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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23

slightly internal to lower inferior an
gle OF the scapula,
Nephi S. Jensen-Circular perfora-
ton of the skin and tissue OF the an
terror abdominal wall In median line.
midway between umbilicus and crest
of pubes, From this opening coils Of
intestines and attached mcsentery
protrude. Posterlorly q circular per-
foration is seen about half an inch TO
the right OF the median line at the
upper border OF the sacrum. From
this opening blood flows. The cloth
Ing Is Intact and shows the CORE
spending perforation.
(Signed) DIR. c. c. SNYDER,
DIR. w. r. TYNDALE.
DIR w. y. PUGH,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23
guard who stood watch at the door Of

guard VINO Btooq WaCch 9t the door OF
the stocAade.
On the day following their escape
Tracy and Merrill entered Salem at Id
p: m. and held up man. They took
his clothes, stole an overcoat and two
horses and made their way north
They next appeared In tho town of
Gervais, twenty miles north of Salem,
where they demanded and procured
food and took wearing apparel from
two deputy sheriffs. Hearing that a
posse and bloodhounds were on the way
there, they doubled back toward Salem,
entering the town in the night. There
they got another change of clothes for
disguise, and early in the morning of
Juno l3, broke through a Gordon of
militia and deputy sheriffs near Ger
vais. Stopping at a farmhouse, they
ordered meals cooked for them, and
supplied themselves with eatables and
cooking utensils before leaving.
Appears at South Bay.
Little was then heard of the men
until July 2, when Tracy appeared at
South Bay, Seattle. He entered the
home Of Horatio AlIlIing and made
known his identity. He ordered meal
cooked for him. In the meantime
Frank Scott and John Lessinger came
in and joined Alling and his companion,
man named Lattridge, Tracy backed
the whole four up against the wall with
their hands up and began to prepare
his own breakfast. At this time Cap
tain Clark Of the gasoline launch "N.
and s. and his son entered, and they
were hidden to join lhe Hwall flow
ers." While eating Tracy learned of
Clark's launch, and presently ordered
the whole company to proceed to 1T
with him.
On tho way he told them Of how he
killed his pal, Merrill, he said that
Merrill had shown evidences Of faint
heart and they agreed to fight duel.
It was arranged that they should stand
back to back and at q sig
nal each should step ten PAGES
and turn and Ere. Tracy said
at the eighth step he turned and
shot Merrill In the back He said the
murder was committed four miles south
of Chehalis. Wash, on June %, A later
investigation proved this story to be
true, as MerTill's body was found there.
Takes Charge Of Yacht.
When Tracy and his involuntary
companions reached the launch he or
dered them all into the boat and in
structed Clark to proceed with the
party to Meadow Point There they
disembarked and Tracy ordered one Of
the party to bind tho others up. This
done, he ordered the man to proceed
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DOCTORS FORMALLY
DESCRIBE WOUNDS

