The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-02-13
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reached town Sunday evening with
Karl Graham, who is now lodged in
the county Jail, charged with horse
stealing, says the Elko Free Press of
Monday.
Graham is wanted on two charges,
both horse stealing, one of stealing
a horse from Elmer Hylton of Mound
Valley last month, and n Of stealing
a band of horses from the Diamond A
desert. All the horse were found in
possession of the two men, Karl Ora
ham and Fred Craig, neither being
more than 10 years of age, Craig be-
ing captured by Constable st. Clair
at Halleck. last Monday night.
Sheriff Harris says he had a hard
trip and an exciting finish when he
chased the fleeing man across a sage
brush fat for ten miles, coming up
to him just as he was entering White
Horse pass, south of Currie.
The latter part Of January word
came to the sheriff's Office at Elko
that two men were headed south from
Idaho. driving a band of horses and
travelling only during the night. Sher-
if Harris Immediately started out to
investigate. The men brought the
horses down from the Diamond A
desert past DEVILS Gate ranch, to
Halleck, and were met there by Con-
stable St. Clair. When they were
called upon to surrender, Graham
mounted his horse and made for the
hills, the officer emptying his gun at
the fleeing man, and it was reported
that both nan and horse had been
wounded; but when he was captured
it was found that the horse has a
flesh wound just back of the saddle,
but the man was not hit, and the re-
port came from the fact that he
limped, owing to a sprained ankle.
Craig surrendered and was brought
to Elko, while Sheriff Harris and
Deputy Hardin started out on Ora
hams trail. This was Tuesday morn
ing, and the officers followed him all
last week, first catching sight of their
man south of Currie, just this side of
the White Horse pass. Graham had
gone from Halleck to the Woodhouse
ranch in Secret Valley, Monday night.
and got breakfast and fed his horse.
Leaving there he started south, but
soon turned east, leaving Ruby val
ley, crossing the mountains, emerg-
ing near the Phalen ranch. Wednes-
day night about 8 o'clock he reached
Currie, got supper. fed his horse and
morning about 10 o'clock. going south
into the mountains, and lived at the
sheep camps scattered through that
country at this time of year.
He was headed for Utah and was
making a bee line for the state line.
Tuesday morning, on reaching Secret
valley, the officers concluded that
their man had continued south
through the valley, and they followed
the valley clear to the southern end,
more than fifty miles, when they con-
cluded that the man had eluded them
at the upper end of the valley, and
they turned back, picking up the trail
at the Phalen ranch. From there they
were close onto his heels, and just
about noon Saturday, as they emerged
from the Dolly Warden pass, they saw
their man coming down out of the
mountains, about two miles away.
Waiting until they could get between
him and the mountains. they started
acros the fat, which was covered
with big sagebrush. no roads. When
within about a quarter of a mile Ora
ham discovered them. They called to
him, but he started his horse on a
run, when the officers got out of their
a and started to shoot, in the hope
that he would stop. But the shots
only stirred him to a greater speed.
The officers then got into their car
and took out after the man across the
fiat, which Is twelve miles long,
smooth and covered with s~agebrush.
At the beginning Of the chase the
horse had the better of the race and
drew steadily away; but in the lower
end of the valley the brush thinned
out, and the a was Don overhaul
ing the horse. going two feet to its
one, and it was but a matter of min
utes before they overlook the fleeing
man, just as he was entering the
mouth of White Horse pass.
He made no resistance and seemed
rather relieved that the long chase
was over, and talked freely to the
sheriff. He said that he was 10 years
of age and that he had "~poftau off