The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-03
BAD MAN CAP APTURED;
ON TRAIL OF MEEKS
Impression Prevails That He
Will Not Be Taken Alive
by Officers.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
PROVO. July 2.-The man who passed
through Cotton few days ago with three
OF the horses stolen from ranchers near
Evanston, Wyo., was approached and cap
tured late last night near Price, Carbon
county by Sheriff Tom keiter OF Carbon
county and his deputy. Ed Johnson. Word
was received here last night by telephone
that the man with the stolen horses was
seen In or near, Price during the after
noon and that he had sold two OF the
horses, and with the money had bought
a new saddle, rifle and six shooter. and
LEFT for the mountains in the direction
Soldiers canyon. Sheriff Kelter imme-
diately wired 10 Deputy Sheriff Scruggs
OF the find and he with his deputy took
the tran and the last word received last
one and half hours behind the fugi-
tive.
On receipt of this news Mr.. scruggs.
Grande ana landed In Price this morning.
In the meantime Sheriff Kelter and his
deputy had overtaken the man and with
seuss M a arrived arrived II therc re's sn 7PSs ss sruEg ms
left Provo last night he gave the infor-
nation TO Sheriff Judd that the man with
the three horses and whom the Carbon
county officers were in pursuit OF was
named Elliott and was from Wyoming. In
Telephone communication TO the sheriff
here today noon Deputy scruggs WAS
man and horses and also gave out the
fact that he had information that would
lead to the capture OF Bud Meeks within
the next twenty-four hours.
The officers here are OF the opinion
that Bud Meeks will never be taken alive
and that he has so expressed himself
since the killing Of his partner. Alb Muir
dock. Meeks was In Walsburg Sunday
following the killing OF Murdock and to
sister 1t is said he made the re-
mark.
We'll. good bye sister: I am going
70 get out OF this" and when asked by
hls sister; Where are you going?" said;
II don't know. but ] guess Will have
Is well armed and ii is said by all who
know him that he is the most fearless
man TO be found in the west and is also
crack shot either with side arm or
rifle. Meeks has many relatives and
friends In and about Wasatch county and
the opinion among officers here lis that
as expressed by one OF the men interested
In the capture OF the fugitive. IL is be-
lieved now by the Uintah and Utah coun-
ty officers, and this belief is shared in
by the wyoming deputy. that Murdock
and Meeks were the leaders in a we'll
organized gang OF horse thieves, plying
their trade between Wyoming and Utah.
II is alleged that they would take horses
from Wyoming and bring them to Utah
TO dispose OF and then drive a band back
to Evanston and sell them. The three
horses found at Price yesterday were
positively identified as some Of the thIr-
ty head or more stolen from the ranch
ers near Evanston in the last sixty days.
Two others OF the horses stolen from
Wyoming were found In Wasatch county.
one IN the possession OF Alb Murdoch
when Deputy Scruges made a good In
dian out Of him, and the other one was
found in Heber City. and this one was
also traceable 10 Murdock, as having been
disposed OF by him.
Unless n man is sure of his position
IL VIII hardly he safe In any OF the three
counties. Uintah, Wasatch and Utah. for
the present to offer for sale any OF the
horse kind.