When the bodies OF Deputy Sheriffs
Witbeck and Jensen arrived in Salt Lake
today. County Physician c, c. Snyder
assisted by DR.. w. r, Tyndale and DR.. w.
N Pugh. made an official exa mination OF
the wounds They reported as follows:
Otto Wltbeck-No UNUSUAL signs or
marks Of violence were seen. except
as follows: A circular opening In
bodt measuring LIS inches in diame-
ter, and showing slightly bruised
edges. was present in the fourth right
interspace in the anterior axillary
line. Opening showed fracture Of
fifth RIB. Posteriorly an opening,
measuring one-half inch In diameter,
Is present In the eighth interspace.
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CITIZENS OF LEHT
ARE IN TURMOIL
Special to Tho Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
LEH1, Nov 22.-LehI is in a state of
excitement that surpasses anything seen
here for years. All day and late into
the night the residents thronsed the
downtown streets. eager for news from
the men on the firing line.
Every posse that arrived In town, either
from the north or the south, was eagerly
questioned Scores OF men beg for a
chance to go out and help get the' BAN
dit :.
The Lehi telephone exchange Ia one Of
the busiest places in this end of the
state. Hundreds Of calls are coming In.
The Moslda toll line Is busy constantly.
as Sheriff Smith is handling his forces
over that line.
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disoernible at all times in the snow,
turned into the cabin. The posse be-
lieved at first that the Mexican was
still in the cabin. While Deputies
Domm and Keddington stood guard
near the front the others went around
in back, planning TO surround the place,
But Domm and Keddington became i'm"
patient and made bolt for the cabin
door and entered. 1t was empty.
An examination of the interior quick
ly showed that the fugitive had been
there and partaken liberally of the food
supplies, The bed indicated that he
had also taken some much needed rest.
From there the trail went toward the
hills again. The posse took it up.
Cutting Off Escape.
It was this posse that met tho sheep
men later and followed aftor the four
from Mosida. In the posse were
Deputy Sheriff julius Sorenson, J. T,
Dean, Douglas Hulsey, A, l.. Green,
William Kelly and w. s. Garn.
Deputy Sheriff Schettler went to Fair
field as fast as his horse would carry
him after the exchange Of shots to coll
for more help. He called Sheriff Smith
at Mosida and told him he thought Lo-
pez might slip out to the north and try
to nuke his way back toward Lark and
Bingham.
to Salt Lake and Bingham for posses to
arm themselves and hurry toward Lark.
Two auto loads left in half an hour,
They were followed by a party on
horseback.
The first automobile which belongs
TO Postmaster G. H. Roberts and which
was driven by him, carried L: T. Wher;
ry and George Dwyer and Special
Denuty Sheriffs Cunningham, Smith.
Bush and Knudsen. The four latter arc
In the employ of the Utah Copper
company. The second car belongs to
DR., J. F. Flynn and was driven by
Samuel Barnes and carried G, Camp
bell. j, +. Allison and W. F.. Shafer.
The horseback party, which went
from Upper Bingham down to Butter
field canyon and toward Lark IN ORDER
to head off Lopez, should he come, in
that direction in the morning, consist
ed Of Jack Forbes. AL Chidester, j. Fl.
Bowie. T, Draper, Charles Smaltz,
George Rucler, Parker Green and Will
About S clock posse consisting of
Axel Steele. Sheriff Phillip Aliets of
Tooele county, Patrolman Lester Wire,
q UDiamondfield' Jack Davis. A. l..
Corey. John Larsen, c. r. Heudrickson
and n Tribune reporter left Salt Lake
FOR tbe Jones ranch III two automo-
biles.
More Men From City.
patrolman Lester Wire, "Diamond-
field, Jack Davis and A. l.. Corey are
Mi acquainted with the Mexican. All
three arc expert gunmen, Wire being
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Descent Was Rapid.

Coughlin's descent was rapid. AT the
recent state Sunday school convention
in this city II was said OF him that his
first criminal act was the theft OF
few strawberries. Next he stole some
chickens, then a horse. after which he
crowned his criminal career by the
murder Of two men who were assist
Ing a posse to accomplish his arrest.
The theft of the horse was the Joint
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IN AND
NIX HABIT

70 discouraged with
2 drinking busban Dis
pate divorce proceed
sgats the Neal. Drink
Snich y, Is a safe, sure,
mat will remove tho
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podermic injections,
arc now living hap.
.'y ssnt their drink
'1s u, Neal Institute, 525
0s'' Lake City. The
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J, Australia, and has
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Career of COughlin.

The story Of the life of Coughlin va
related in The Tribune under date o
December 1e. 1886 In part. IT. is as fol
lows:
Patsy, my boy" the city marshal
OF Park City often said. you want TO
put on the brakes or you'll find your
self In tight box some day"
Not on your life," the irrepressi-
BILE Patsy would w2rble, after which
he would swagger down the street IN
quest Of some new form Of deviltry.
Had Patrick Coughlin heeded the
admonitions given him 30 frequently
by his friends In Park City n few
years ago. he might today have been
the pride OF his family and an orna-
ment to society,". But he willed other
wise. and the result Is that his
friends have long since forsaken him
and his broken hearted old mother
now stands In the shadow Of that aw-
ful scene enacted yesterday when tho
boy was strapped to a chair and shot
like a dog for the killing Of two
men who We're struck down by Cough
Inns bullets while they were endeav-
oring to arrest him on a charge Of
horse stealing. The headstone
which will be placed over Coughlin's
dishonored grave will mark the last
place Of another misguided youth
who sought to emulate the example
Of some hero OF yellow back" litera-
ture. with the almost inevitable re-
suit
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10 Into Training.


