left by Summers,
and according to his theory Summers
must have abandoned the horse about
II p. M, as 1t Ia estimated that he
| would have required this time after
the killing to make the distance he did
Frazer believes the shooting occurred
about 4:30, as it would have required
about an hour and a half after Bath
telephoned to his wife at 3 o'clock to
reach the fatal spot. The body was
found by the officers from North park
between 4:30 and 5 o'clock and Sum.
mers was seen by Walter Smith be-
tween $50 and 6 o'clock while Smith
was on his way from the Weber saw
mill to Chimney parry with a load of
lumber. Smiths attention was attract
ed to him by his efforts to get across
a large ditch that was running full Of
water over to the Fox creek road. 1t
is almost certain that Mrs. Pollock was
mistaken, as Summers could not have
been seen at the point indicated by
that lady at that time. She saw some
one else. perhaps, and nearer to the
point where she stood. Mr.. Smith
took Mr.. Frazer to the point where he
had seen Summers and the trail was
readily found, Mr.. Smith going over
the entire trah with Mr.. Frazer.
-. nay Have Made Raikaead-g
Mr.. Frazer believes that Summers
either reached this city or the railroad
that night, as he had from IL o'clock
until daylight with a comparatively
clear field, or is now in the hills max
ing for Centennial, where he Is said
to have friends in one Of the grading
camps There was no bullet hole In
the saddle and Summers never had
but one horse, which was quite tired
when Bath secured it from Porter.
Frazer had the only horse Burg had.
Summers is not known to have visited
any ranch but the cabin of Bob Pee
bles, where he spent Thursday night
and was given the lunch and a pair OF
o%vershoes when he left, as he COM
planned Of being footsore. He still had
the overshoes on he dismounted
where the Fox creek road joins the
main North park road.
Taken Unawares.
Mr.. Frazer believes that Bath was
evidently not looking for any resist
ance from Summers and had made no
attempt at getting hold of his pistol.
The North park sheriff said that had
he come upon Summers he probably
| would have done the same, as he did
not regard Summers as a desperate
| man, the assault at Walden simply be-
| ing the result of being caught In the
act of attempting to loot the bar Of
| his employer. The telephone pole be-
| hind which Summers was said to have
| been hiding was too small to shield
| his person from sight. The country
is open, SO that the two men could
| easily have seen each other for more
than 100 yards. There were no tracks
| around the telephone pole at all,
| though there were tracks past it, made
| by Summers as he dragged Baths
body by.
Ranchmen Notified.
! The ranchmen in that vicinity and
| citizens generally were out Saturday
and Sunday and the entire country
was gone over, but not a sign OF the
fugitive was discovered after the find
of the saddle, bride and halter. Sum-
mers is known to have walked. over at
least two panels on a fence after leav-
ing the horse, probably in an attempt
to blind the trail, but the point where
he mounted the fence and at b spot
where he again took to the ground
were marked by tracks in the mud and
epow Then the trail was lost n has