The daily sentinel., 1912-04-12

yesterday afternoon, following an al
-tercation and fist fight and immedi-.
ately mounted his horse and rode
away. He stopped at Molina on his
way toward this city and spent sew
eral minutes in conversation with
Court Skinner there. Later he cross
ed the bridge at De Beque under
cover of night and headed toward
the upper reaches of Roam creek.
Tried to Escape.
Snipes, it is believed intended to
give himself up when he left Coll
bran, but not knowing now danger
ously Henderson was shot and real
izing the cold-blooded manner of the
shooting, changed his mind and de-
termined If possible to effect his es-
cape.
Schiader Leaves Here.
Sheriff Schrader. accompanied by
Undersheriff Jeff Watson left here
late last night in Monte Ramsey's car
with Mr.. Ramsey driving. They went
to De Beque. and from there began
their search. They trailed the fugi-
tive up Roam creek and notified all
the ranchmen of that section to be
on the lookout for Snipes. Among
those were C. II. Conwell. well
known ranchman who lives on one of
the upper tributaries. When told
of the shooting and that Snipes
was headed in his direction Conwell
said over the phone, Il hope he gets
away; | won't try to stop him."
Aided Escape.
When the sheriff and his party
reached the Conwell place this morn
ing Mrs. Conwell said she had seen
nothing of Snipes and the hired man
at the house said the same thing. AS
a matter of fact. however. Snipes had
been there and Conwell himself had
provided Snipes with big lunch and
loaned him a Savage .303 rifle He
also accompanied Snipes away from
the creek road and to the top of
the ridge into the cedars. He SEEM
ed to be head toward Grand Junction
by way of the Book Cliff foothills.
Taken by Surprise.
For several miles the sheriff. who
was now accompanied by Joe Mason,
marshal of De Beque, as well as
Messrs. Ramey and Watson, trailed
Snipes into the cedars. His tracks
were fairly plain, and Schrader
rushed his men through the timber
in an effort to come upon him as
quickly as possible. Suddenly. in an
open space, Snipes was seen on horse
back. In an instant Schrader had
him covered with the quick demand.
Throw up your hands" Without
a murmur, Snipes elevated his palms
with no effort to draw either his ri
file or his revolver.
Was Despondent.
Among the first thing that Snipes
wanted to know of his captors was
whether or not Henderson was dead
Informed that he was not he seemed
to cheer up somewhat. but was
Respondent all the way to this city
He made no attempt to escape. but
sat in his place without word. He
was asked no questions. but was al
lowed to remain immersed with his
own thoughts.
Was Quick Work.
The sheriff and undersheriff will
be generally congratulated upon the
early capture of Jesse Snipes. Known
to be "gunpacker" and believed by
many to be a man who would seel
his life dearly before he would al
low himself to be taken. many local
people predicted long chase before
Snipes would be apprehended. The
sheriff. however, was relentlessly
following him and when he was over
taken he had no chance to offer re-
sistance or make an escape without
the certainty of losing his own life.
Shooting Causes Excitement
When the news flashed over the
county that Henderson had been
shot down by Snipes intense excite
ment resulted In this city the news