The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-06
THREE MEN MURDER SALT LAKER
At SUNNYS|DE CAMP AND WOUND
PARTNER; TWO SUSPECTS seized
Third Suspect Makes Escape by Fordng River, in
Stocking Feet, Under Cover of Night; Car
bon County Officers Predict His
Capture Early Tomorrow
hOLDUPS ARE DEAF TO PLEA FOR MERCY
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
SUNNYSIDE, Feb. 5.-Three
unmasked highwaymen held up
Victor Albert Jenkins of Salt Lake
City and George Bentley of Sun.
nyside, in the street here at II 30
this morning, mortally wounded
Jenkins and slightly wounded
Bentley Going southerly the des-
peradoes made their escape tenn
porarlly.
Two suspects of the holdup and muir
der were captured at Woodsde, on the
Denver & Rio Grandc main line in En-
cry county. twenty miles south, at dark
tonight The third suspect made his
escape, under cover of darkness, by
wading and swimming the Price river
at Woodside in his stocking feet. Sher-
if Keller of Carbon county Will start
two posses after the fugitive, however,
one from Woodside to follow him and
the other from Green River TO head
him or. His escape, say the officers, is
impossible.
Turning deaf cars to Jenknss pleas to
take the money he carried but spare his
life. the bandits. after emptying their
revolvers. renewed their attack upon Jen-
kins with knives. and. slashng h!m IN
the breast and neck, laid the iugular vein
bare.
jenkins died two hours later.
Placing the muZzle OF his revolver dl-
% n
heart of George Bentley. Jenkins's com
panion. one OF the holdups pulled the
trigger, bu, his aim was bad. and the
bullet merely creased the flesh for three
or four inches on Bentleys left side.
Taking s262 in silver that jenkins was
carrying in a sack in his hand. but over
his hip pocket the holdups then fed,
making their way TO the main line of
the Denver & Rio Grande Railway com
pany at Cedar. twenty miles southeast
Of here. From there they have made
their way to Woodside almost twenty
miles beyond. evidently intending TO board
"A Denver & 10 Grande train.
Bentley and Jenkins conducted the
gambling privilege in what is known as
the lower place OF the Magnolia Trad,
ing company,,s saloon at Sunnyside and
were on their way home, after closing
about 80 o'clock this morning. when
the holdup occurred
Hide in outbuilding.
Jenkins lodged with Bentley, whose
house is about 100 yards north Of the
saloon. Jenkins, being the younger. pre-
Ccdad Bentley about thirty feet, The
holdups had concealed themselves in an
outbuilding on the Bentley premises and
as Jenkins got opposite this the high
waymen rushed out and without giving
any warning on order To halt. began fir
ing
Despite the fact that one of the bull
let's pierced Jenklns's arm, he maintained
an attitude OF defense throughout the flu
sillade OF wild bullets that followed. One
OF the holdups pointed his revolver at
Bentley and fred the shot going wild.
Bentley al once fell 10 the ground as II
hit. and in so doing probably saved his
The holdups then turned their entire
attention To Jenkins. who remained stand
ing. One of the bandits placed the muz-
Zlc OF his weapon against Jenkins alb
domcn and fired Emptying their revol-
Vers part of the time without aiming, the
highwaymen then attacked jenkins with
knives 1t was after Jenkins had been
slashed In the side that he uttered plea
for his life,
Here's U,e money" was Jcpkins's ap-
peal. Take 1t. but don't murder me-"
Plea Is Unheeded.
The petition went unhecded. The high
waymcu renewed their attack with
found -four its W way to Jenkins's neck. almost
sevcring the jugular vein. Jenkins did
not fall. however, Bentley SAYS;
The highwaymen then took the silver
walked over 10 Bentley. who remained
PROSTATE on the ground to make the
bandits believe that lie was dead. Grab
bing Bentley. who lay on his side with
his back to jenkins. with one hand, the
holdup turned him over on his back. With
the other hand he placed his revolver at
n point over what he took for the heart
and fired The exploding powder burned
hole in Bcntleys clothes and burned
the skin The three highwaymen then
fled north until they got out OF the camp
he
Hearing Jenkins grooming. Bentley
looked around and saw that the bandits
who. unaided. walked To the Bentley
house, only "A few feet away. and UNI
dressed. With Bcntleys assistance IL
was then that Bentley first learned that
jenkins had been shot in the abdomen.
and Or. j, Dowd, physician for the Utah
Fuel company, was Immediately called
DR.. Dowd clasScd the wound a. fatal. and
Jcnkins's death two hours later verified
his prediction.
Posses Take UP Pursuit.
The alarm spread at once and Deputy
Sheriff Hyrum Wilcox and Constable
Wnstfeld took UP the pursuit OF the
hodups on foot. Snow had fallen nm hour
or before the crime. and IL was easy
10 follow tho trail for several miles.
Sheriff Keller of Carbon county, with
headquarters at Price. was notified, and
lie, too, started I'm pursuit with two men.
AT Cedar Deputy Wilcox and Constable
Westfiela We're ovcrtakcn by three Sun
nysde citizens on horseback, Three men
believed to be the bandits had been seen
passing through Cedar southward this
morning. and. taking two OF the horses,
Wilcox and Wcstfield pressed on towards
Woodside the objective point of Kelor |
and his men. Here the capture of the
two suspects WIS effected AT dark.
Deputy Sheriff Edward y, Johnstone
was one Of the men with Sheriff Ecl,cv. |
Jolmstonc comes from the south and is
used to the outlaw game. IL was John
stone who killed the outlaw, Charles
"Gunplay' Maxwell nj Price about slN
teen months ago,
The two suspects under arrest will he