Show k ALLEGED ROBBERS CAPTURED s late op on august 27 U S marshal parsons received a telegram from f thompson springs stating that the escaped train robbers had been re captured and would reach salt lake city next day next mornings K R 0 W train from the east brought in mr bush arthur taylor of moab and james james and charles Charle curtis the two latter were handcuffed together and attracted considerable attention as it was soon noised abroad that they were the highwaymen who held up the B R G W train on the night of f the fth dinst the engineer fireman and brakeman of the train that had been attacked felt positive that curtis was the big man of the attacking party and that was his companion the officers and their men mounted a hack back and soon reached the marshals mar office where the prisoners have been kept all day the large man is supposed to be the leader of the gang and gives the name dame of curtis he is six feet high light complexioned blue eyes very little mustache a beard of a couple of weeks growth and weighs about pounds he is but 21 years of age and is a native dative of texas his companion is two inches shorter weight about pounds light complo complexion xion short beard small gray eyes and is 26 25 years of age both of them look like ordinary cow boys and there is nothing in their manner or appearance to suggest that they are outside of the usual run of that class they certainly do not look to be desperate characters nor very formidable men to cope with when they were placed in the marshaus mar office deputy sprague was assigned to the duty of guarding them but the handcuffs were not r re moved they sat in an inner room and the office was jammed by a crowd eager to get a glimpse of their faces finally the marshal had to clear his office so business could proceed and a big crowd assembled in the hall gazing through re h the window at the prisoners the latter did not take kindly to be being ing thus exhibited and remarked that they were not part of a circus the story of their first capture and escape has already been told in I 1 the NEWS it was abent 9 on the evening of wednesday aug 21 that they were being taken out of moab toward thompson springs their legs had been chained together and they occupied a seat in the wagon behind deputy bush and mr vance the latter being a justice of the peace in emery county A guard also rode behind thena them while they were proceeding this way slipped oft off his boot and thus freed himself the rear guard had dropped behind a few rods and just as a clump of willows w was as reached the two prisoners made a break for liberty they alighted in the willows and were out of sight before the officer could turn he heard the clanking of the chain on curtis leg as the latter reached reache ct the gr ground and tired fired two shots the teamster had dropped the lines hues and jumped from the wagon and the shots freight ened the horses which started off bush sprang from the wagon and started into the brush and in the meantime the frightened team ran away and next morning was found on the opposite side of the river mr bush kept a strict watch but could find no trace of his game word was sent to moab and next morning half a dozen white men and about fifteen indians Nava joes and utes engaged in the chase the tracks were found but as the fugitives had taken off their boots and stepped on brush and rocks the trail was lost the officers deployed their men so that it would be almost impossible for the fugitives to get away but there was a large field for them to roam over in the willows and upon the rocky hillsides hill sides all day thursday the search was kept up the indians ever and anon striking a new trail which would disappear in the rocks this was kept up during friday saturday sunday and monday the posse were beginning to think their men had cot though this did not seem possible from the vigilant watch that had been kept yet they had bad been without food tor for five days and should be almost starved out on the afternoon of monday the indians got unto onto another trail that led up mill creek canyon along the stream that supplies moab about four miles from town a bluff was reached and some of the indians crawled down to the bed of the ravine A few minutes later the sound of shooting ug came aroi froia 11 where they had gone and it was known that the fugitives had been discovered others quickly hastened down and curtis and were found lying in the bottom of the wash this was about 6 5 pm monday they were taken to moab and started out for thompson springs under guard of mr bush justice wade arthur taylor and shafer and wilson when they were put on the train wade shafer and wilson returned and the others came in as stated the supposed robbers are not atall reserved in their manner on the contrary they seem to be desirous of telling their story and who they are both deny any know the robbery says S he in colorado three h hundreds hund D re distant on that day and tn he be is allowed he be can p ra vs statement by a hundred diw wit n he came into utah a ut A after the robbery and boull found d among cattlemen w blue mountains before then had lived in arizona curtis he has been in utah since 00 spring and was engaged by su cattlemen in the blue Mount wW the time of the holdup hold up abo Y fw I 1 deputy franks came down w the robbers he was with him f who whole leday day then was the diw he heard a robbery had been y bitted A day or two foilb befaro was arrested he and sw reservation to 1 for the some horses that had gone O ovo VC that direction when the I 1 came up to arrest them they e dl understand what was u but as they learned that tabb they we were cers cere they submitted submit when asked why they tried escape and their reason for or sw said we e dia id out so long they nd like being chained we a anything to deserve it it waa q easy for jim to gel et boot off and he did so BO basi beside had no do means of giving bail we got to salt lake as we we W known and we did not like to lay w jail we saw a good chance jumped from the wagon we aeji into the rocks but could we out the othera were so close to had started out and like give it u up 1 so concluded we W fila give 9 ive bush bus it all the trouble beoo we to find us hoping he would 1 9 ve l D 0 and get far enough for us to I 1 our way out but he be got the tase deans to help him and Ws its w try to get away from them tb just as good at trailing as adyth aak you can find whenever bec we a mark going down for W they got on t to 0 it and followed foroe right to the rocks they were to us every day as could V wa M mostly mounted we them easily we had to hide e p pretty close places and we got jeow n fe r ve ty hungry but we could 0 stood it several days longer the got up the wash and bid under ty bluff some of the sear searching ebing y e hid were above us and we wat their movements we saw the diaks come down but it was 00 to run or we would have baa e been stat we laid as low as we ca coul uld they gy knew that we were seen anen I il ip k fired three volleys over us w to 1 ve b ea us still we did lie still add au 00 a white in man a n came cam e a along ong and it to hold up our hands we w we obeyed orders that W was as a dont know what they are going EMS do with us but we do kaow tw we are not the men who robbed robb train and we think we can borto pia rova the officers are making enor ing 00 secure further testimony as accused there is some qa however Ko however wever as to their identify until this is settled more feuers there will be many who will pe that while curtis a and D d no not t be gerfe perfectly aly straight ht actual train robbers rs are SO still w A |