The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-09-19
Desperadoes Are
Caught at Atlanta

thrilling story. which had its culmlna- /
tipn at Atlanta:
.Sherif. Phoebe. New: Bob Fowler |
aged IS. five feet ten: weight 1907 |
light complexion; wearing khaki pants |
aud leather leggings. Jack Fowler, |
aged % height i've foot eleven; weight
l60: light complexion. Left Ely about
o'clock this morning In stolen over
land four passenger 1916 MODEL car;
Nevada license 1888; rear left face OF
hub cap gone; rear left fender bent
housing broken two inches from hange;
Young woman. wife of Bob Fowler, and
boy. sampson Tyler, aged 10, in party;
Have warrant for men. Arrest ana
hold and wire W. s Enslow. Sheriff
"E. c. y. Marriage, Phoebe; Ney.; At
lanta postoifice broken into by desper-
ADDE'S: contents mutilated. Ely sherin
arrested party. Full details of loss
later. II. q. Gunderson, Assistant
Frank Gibeaut, United States mail
carrier on the Atlanta star route, came
into Phoebe this morning and his story
corroborates the following messages.
Mr.. Gibeaut. relates that about dusk
last Sunday Mrs Gunderson, who was
alone in the camp, her husband, Henry
Gunderson. being at work away from
home noticed two men, woman and
boy walk into the camp by the lower
road. Not thinking. of any trouble. as
men often walked through the old
camp from Ely enroute to Phoebe, she
went to bed. Early next morning she
walked down to the company boarding
house, in q corner of which the post
office is located, and found everything
broken into, the safe wide open, distri-
button boxes and postal material lying
in confusion, and the party sitting
around seemingly in full possession.
Mrs Gunderson bravely called the
mems attention to what they had done
and they coolly replied that other par
ties had evidently been there before
them. as they had touched nothing
Then they asked for food for which hdc
same time asking Mrs. Gunderson il
she had any paper money nor !,,, which bic th ey
Gunderson told them she had no money
of any kind and later accepted pay
for sufficient food for the party wh q g
left them. Walking up to the min,
she found that they had also broker
into the 9ther bn,ldings the he ASSAY of Of
Home Geld Mining Company, takins
everything of value they found. Beins
alone and asolutely at their mercy
she decided to return to her home AM
await assistance.
About noon a car bearing Sheriff
Enslow and two deputies, all heavil,
armed drove in and Immediately ar
rested the whole party surprising Their
AT their meal,
1t appears that the stolen ear caugh
the Big Springs road and was com
pletely destroyed, hence their enforce
stay in the camp and subsequent cap
Further details of the part appea
in the Salt Lake papers of Thursda
morning, as follows:
Robert Fowler and jackson Fowler
alias Frank and Robert Mcdonald. VIII
ESCAPED from the Jail at Ely, Nev
ago for the alleged abduction of Lou
Use Snelgrove 14-year-old Salt LAX
GIRL and who are also wanted in Ne'
York on charge of grand larcen.
Sheriff Enslow of Ely. New, at Altar
ta 100 miles south of Ely.
With them at the time of their al
rest We're Lena Fowler, Who was wit
them when they We're stopping at tt
Selgrove hone in Salt Lake on We'
Samson TAYLOR, who until an ear
hour this morning had not been ider
tilted by local authorities.
The four people when found WEI
hiding in an abandoned boardin
house. The two suspects admitted.
IS said, having stolen an automobil"
which they left Ely the nisht they e.
stalled six miles from Atlanta and II
remainder of the journey was made c
Further confession made by II
men, according to local authoritie
was that they entered cabin occ'
5000 in gold. along with other person
property. When arrested at Allan
$3.50 Of the original 5000. with some
Niit otutt piNntitN. WAS ltNHu III the
possession, it is alleged Criminal a
ton VIII be lodged AGAINST them INN
diately on the admissions they ha'
made, II is said
The two men We're being held at 7,
for New York authorities when a eli
cular and letter giving description
We're received by the Salt Lake poli
department The Snelgrove girl w
returned to Salt Lake shortly after I
first arrest of the men in Ely"
Fifteen Cent Meat to He Sold In DENY
Plans for the sale of $4,000 pounds
meat found in Denver packing hous
by Investigators from the office
lInite States District Attorney Har