| After being liberated, thew nur,
CHASED firearms and practiced dailT at
the vancouver barracks, evidently with
tne aeHoerate intention Of becoming
constantly missed articles. and finnII,
there """S 1ion'
| AFTER committing numerous petty Of
lenses, Tracy was arrested in Provo
Ior ouse-breaking on July 10. 1897
he was sentenced to one year in the
Utah state prison.
On October of that year Tracy fig.
ured In a most daring escape from the
prison. He and three other prisoners
were working on a drain ditch outside
the prison walls, where Tracy secured
| a. pistol which friend had planted
there for him.
Make Daring Escape.
John Van Steetcr, the guard, sud
denly found himself confronting Il. He
was commanded to exchange clothes
with one OF the men and whom the ex.
change had been effected Tracy and
three other prisoners, Frank Edwards
W. a Brown, colored, and David Jones
ran to the road leading to Farley IS
canyon. Meeting Mr.. and Mrs. q. A.
StSdInS VINO were QrlYlng past In a
buggy they stopped them, seized the
buggy and drove into the canyon,
About p. NJ, the horse appeared at
the waterworks in the canyon. he had
not been driven very hard and ap.
parently had been turned loose.
The next that was heard Of him
he had Joined the notorious "Robber
Roost' gang, operating in Colorado.
Here his record was two more escapes
from jails after his band had commit
ted murders and other depredations
Tracy joined Merrill again in De-
cember 1898, and they returned to
Portland, Ore. They soon had the citi-
zens there terrorized, as they held up
a street car and burglarized several
saloons and stores.
Committed to Prison.
On February 6, 1899, Merrill was ar
rested and the next day Tracy was cap
tured. The pair were found guilty Of
robbery and committed to the Salem
prison, Tracy for twenty years and
Merrill for fifteen.
They were employed In the prison
foundry. On the morning Of June 9,
1902, Tracy killed one guard, wounded
another and MANNED O life prisoner
who tried to disarm him He had se-
cured a sawed off rifle that had been
smugglcd N to uIn. He and Morrill,
fled through the prison, deliberately
blowin~ off the top Of the head of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23
Has Only One Chance.

With such lineup Lopez has practi.
cally only one chance. During the
night, if he had the physical strength
he may have crossed over the top of the
ledge and headed north toward Long
canyon. This canyon is declared to
be practically impossible even to a
strong man. tShould he reach it before
his strength gives out, he might give
the pursuers terrible fight before
they got him and might possibly get
through, though a force near Lehi
would probably get him in that event.
He is, the officers believe, practically
bottled up. and they were all confident
before retiring for some much.needed
rest last night that, before the SUN sets
tonight, Lopez will have been killed or
captured.
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|LOPEZ LIKE NOTED BANDIT TRACY
LIFE OF UTAH CONVICT RECALLED
Tracy in Daring Escape
While Working With
Prison Road Gang.
THE cold-blooded murders of B,
Phael Lopez recall the desnarnto =

| III biNOuSQ murders of "a
Phael Lopez recall the desnernt,
Il deeds committed by Harrx
Tracy, the notorious bandit
who terrorized the northwest for .
number Of years by his scores of f;e,d
ish acts. -ienu
Tracy began his black record NJ
crimes in Vancouver about 1892 when
ne was boy Is years of age. prevAs
70 tnat no had always been exen,phry
In his conduct, but when he met an.
ot otner boy, David Merrill, the whole
oufssf oufsse ot ManI ms LIE was changed At the
master criminal mind, but Tracy sv'Ss nroyed sas
an apt pupil. and was soon the dictator
IN The Ehe desperate enterprises of the two
me flrst depreciation consisted Of
stealing three geese from a vI farme, on on
the outskirts of Vancouver and selling
n tnem TO poultry market. For this
days In lail. w twenty
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/ NAY
BACK
/ RAILROAD
kst He May Have
ndsing Through
Snow All
\ Night.
q rom Page one.)

