The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-26
OUTLAW PLANNED
TWO ROBBERIES
MaxWeII'S Schemes Frustrated
by Vigilance of Sheriff
Keller.
DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT c. L.
MAxWELL's LATE MOVES.

c. L. Maxwell the outlaw who was
killed at Price Monday, examined the
revolver with which he was killed by
Deputy Sheriff Ed Johnston two hours
before he was shot AS he looked over
the weapon, tested its grip and noted the
calibre he said:
90 That III t.. surely is a good gun. I'd hate
This was at 2 o'clock in the afternoon;
at o'clock Maxwell was lying in a room
of the old Carbon county court house
with two gaping holes through his body
made by bullets from the gun which ne
has examined.
This revolver, a A calibre Smith &
Wesson, was of special design, which had
been made TO order and presented to
Sheriff Thomas l. Keller few months
ago.
Sheriff Keller, who. by the way, is
one of the most popular officers of east
eTn Utah and one of the old type OF
western sheriffs, came to salt Lake yes
terday with the body Of Maxwell, bring
ing the effects of the outlaw, which were
delivered to Mrs. W. II. Seaman, Max
wells second wife.
Sheriff KeIter said yesterday that Max
Wen called at MS office in the COURT
house soon after his arrival in Price.
When Maxwell entered the office the
sheriff was sitting at his desk looking
over some papers. stopping only long
enough TO answer MaEWells greeting.
The sheriffs two reviewers were on either
side Of the desk. where he usually lays
tnem while engaged in office work and
Maxwell picked up the revolver. taking
IT from the leather holster and netting
It, remarzing that il was a good gun.
Then, after noticing the bore. he eX-
tracted one of the cartridges from the
belt, feeling its weight i'm his palm, as
he remarked that he would hate to go
up against a bunch of lead like that
Maxwell examined the other revolver on
the sheriffs desk, and then turned his
attention TO the two Winchester rifles
standing in the corner of the small room
with an old fashioned sawed off shot
gun, which completes the sheriff's
armOry. The sheriff's fine revolver
seemed to have peculiar fascination for
Maxwell, however, and he examined 1t
again before leaving the sheTiff's office.
MaXwelPs visit to the sheriffs office
was made with his customary air of
bravadO, with a view TO demonstrating TO
the people of Price that he was on good
terms with Sheriff Keller and his
deputies. Sheriff Kelter, as usual, paid
little attention to the bandit and more
than once Maxwell had Deen wounded
IN spirit because the Carbon county ser
if made no display of his close sur
veilance on the bandit Excepting when
called on to arrest Maxwell. Sheriff KEEL
ter has apparently paid little attention
10 Maxwell, except quietly 10 prepare for
any emergency. when Maxwell was in
his region and to keep a close and secret
watch on his movements
The last time Maxwell was arrested by
Sheriff Keller was at Helper two years
L.
Reidei. At that time Maxwell was boast
ing that no officer would arrest him as
Keller entered the room. Seeing the
sheriff, Maxwell changed front in an
instant walking up to Keller and say
ing. Hello. sheriff, do you want me2''
and submitting to arrest without a move
Of protest.
Two Robberies Failed.
Sheriff Keller related a new chapter
IN MaXwelIs life yesterday. which shows
that the gun man had planned two big
TObberies within the last two months
both of which were foiled by Sheriff Kel-
ter and his deputies. The sheriff has a
false mustache, found on the bandits
body, which had been made from Max
wells own hair. MaXWelrs outfit also
included some sticks of theatrical grease
paint and rouge, which had been partly
used UP, although the mustache had APP
parently never been worn. This mustache
had been made of loops of hair. about
three-fOurths of it being of the same
shade of MaxWelTs with a portion a
shade lighter. The hair was sewed to
a backing of canvas aDparentiv taken