Show CATTLE THIEVES HE desperadoes ARE AEE persistently PURSUED UNTIL CAUGHT AND LANDED IX IN JAIL A week or two since we made a brief mention of the pursuit and arrest of a number of cattle thieves the following III lii letter gives the f full fuli ull uli details of the affairs the whole affair showing a commendable disposition on the part of the stock protective association and the officers and people of southern utah generally to make that section exceedingly kot hot for cattle thieves VIRGIN CITY april 1 lis isaa editor deseret now HOW PEACE WAS AVAS DISTURBED our general beneral peace has been disturbed this winter by the presence of josh an arizona cowboy who came here about the latter part of last october his real character bein being unknown to the people after camping a short time on the river bottom he moved into town stating he had decided to remain and spend the winter after a short time a citizen who had recently removed f from rom toquerville became possessed of the information I 1 that a reward was offered from arizona for said this person by name william bliss nilsa immediately immel lately gave the information to affiliated with him makin making g arrangements to shade him hill f furnish him with food and take care of his wife who was confined shortly after for a consideration which he himself reported as bein several hundred dollars having made these arrangements left in the same night that here he received the thew information lor for the moun bains north william ley icy a nephew I 1 of blisso was the instrument used in i carrying supplies staying with most of orthe the time after being belne upon the mountains north for some six weeks some boys from toquerville out hunting stock came across his lils camp and finding plenty of beef hanging in the trees apparently without a rightful lightf ua owner they ampro I 1 it and left without any one ap 1 pearin pearln to hinder swells suspicions were awakened and thinking the locality rather to well known lie he came down unseen by the citizens and still shaded by bliss passed south in the vicinity of caanan ranch where they camped livin living upon beef of which they were not the the owners supplying their families at nights by stealth when they came in occasionally dional sio nally I 1 y to replenish their bread supplies A HUNTER threatened i shortly after richard parker when out hunting crossed their camp when they drew their guns upon him asking him what be lue wanted there As soon as he got within speaking distance he asked what they drew their guns upon him for he knew nothing of then them them and was not seeking to them when they saw who he was they allow I 1 j ed cd him to come into camp THE COWBOYS SHOOT william wright john wood john wright alex aiex mcdonald cDonald JM and charles ballard bailard went out to have a talk with them to find out their intentions and to endeavor to get them to come in but no conversation was had with them at the same sal time sawyer parker gurley gurney and mansfield of the stock 4 protective association were watching them from the other side and upon whom the cowboys fired ordering 0 oderin them to leave ephraim mansfield left lef t for st george for the purpose of swearing out a warrant of arrest obtaining which he left for the scene oi of action and a posse under deputy de frieze lef lett f stgeorge at about 10 on sunday night ni lit march ath they came up on the south side of the river and reached reach edthe the ground round before g cayll daylight ht As soon as they could see ta they let ley hunted for their game but found the camp removed and the bird flown following upon their trail they found their horses ili in a corner corne x ef tile the foot hills south of virgin city the cowboys cow boys not being able to take them urther further f on account of being so closely pressed the posse secured the horses and camp equipage eaul P age left le f t the trail and came into virg virgin I 1 n city to refresh themselves having been b henout out all night with but little food foo d or rest A number berof berol of the stock protective association with boys from virgin vir in city duncans retreat and graf granton grafton ton followed the trail one of the game wm win bliss being captured previous to the arrival arrival of tho tha posse THE COWBOYS CORRALLED BUT nut escare ESCAPE lre they soon came up with the outlaws and corralled them in some willows on a farm owned by win wright situated between virgin vir nc city ty and duncans retreat all hands h guarded on monday ili lil night 9 lit hit at about 11 at ni night ht moses W gibson and john martindale alancin saw them I 1 in n the willows and fired when they immediately concealed themselves A portion of the guard left lef t leaving a portion of the line broken through which and escaped leaving t the lle lie emard euard in ignorance of tiie tile the fact until near noon of tuesday the rest of the day was spent in I 1 n tracking on wednesday morning sheriff hardy hatay arrived and his under direction tracking was vas continued all day without any definite result thursday morning the st george posse left for home taking with them the prisoner bliss with the captured horses and camp equipage A number of men from the up river settlements and some of the stock protective association started for the old haunts of in the mountains north found tracks up the hill but not any on top intelligence was received that tracks were seen in the vicinity of toquerville and later that and had stolen a pair of ashton Neb ekers horses and had been seen in Ka narra the express from boquer ville on his return bringing the word themen from the mountains were recalled by express sheriff hardy and richard parker started from virgin for the scene others going later the sheriff telegraphing to the settlements in iron co having previously sent word for them to be on the look out and offering reward for their capture either dead or alive ANOTHER SLIP sue A posse under geo williams left ae ft in pursuit of and came up with them running them upon a steep mountain com compelling campelli peili ng them to leave the stolen horses A posse from cedar also came up and the men were corallee coral led the office officers rs called upon them to surrender a shot from a winchester rifi riff rifle was ewas the reply they again escaped during the night and on friday were again tracked with little difficulty by leo wood an indian from cedar be tle being able to see tracks to the whites they however eluded the efforts of the posse all day and they were tracked eato to the vicinity of hels heis cys ranch near tife the rim of the basin evidently striking back to their old runs sheriff hardy inow discharged the iron co rm posse osse ll 11 and expressed to toquerville to have ve the towns well guarded on saturday night sunday and sunday night a strong guard was posted iii in virgin nuy auy city aby the me citizens being being thoroughly aroused deeming their property peo perty unsafe so ion lon long iong as the age cowboys toys were not taueu asb ayd ay ard D CAUGHT lit the wives wires of and bliss were removed from the house in which they were staying starin gand and guards posted with in and without and between 11 and 12 sunday night the rist list thos malone maione on guard in the vicinity of the house saw sav two lia ila natless persons making their way across a grass lot stealthily toward the house housa they crossed the fence into the street where lie requested the first ili in sight to give the countersign counters n this proved to tobe tode be who asked what it was when malone told him to throw up his hands which he did requesting food another guard being called by malone they disarmed and ana captured their man As soon as the capture was made madly a gun was fired by malone for assistance as aa was at large all the guards going upon this sign being given swe t had had during this time disappeared from the scene and from the tracks and his own statement afterwards given iven went around a afield field to the wei west t of virgin city returned upon the south side left his gun gu ri under tinder a cottonwood tree came through the cora corals corald lork on the souta south line of the cit yand horses he became came across lots into vicinity of the house of the constable john II ilton liton who upon that instant stepped out and upon scein seeing him called upon him to throw up hi his s hands which he lid did ild iid and was captured keiley kelley a deputy sheriff was in virgin city and the boys boya handed their prisoners over to him and went as far as the silver reef neef as guards for tho too prisoners when other guards went with the deputy deput yand and aud lodged the desperadoes ili in the county jail at st george since the capture of these men peace again smiles upon us great praise is due to the stock protective association and also the citizens of virgin city duncans retreat and grafton to siler Slier sheriff inn lff hardy and all engaged for their promptness perseverance and untiring energy displayed in the guarding of towns cutting off the food supplies p ies iea and also in the pursuit and capture of these outlaws ridding the country of a source of continual anxiety showing by example that such men cannot tamper with the rights of citizens in this section yours truly GLORGE ISOM |