The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-03
JAW SHOT AWAY IN
BATTLE WITH PALS
Man Left to Wander, Terribly
Wounded, Among the Lava
Beds; Finds Safety.
COMPANIONS ARE TAKEN
Postofflce Robbers Believed to
Have Fought Over Booty;
$500 Recovered.
COMPANIONS ARE TAKEN

Special 10 Tic Tribune.
BOISE, Ida Dec. Ills right check
and iawbone blown away hy the contents
OF a shotgun in the hands OF his pals,
when thcy quarreled over a division OF
tho booty secured from The postofflce OF
Plcabo. Harry Barton OF Boise is lying
betw life and death at q hospital In
Richied, Ida
Barton was deserted after being shot
and left to wander over the treacherous
lava bed country for hours With halr nus
Burke and Fred Murphy. are being held
by the authorities al HALEY.
Postoffice Is Robbed.
The pos,office ut FIcabo was entered
by three men few nights ago. thc safc
opened and $1,000 In cash and stamps
taken Fleeing 10 the Isolated foothills
and the lava beds near Plcabo. the three
robbers struck camp and proceeded 10 o
divide the plunder OF the night ra'd,
The condition of Barton has prcEcnico
his making n statement, but tho authori-
ties are In possession OF facts which sup
port the charge that the thrce yegsmcn
quarrcled over the division OF me po1ty
and Barton was attacked by the othel
two, receiving the full discharge OF Q
shotgun In the mouth, tearing away inc
iawbone and almost ono side of the hcaa
Then he was deserted. lie recoVeied
consciousness the next morning. ana
after wandering over the desert he man
aged 20 make his way back to Picaoo'
almost dead, His terrible condition
upon being discovered, resulted in his be-
ing rushed to n hospital at RIchheid
where he is now at deaths door.
Pals Pose as Friendly.
The pals OF Barton had not left The
vicinity OF the camp. ana aitcr balio
reached Plcabo they followed. arriving
there in time TO lend him assistance, see
that he was taken To hospital and gen
orally acting the part OF supposed trlenoS
Their action was promptly suspected a.
ruse to mislead the Officers. Aitei
they had left Picabo the authorities al
| Shoshone were notified and they "cr.
| placed under arrest. one OF them mao
more than 500 in his pockets ana otheI
paper that supported the suspicious ol
| the officers. Another had less than tha'
amount in currency and silver.
The officers have been searching th'
at or near Pagarl and their efforts mel
with success. for they located caone
| where $500 had been placed by the yegg,
men. who hoped t" be aole 10 return am
| recover II after suspicion had been d.
| rected against other parties. Part OF tins
| money was identified as that taken from
the postoffice at Picabo. This VIII bt
| used as evidence against the yegSmen
Robbers From Salt Lake.
Officers have been on the trail cS ,hc
| have left Salt Lake and 1t is believed
they have record. A kit of burglars
| tools. and quantity Of nitro -glycerin'
| s said 20 have been found in the effects
! OF the men under arrest. That the,
| have q bad criminal record is now be
| lIeyed by officers hero who have been ii
| close touch with the officials at HALEY
| ShoshoDe and Picabo.
| While in Boise the yeggncn were
| closely watched, but they failed 10 at
| tempt a job here and left later TO
| HALEY
1t is believed that ic Barton rccover
| he Will make p confession in which fuI
details OF the robbery and shooting will b,
| givcnGo the authorities