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Show AUTO THIEVES BREAK JAIL Jlui'Hhnl Waidlc Locked in Jal by Thieves Recaptured In a Few Hours. Monday evening about seven o'clock Dick Cam-pbell, Burton Dawson Daw-son and Walter Denies, auto thieves, broke Jail at Duchesne after tricking City Marshal Wardle who had gone to the jail to see that everything wat alright for the night. The prisoners complained to Marshal Mar-shal Wardle that the Jail was un-couufoi un-couufoi table and they wanted, 60n)e wood. Marshal Wardle let two of them out to gather chips while he stood in the doorway and watched. The boys soon returned with chips but in the meantime the third one had hid, The marsh.?! becanie auspicious aus-picious and asked Where Ibe lost j prioner was. He was told that he was in bed. Mr. Wftrdle ddubVcd this and went into the cell to investigate, inves-tigate, lie threw the covers back rind found a dummy. The missing prisoner had hid between the jail and the wall. The two wood gatherers took advantage of the opportunity and ran for ih -3 door, slamming it behind- them, leaving Marshal Wardle a prisoner. Denies and Dawson made for Ii:dl;;n canyon. Campbell was making his getaway also when t lie marshal shot at him through a window, the bullet going close c ncu h t-o burn his clothes. The second sec-ond shot brought Campbell to 1 's knot: and he made the brush ou'.y a few tr.ct away. Sheriff Mitchell was notiiii i and Campbell was recaptured in about four hours, just east of Duchesne. The other two were caught early the next morning after the sheriff had patrolled Indian canyon all night. The two were tracked about six miles up the canyon where they were having hav-ing breakfast at the Lewis Jcnes ranch. . Marshal Wardle stated that in his hurry he forgot to release the safety safe-ty on his gun, giving the first two a nance to get out of the jail before he could shoot. The three men were caught 6:i May ?7lb in Strawberry valley. They I:?d stolen six or seven cars Ijt.aweon IVjnv.T ;.;! I );ub -.?. They left a font '.:.( '.a W.inl, hummed a vice jJo?s'.el: when' they picked 'V,) Aim' v Whit lock's car, ran out .-r gas six I'-, oast of D'.uhcsno. walkvd iv.fr. tvn ;', 1 mk p"i-. f-y-:v. --i a Pi'dp- ( ;.v h.-lorc to a .-.ewlv.g V-.i-t.h. ne :ivc:it, iiiid -t;'.vi cil f"i' :. ;;''.-brrry ;;''.-brrry v:il!;y vh-ro they were i r- T. 1 ry s:-.c!:fr Mit'-hell. |