Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-06-07 | Page 3 | Bad Man Caught after Hard Fight

BAD MAN CAUGHT AFTER HARD FIGHT Clayton Gives Up Only When He Is Severely Wounded S MANY SHOTS ARE FIRED I EXCITING FEATURES ATTEND IDAHO MAN HUNT Special to The Herald Boise June 6 News of the sensa sensational sensational sensational capture of or Clayton Danks the desperado and alleged horse thief who escaped unscathed after a gun fight with Sheriff Taylor of at Blaine BI ine county and antI a posse at Halley Hailey two to weeks ago atO Was vas brought to Boise today by W V D DEvans DEvans DEvans Evans of Mountain Home Danks Dank robbed Hodges saloon in Bruneau Wednesday night and before he could get a horse from stable was compelled to flee on foot He elud eluded eluded eluded ed his pursuers for several everal hours the he party numbering twenty or more Fin Finally Finally Finally ally a division consisting of four men led by Roy Hodge Hedge sighted the des desperado desperado desperado and a long distance battle of bullets ensued Danks fired tired fourteen shots none of them taking effect The chase continued across country to Lov Lo Loeridge Loveridge Ferry on Snake river fifteen miles from Bruneau before Danks was finally cornered and put up his last fight fi t tHe He kept firing until a ball from a rifle in the hands of Hodge Hedge struck and shattered his right shoulder The des desperado desI desperado then held up his left hand in I token of surrender He was made a prisoner and turned over to t a deputy deput I sheriff of Owyhee county for safe keep keeping keepIng keeping ing ingA A reward of 60 50 had been offered by b Blaine Blame county for the capture of Danks He was alleged to have stolen severa several horses horse I and robbed people In and around Halley Hailey