Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
TWELVE MORE
INDIANS HEADED
FOR WILLIE BOY
PIUTES LEAVE RESERVATION
IN NEVADA
sHERIFF's POSSES RACE WITH
TRlBEsMEN OF FUGITIVE
Officers Warned Not to Drink Water
from Springs on the Desert,
as It Is Probably
Poisoned
Especial to The Herald.

q AN BERNARDINO, oct 14.-Be-
~ lieved to be endeavoring to join
~ Willie Boy and assist him in his
escape to either Arizona or Nevada,
twelve Piutes are reported tonight to
have slipped away from the Nevada
reservation and are now sought by
federal authorities.
The Indians were tracked into Ari-
zona, across the Colorado river, they
having made a large detour in an eff
fort to throw their pursuers off the
trail, but after reaching the unpopu-
lated wastes of that territory, turned
south and a number of miles below
Needles again forded the river and are
now thought to be headed for the
Bullion range, near the scene of the
murderer's rendezvous.
, The mysterious party of heavily
armed Piutes sighted at Dandy last
evening are now thought to sbe mem
bers of this band, which has evidently
divided in an effort to throw off sus-
picion as to their intentions.
The Indian trailers prophesied, 1t has
also become known, such a move on
the part of the Piutes who are seek
ing to protect their tribesman now
sought as a double murderer and by
whose bullet Deputy Sheriff Reche now
lies in a hospital in this city in
grave condition, and have warned the
posses which they are leading, against
using water from the springs on the
desert, they fearing that relatives of
the fugitive may place poison in the
water in an effort to force the hunters
to give up the chase.
Serious Battle Expected
Trouble is feared between the posses
and the struggling Piutes gathered on
the scene of the impending battle with
the murderer who they desire to pro-
tect.
SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 14.-In an
effort to reach Rock Corral and the
scene of the battle between Willie
Boy and the trailers, where it is be-
lieved the fugitive Is awaiting assist
ance from his tribesmen, before the
three Piutes who last evening We're
sighted near Dandy, headed for the
Bullion range regions, can join forces
with the murderer, Sheriff John Ralphs
and his posse, notified by the messen-
ger, who rode all night to oVertake
them, of the presence of the armed
trio in the country where the hunt is
to be conducted, is now racing with
the fleet mounted Indians, endeavoring
to head them off and disarm them be-
fore they can reach the garrison OF
the fugitive.
The posse sent out from Dandy,
failing to capture the three Piutes,
mounted on horses faster than their
own, the Indians are now pressing on
into the very region where the last
hunt was conducted. At Big Bear
valley this morning the sheriff was
warned again in regard to the Piutes,
evidently seeking to aid their tribes
men, and already the posse, which left
here yesterday morning, had been di-
vided and a half dozen of the best
men, headed by Ralphs himself, had
started on a short cut down the desert
slope of the range. With the progress
which the party has already made to
Big Bear valley, the advance squad
of the posse will reach Rock Corral
tonight, possibly ahead of the Indians,
who had an equal distance to travel
today.
Although reaching the point agreed
on as the meeting place of the three
possess, twenty-four hours in advance
of the stated time, it is hoped that
members of the other parties may have
ridden ahead of the wagons and Will
be on hand to render aid in capturing
the Piutes before they have been able
to reach Willie Boy, among the granite
peaks between Rock Corral and Bullion
range.