Weekly journal-miner., 1918-08-14

cAAONA AAit- BAANhNN sun beAAAhN with party of bootleggers in Baker Pass, eight miles northwest of Je. rome, at 10 o'clock Monday night, Undersheriff Johnnie Robinson and Deputies Tom Marks and Fred Haw- kins made one of the biggest hauls of bootleg whisky which has been made in the county for many months and also captured one of the three men who were bringing the load of liquor into Jerome. Despite the fact that the lawbreakers fired 30 or 40 shots at the three officers, none of the latter was hit, and it is believed also that the fire returned by Robinson party was equally ineffective. The captur- ed bootleger gave his name as Gomez and said that he was 2l years of age.
 Robinson, who had gone to Jerome in search of the bootleggers on Mon- day. learned during the afternoon that three men were on their way to Jerome from the Cedar Glade country with pack animals laden with the contraband liquor Mcssrs. Marks and Hawkins started out with Robinson for Bakers Pass, through which the bootleggers would have to travel in order to reach Jerome. The cops ar rived at the pass shortly after dusk, and as the rain began to fall about that time, they made camp nearby. Shortly 10 o'clock, when the rain was falling. in torrents, string of pack animals was seen coming in from the northwest. Following the animals came youth riding on a horse. About l5O feet behind him two other men were coming. As the first rider passed the officers, one of the latter sprang out and caught him. The boy at once pulled an automatic pistol and attempted to draw 9 bead on his captors. but the gun was seized by Officer Marks before the prisoner could use it. The boy at once set up a cry, and being warned, his two companions, who were travelling be- hind him. took to the rocks. The boy was handcuffed and about that mo- ment the men in the rocks began to fire on the officers with a rifle and 2 six-pun. Because of the heavy growth of brush in that section, and also because it was inky dark and raining. the officers could not get sight of the men who were firing on them, and had to be content with shooting at the flashes which came from the mems guns. About 40 shots were fired during the battle, but ap- parently none of them was effective. The outlaws then ceased firing and retired. The officers, with their prisoner securely fastened overhaul ed the animals-three burros, horse and q mule-and found that the beasts were carrying 200 pints Of whisky, a quantity of bedding and other camp supplies.
 Yesterday morning at daybreak, the officers searched the adjacent country without finding any trace ot the bootlegCcrs other than a lot oi empty cartridges scattered about III the rocks. The party then started to Jerome, bringing their prisoner and inc pack animals When within about five miles of that city, two men ap- pcarcd on the ridge high above the officers and opened fire on them. The GODS. being armed only with auto matic pistols, were no match for the boot1egpers. who had one rifle, but inc latter finally fell back after they had fired 10 times at the officers. Again Robinson and the deputies went forward and conducted a search for the eunmen, but with no success.
 The party arrived in Jerome later in the morning and jailed their priso- ner and locked up the booze. The boy Gomez had a very plausible story fixed up by the time the offi- cers were able to question him. He said that he had been hired by two strangers to pilot the booze cargo