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Show II0KSK THIEYKS LYNfflKD. A Question as to Who Lynched aiuau autl Tuttle. The Particulars ot till Battle Willi tlie Tbibvua and tha Capture ot Tlieui. Sr. liHomiK, Utah, rit pti'inbor -7, 1878. KtlHors Ueiiill: To-ilay 8herill Hardy, thy curoui-r, prtweeutiiiK aUuruey and others, rolurtied Irom a point neur Diamond TAlley where, tho uiht provioua, thty held au innieot uu the bodiua o( Juiry SIomi and W, J. Tuttle, there lyiiiK dead and iiiaiuicli-d toollier. The facta iulhc cast) aro aa lolluws: Laal Mi.ndiiv oveuiuki at 'J o'clock, Col A. 1. Hrdy, abcrill of ihia cuuuiy, callod out and a warrant placed in hia hands fur the arreet ol Miveral persona who had that luurniun arrived ar-rived with a hand o( aloleu horsea, taltou (rutti Spring valley und helcninR lo Colonel Pearaon. luo iintvea and atoct aaa doou seen hy ooc ot our utuens comiim iu Irom 1'iuo valley, and il wa eutpucled lb :tt they would rt-at near W'aohiug-tou. W'aohiug-tou. Col. Hardy ohtaiucd two asdislauts, aruuil well, ai.d when near Kilieleii, u mile irom VYa-lmlO!:, diBcovered that the party had halted there lor reel and rtlrtnhinent, and that the parly was tlruutttT tnau hI firol fcup-IJoei. fcup-IJoei. Uno ol tlui nicrtll'o parly wan i fnl buck to ahiJiJiuLuu, Hnd lia-otucr lia-otucr Ui iwhnnlou, lo auoiaion a p(t)e, tnd by id id n tt; hi be bad giUUert-d a pur-aB ot cidiit pcrauu, biuiadl luciud.d. Aa quick a it couid bo dime, hia lorce waa w depiuyi-d ua to goard the escape from Hie imuan anu pasture wuere uie tim-if w allowed to Rrate. All Ibifl waa done witti utmofil caution and wauoul a nuiatj lo eicjUi lh aucpiciOD f a senunrl wto, wtlti loadetl anna, paix'd i up and dowu iu Iron, nl i lie botima mid pnaium AOoul 12 o'clock two du ii, moimlfd, lodu Iroui tu direcluu ol V ..din n ClOU aud untu-picioursiy tutiTtd me beleaKurud plact. Eitcb one al hia pot, eileutly and auiously the auerifl aud bid men walchi-d mii wailtd until 4 o'clock cm Tut?J;.y muri.itii! then a iiht w.ii rtnu'k in the hmiic at d su a lunnruiii ol low vuicetf and the rusile of p:c;)ira u:.n w.i.- Lear.!, la alxiit filiau or iwfuty oiiuutes lue ou-u were niouiiud, anJ numbered live at least, and prohab'y eeven, and tlie hira lot dnwn acd the horBes rushed out. Col. Hardy, beiuj ck-e to the spot, de-niandtd de-niandtd aaurrenler in a loul voice. This waa au-wt-r.d by eicited ma-riwjvrff, ma-riwjvrff, and ahota fruiu the thieves. The order was given by tho sheriff lo h:e and a Rtueral battle enncd UiHil huudrcdri ol Blmts were nrtu. nw Ihiovea were unhfrx, and wounded, cno ol their number had hia horre shot deiui under bioi, but in me gray darknttia noartuormug the luieves ah , t-r-capi-d, Lui ali the aloleu horeea wore ! Iclt behind with t tie whole outlit, lo-ptther lo-ptther with one horao, saddle and bridie belopin: lo a auien ol" Wajh-iokIod. Wajh-iokIod. linuiediate pureuit and barcb lullow.d and lo ol the thievea were Ukeu iu a cluster ol canea near lie river. Another ouOfi oiau ae CBplurd at War-huiklou. lueae were ali marched to Si. Gtorpe on Iueliy, Uu- men piit iu jii, aud their wounds ailtudtd If. Tue namea of the two prioners firf-t c.ipuirtd are Jerry Sloan and W. P. Tuttle. Tlieearethe two that wero lyuchfd. Ine one aneuted in Wash-inplon Wash-inplon w uanied sprasue. He was: yt0ierday released. Two others dow at iare are kDown to have been, with tbe bore, tut in the darkueea ptcuped. Their nuaic are Cnarlte NettiuiD and Bob UUIespie, and (llherc were doululevs inlere;ud. Ou Tuod.y evening Mr. Pearson,-owner ot the borces stolen, and deputy slieritl ot Lincoln county, Nevada, arrived with a posse of six men, claimed the horses and prisoners, and nn TlniMilriv mnruinc started in return home wiih Sloan and Tuiile and ull their etleoih, and ine baud ol horses numbering eighteen yoiuig Spraue elill reniaiuinc in jit- It waa now thought the trouble bad ended and excitement abmed, so much ao that our euerpetic sbentl wont to Wd on Thureday evening and elepl soumhy nnlil abou' iuidmht, wheu the boold of tnu miilni.Ljht rider's horse were aaiii heard. The aherill awoke, and icquirinp the trouble was told that tno bodies of the prifouera, Sloan and TtUtle, had been found dend near Diamond valhy. Then the otlicera needed were' collected, an inquest held, the bodies severed by bieaking tho iron shackles and buried near by, and ft monument ot rocks henped over their praves. Alter returning home, Vol. tiara received a telcpram Irom Mr. lVar-Eon, lVar-Eon, ninkir-R this statement, in atib-siancr: atib-siancr: Ho was dnvins long with the prisoners in the wapon, Mr. M ridmp a norsa oemuu. vn reflcbinpthe point where the dead bodies were found, four maaked men (prune from behiud tho rocks and ordered us to throw up our bauds, at tho sanio time drawing a ehotpuu on us. The others pulled the persons out of the back of the wapon and ordered us lo ride aloup damned fast. They drove along ft short distance, then hailed; one returned to tho spot Lo team the late of the two men, aud found both riatd.. This Bame story was told by Mr. Pefueon to D. H. Cannon and others whom he mot on the way; hut tbe coroner's jury found no signs or marks that would con firm such a etory or theory of the mode ot their ' death, the footmarks of only two The two thieves who have escaped aro soupht after aud wanted, ouo took orl a horse "borrowed" and they are supposed to have gone out eastward. There ia hide doubt that ihe real ringleader of this thieving party is liviug near about. Iu the melee two roeu on horseback appeared, named Clark and Lee, who, not responding to the challenge ot the psse, were hot at. and the horse of one of them, ft valuable animal, was (hot from uoder him. |