Show T BUTCH1ASSIDAY SGANG Hold Up and Rob a Pedlar Near Huntington JOE WALKEB RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE HIGHWAYMEN Judge Johnsons Court Was Hade a Arsenal Last Monday and Wednesday Wed-nesday on Account of a Rumor of a Eescue A Calf Thief Convicted Good People Talk of Organizing a Vigilance Committee Charlie Clawson Convicted of Adultery and Sentenced to One Year Special to The Herald Castle Dale Utah May 27T1e Rob their nefarious bes Roost gang are again at farious wotk and unless something Is done to rid this country of the crowd them wIlt be n veritable reign of terror here soon On Monday last a edlar named William Short who has been sell I ing vegetables to the miners at Castle Gate was held up and robbed by two men I between HuntIngton and Price The robber rob-ber was committed right In sight of a team WI load of people in broad daylight I The pedlar had been very lucky on his trip and had 79 with him and It Is presumed tr f9 sumed the two men who held him up were aware of ths fact He was approached ap-proached from behind and ordered to throw up his hands which he did Then while one of the men covered him with his gun the other went through him taking all that he had He was then told to drive on and make himself scarce in that neighborhood The men then rode away One of the men was recognized as the famous Joe Walker one of the notorious notor-ious of the gang in which Butch Cassidy Cas-sidy figures so extensively The other man the pedlar did not know The officers down here are afraid togo to-go after thfe men The country Is tn a state of terror because of their depredations depreda-tions I Js Tell known that there is a large sane of them and they hove GO many friends they can successfully defy the officers of the law Court began its session here on Monday with Judc Johnson on the bench The tt case of urf greatest importance was that I of tha state vs Jack Moore and Lars Thompson who were charged with stealing a calf These men were tried along I a-long time ago and convicted before Judge Bartch when the state was a territory They took an appeal and a new trial was granted okI was early na l t the crime I wa committed Moore did not show up at the trial and his bonds were forfeited Burr the man who owns the ranch known as Robbers Roost was on the bond There is a tory In connection with this matter Moore was In town on Monday and was seen by several parties He announced he was going to be tried and that if convicted con-victed the gang would come to his rescue This time the officers determined to stop any monkey work and the court room was converted Into a small arsenal for I I the purpose of protecting It from any at l zku Moore go wind that If ISa crowd attempted any fnt would be a I whole lot of shooting done and as he knew he was guilty he determined to take no chances Reid Whrtecotton were defendants I I attorneys and when he did not appear for trial on Monday thev asked for a short continuance which was granted but he contnuance did not appear Thompson was tried and I found guilty His attorneys gave notice Of a moton for P new trial and asked until the next term to prepare their motion mo-tion which was granted This happened on Wednesday A bench warrant ha t been Issued for Moore but it is believed he has fled to the haunts of the gang I where he will receive ample protection People tO a law abiding section do not I know the situation down here It is unsafe un-safe for any one to go round with any money on their persons and have sinv member of the find it out for he te gang fnd i is certain to be robbed The gang has I means of communicating with each other on short notice and then all Is over with the person carrying the funds The I have spies In every little town and the victim Is spotted and followed There Is some talk here of the good neople organizing j or-ganizing i and driving them out of Utah This however will be difficult as they 1 have so many who will help them in time I of trouble Officers are thrown off the 1 so nt and given wrong directions and every effort made to baffle the capture of the desperadoes I Charlie Clawson r man with a family was concted of adultery with Sarah J I Lewis und sentenced to one year in the penitentiary I |