The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-24
CAME WARDENS
Do GOOD WORK
Party of Fishermen Caught in
Act While SEEMING Ogden
River.
DEPUTIES CRAWL OVER A
MILE THROUGH SAGEBRUSH
Seiners Make Escape From the
Officers, but Are Later
Captured.

After lying in wait for nearly FIVE
hours and crawling on their hands and
knees for moro than mile through
sagebrush sharp-pointed grass and oc-
casional cactus, Deputy Game Wardens
Tom Stoker and Alfred Garner Of We
bcr county arrested Hyrum Peterson,
man named Waipsgaard and Two 9th.
ers whose names have moi been learned,
at an early hour Friday morning on a
charge Of SEEMING in the Ogden river.
been supplying restaurants in Ogden
aud Salt Lake City with choice trout
and herring for some time, are now in
Jail at Huntsville, The arrest is consid-
cred au important one, as 1T Is thought
company of seiners which was doing
business on large and systematic scale
has been broken up.
Fred w. Chambers. state fish and
game commissioner, had been informed
of the SEEMING by persons who had seen
the big catches of fish, and he had
made efforts to catch the scipcrs, but
bis efforts resulted only in his being
confronted by guards when he ap-
preached the scene of the nefarious fish
ing. The guards, by means Of red
lights, signaled the fishermen, and they
we're able to escape.
WdFQenS SIohcT ana GdJnoT ros0lVOQ
TO make a capture Of the violators, and
accordingly went in hiding about II
clock Thursday night a mile from
where the fishermen were supposed to
do their work. The wardens lay on the
ground until after 2 clock, when they
saw a mau in the distance, who appar.
emily was watching for someone, He
could be seen in the moonlight very
clearly. Taking that as a signal that
the fishermen were at work and the
guards on duty, the game wardeus be-
gan their long crawl toward the Ogden
river. They passed within hundred
yards Of the guard and finally reached
the stream, with their knees and hands
bleeding from the crawling over the
grass and brush.
Wait for Fishermen.
When they stopped there was sand
bar between them and the river, and
they figured the fishermen would appear
at that point during the night some
time. After wait of some little time
they heard the splash of oars in the
water and saw the waves from a boat,
and In few minutes boat pulled
up, seine was drawn in by two men and
large number of fish were dumped
into the bottom of the boat. Having
all the evidence necessary, the war
deus suddenly jumped up and ordered |
the fishermen to throw up their hands
They were too quick, however, and both |
leaped into the brush and started on
the run across country through a |
thicket. In attempting to follow them
Warden Stoker caught the knee of his
boot on piece of barbed wire and
fell head foremost into the stream, dis. |
appearing under the water. His boot
was torn of. Hampered in that acci- !
dent, the wardcns were unable TO catch |
I he fishermen, but they had seen their |
faces in the moonlight and knew who |
they were. In the boat was found a |
complete seining outfit and thirty-five |
pounds Of fish. These were taken as
evidence, and the fishermen were ar.
rested at Huntsville Friday.
Commissioner Chambers says he con.
siders the catch one OF the most i'm
portapt IN long time, and SAYS he is |
more than pleased with the work of mis-
deputies. He says he will make every |
effort 10 have the men sent to Jail, in
stead of being allowed to pay fine.