q rom Page one.)
4 bs didn't get Friday
|bere, replied Edding
L.. I'd like to shake
~ came the bantering
|,lue. from his place be-
4 Eddington did a little
4 With his si1"shooter, He
"a where the Mexican
'.pt have whizzed close
/, for suddenly he fired.
4 itting on the ground
d, but his legs were
iyout of it. The bul"
"a between his legs. Ed
"a night il was the
81 lad ever experienced
sfary of criminal catch
!, followed by one di-
',lsr behind which young
|ide, was seated. The
inter from the trunk Of
6naton and Cooley de-
a only chance was to
4 hey got up and ran.
.Idrst almost at their
|7n, The aims indicated,
Iopez was not the dead
4 lad been the night be-
4 and long strain were
q the best Of him.
ind Rock.
! stayed behind his rock.
|here and preferred to
4 ehsuce a long run in
vould have had to start
~ within q range Of $50
Itriean. AS q result he
'Isy hehind the rock,
l D hn uncomfortable po-
h to $50 CLOCK, when
-1er cover Of darkness.
cfHe the other posse Of
.Itr the leadership Of
\ Sorenson, came up to
"a of tbs horse shoe
b distance of about 800
|l7n firing at the place
t'ved the Mexican was
1sWered the fire, a,t as
|rukeless powder, the To-
IA ar the man could not
|I,sftained.
Einsted that they fred
y during the afternoon
|nn fred about twenty.
rake less than twenty
; BE- has fred, while he
1ye five boxes of ammu-
f'ksts. Tie intermittent
fprfh was kept up until
About $50 o'clock the
tqyer Of darkness, re.
rk snd Fairfield. Dep
.|l7s Sorensen went to
p. three men from there,
i ]. L. Mckinney and
Ide others returned to
Erl 10 Sheriff Smith.
Eotel.
at the Mosida ho-
aock last night. They
account of the fight
ahon Of the Mexican.
aid, was about eight
q Fairfield and about
'lf miles northeast Of
meeting the sheepmen
sy They said the
A Shelton and Rodney
4. city. The sheepmen
sleau's arrival in their
story that he was
tEa. He took a cup of
aed him. They want
'ad eat, but he said he
Dc on his way. How.
ann a biscuit and a
1alch he ate. It is be.
se. Dot hungry on ac~
Plies he had found in
The sheepmen said
me cold and shivcred
~id he had his hands
'el to keep them warm.
sve him an extra pair
ao traded his cap for
'ab This would pro-
4 Divide.
said that when he left
y ever the hill, going
ae planned to drop
1aliey and travel
4, Mhen the trail was
sd that the bandit had
soon I n, as he got on the
hll out Of sight Of
from this it Is be-
LEW the pursuers e1-
to go to Eureka
'pslr conversation over
DnynU "a.
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.COUGHL|N FOUGHT
AND SLEW LIKE LOPEZ
Many Remember Misguided
Youth, Who Killed Two
Officers in Battle.
SHOT FOR HIS CRIMES
Pursued for Days by Posses
and Finally Captured in
Tooele County.
SHOT FOR HIS CRIMES

Another OF the thrilling man hunts en-
gagged in by deputy sheriffs OF the state
OF Utah was that for Patrick Coughlin
and Fred George. who, on July 80. 1885.
shot and killed former City Marshal Ed
ward Dawes OF Evanston. Wyo., and
Constable Thomas Stage of Echo. Utah.
The shooting was the result OF an at
tempt to capture Coughl!n and George,
who were wanted for horse stealing. on
July "a. 1895. in this state. Dawes and
Stagg. with a posse. located the two
horse thieves on Duck creek, three miles
northeast Of Wasatch and twelve miles
from Evanston. They arrived on the
scene al 1:30 o'clock in the morning and
awaited daylight before making an at
tack. In some manner Dawes unwilling
~ exposed himself and a fusillade fol-
lowed, which resulted in the death OF
Dawes and Stagg.
Following the killing OF the two men.
the horse thieves were trailed from place
to place until they were finally captured
on August by Il posse In Willow creek
canyon. Tooele county.
They were tried and convicted and on
December is, 1896, Coughlin was exc
cuted for his crimes. George was given
q life sentence and after serving a term
OF years was paroIed,
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Sorenson Shows Nerve.

Sheriff Smith telephoned to Fairfield
and ordered the exhausted sorenson TO
bed. Lx;TD sa;d
sorensons HBut I'll be up at dayoreak
and viii leave WITH ! the se TslIsld lss pSsfs Eets
! VIII. " +bo sheriff could say would
Change eha tn@t sorenson IS determination to go
throngh r with the fight, despite his ez-
nsvsS,n WSen the posse headed BY Deputy
shsrif9 ns" .Inlius Mi sorenson left Jones Is
ranch at daybreak Yesterday ynTd morning Z
they followed the trail hat soutnwssa stnsses Lake
1oauTsIi nonntsin " very closely, Another posse
wSsh d,n from POINT tRs Went SssssS a
ranch az f,nta;ns on the wood road
,Hse Where I'll the Mexican IS trail was last seen
the night before, ~. trail soutb
Ihls p'nso o,,ntain lain until IL reached the
nl0ng pSngl tSo eabn mDao about five miles north Of
Mosida. There the footprints casiiy
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Divide.

said that when he left
y SYer the hill, going
i, ae planned to drop
Talley and travel
81, when the trail was
sa that the bandit had
4, 'cSn ION as he got on the
FS, out Of sight Of
rom this it is be-
tasw the pursuers ex-
tE 20 go to Eureka
Tsir conversation over
mDuvah cabin. He do
,As ,slheepmen he was
l@nkilng probably
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Fight in City Creek Canyon.

But. as Il was, the officers were at
sea. From all parts OF the territory
city and Ogden with reference to tho
movements OF the murderers. Ac-
cordlng 10 these reports. Cough
lin and George were travelling hun
dreds OF miles per day and were be-
Ing seen In innumerable places by
countless people.
The first actual encounter between
the officers and the murderers after
the killing Of Stagg and Dawes was
at the head OF City creek canyon,
eountered by Officers Pratt and
Shannon and posse OF pursuers
from this city on the morning OF
August l. Officer Pratt attempted to
his gun caught and the next moment
bullet from CouShlin's rifle whizzed
uncomfortahly close TO his head a
fusillade followed. but in The end the
murderers escaped without injury To
any one.
This encounter intensified the pre-
yailing excitement. ahd during the
four days that intervened before the
murderers were finally captured, peo-
pie were almost afraid TO risk them
selves out OF doors at night, for fear
that they might catch stray bullet.
IL was on the morning OF August 5,
that Coughlin and George were final
y captured They were surprised a,
Tooele county by Sheriff McKellar
OF that county and a large posse OF
determined citizens who had been
upon their trail since the preceding
night
Surrender Is Made.
The Hurderers were practically ex-
bausted through forced marches and
loss Of sleep, and when they awoke TO
the fact that they had been sur
rounded they asked the officers not
10 shoot and gave themselves up.
Continued On Page Thirteen.)
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More Men From City.

Patrolman Lester Wire, Diamond
fieldU Jack Davis and A. L. Corey are
ali acquainted with the Mexlean, Al
three are expert gunmen, Wire being
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Prepared to Close in.

Deputy Sheriff A. G. Gowans and
Curtis Madsen left Tooele at midnight
last night on horseback. At Ophir they
will be Joined by Deputy Sheriff
Charles Green and several Scotch collies
and fox hounds. trained to follow a
scent. They will cross the hills and ap.
proach the rendezvous of the outlaw
from the northwest. The Fairfield
posse, headed by Sorenson, will ap-
Proach from the west. Deputy Sheriff
Clark Of Lehi and more men, on horse
back, arc down near Pelican Point.
They will start up toward the Duvall
cabin. The Mosida men, augmented by
the force from Provo and fresh horses
from Goshen. will close in from across
the entire territory from the lake out
into Cedar valley on the west.' They
plan to drive down on the fugitive all
day unrelcnting for single minute.
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plies were being gathered and started
Tor the west side of the lake.
Horses Sent to Mosida.
Horses are being rushed to Mosida
from Lehi, Fairfield and Goshen to re.
lieYe the weary animals which were
used yesterday and last night. Deputy
Sheriffs Joseph Burbidge, Riley NJ.
Beckstead, c. Coulson Smith, Ira Beck.
stead and Sam Whittlc. all of Salt Lake
county, arrived at Mosida from Eureka
at Z p. IN. They went TO Eureka last
night by train, intending to watch for
When he abandoned such a plan Sheriff
Smith telephoned for them to proceed
to Mosida. They were brought in an
automobile driven by Ray Glazier. They
had food and twenty gallons Of much
needed gasoline.