| Show OUTLAW PLANNED TWO Maxwells Schemes Frustrated by Vigilance of Sheriff Kelter DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT C L MAXWELLS LATE MOVES C L Maxwell the outlaw who was killed ac at a Price Monday examined the thel th l with which he ke ie was WIllI killed by Deputy Sheriff Sherla Ed Johnston two hours he was wai hot ahot As he looked over th thO the weapon tested its grip and noted the calibre he said ed That surely sorely is s a good gun gull Id hate to go up against again t it This was wu at 2 in the afternoon at nt 5 i Maxwell was lying in a room of the old Carbon county court ourt house houBe with two gaping holes hoses through his body by bullets from the gun which he has lits examined This revolver a 44 calibre Smith A Wesson W was wa of special design which had been made to lo order and presented to Sheriff Thomas L 1 Kelter a few months ago Sheriff Kelter who ho by the way is isone Isn one n of or the most mOlt popular officers of east eastern ern em Utah and one of ot the old type of I western estern sheriffs came to Salt Sail Lake yes with the body of Maxwell bring bringing bringIng bringIng ing the tho effects of the outlaw which were il to Mrs W V H IL Seaman Max Maxwells wells second WIfe Sheriff Kelter said yesterday that Ma wil Wf I called at his office in the court co un huse soon Boon after his arrival in Price When hn entered the office the sheriff th was wag sitting at his hill desk looking o i r some Borne papers p pers stopping only long f rough to answer Maxwells greeting Vh The rhe sheriffs two revolvers were on either side of the desk dk where he usually lays tm while engaged in office work and Maxwell laxwell picked up the revolver taking It Jt from the leather holster and hefting it t remarking that it was a good gun Then after noticing the bore he ex extracted extra tra ted one of ot the cartridges from the bIt belt feeling reeling its weight eight In his palm as u ash hf hr h remarked that he would hate to go goUT goir UT ir against a bunch of lead like that Maxwell examined the th other revolver on the sheriffs desk and then turned his to the two Winchester rifles Ft ruling In the corner of ot the small room with an old fashioned sawed off oft shot shotgun shotgun shotgun gun which completes the sheriffs mory The sheriffs fine revolver Ft Ct F emd to have a peculiar fascination for Maxwell however and he hI examined It again before leaving the tha sheriffs office Maxwells Maxwell visit to the sheriffs office w was i q made with his customary air all of bravado with a view to demonstrating to the th people of ot Price that he was vaa on good t terms with Sheriff Kelter and his hie rt Sheriff Kelter a as usual paid little attention to the bandit and more thin once Maxwell had Keen wounded in lr spirit because e the Carbon county ser Iff made no display of ot his close sur v lance i on the bandit Excepting when i ailed aUd on to arrest Maxwell Sheriff Kel Kei Kelt KeitT t tT r has apparently paid little attention t Maxwell except quietly to prepare for OTI un V emergency when Maxwell was in hi region and to fo keep a close and secret nath on his movements Th last time Ume Maxwell axwell was waa arrested by Sheriff Kelter was at Helper two years as ng when Maxwell tried to kill L 1 C CR R idel At that time Maxwell was boast boasting boastIn boastIng ing In that no officer would arrest him as aB aBItT K ItT Iter entered the room Seeing the sh riff Maxwell changed front in an all Instant walking up to Kelter and say 1 nar Hello Heno sheriff do you want me submitting to arrest without a move tf lt protest Two Robberies Failed Fa lied Sheriff Kelter related a new chapter in m Maxwells life ute yesterday which shows bow th Hut it the gun men mn had planned two big robberies within the last two months both of which were foiled by Sheriff Kel Kelt t tr r and his deputies The sheriff has a false mustache he found on the bandits bo which had ha ben been made from Max Maxw w WI S own hair Maxwells outfit also ir some sticks of theatrical grease greasepaint paint Ia nt and rouge which had been partly va u J up although the mustache had ap apt t renty never been worn This ThIll mustache had been made of loops of ot hair about of it being of the same hade of ot Maxwells with a portion a rhade lighter The hair hl r was sewed to toa toa a backing of canvas apparently taken from i i I or O a coat oat and on the thi I Iback back of of f this ca canvas is as a strip of court pits pias I Iter ter tee had bad iad b been n sewed sew Pd The was crudely manufactured but as Sheriff Kelter KeUer remarked It would woud look natural natura enough enOUCh behind a One of Maxwells recent plans pi was to I rob the bank at Green Onsen River W h and d the other was to In hold huld up th the L La a as 41 he WM was w carry carn int ing Ills money from tn to Price bans bank to l six miles GIS dis distant tant taut Sheriff Kelter r first learned of the plan to rob the tle Green River bank on July 9 1 and aRd work on his counterplot began im un immediately mediately H He Be came to Salt Lake an engaged Ed Johnston as a deputy de ty and also engaged John another deputy of unquestioned courage and skillful with witha a 1 gun In hi his plan to rob the Green River banK Maxwell had enlisted te the aid aill of five tive men four of whom are known to Sheriff Kelter who also ascertained the details of their plan Plan to Rob Bank Green River Is III mlle miles east of Price on the Denver nver A 11 Rio Grande railroad with hardly a settlement be between between tween the two towns Under the plan ma made re by Maxwell one of his hla accomplices took a string of Battle horses to a point near Desert Df sert Switch about seventeen miles west of Green reen River Biver There the horses were pastured in a meadow where a blind stream rises rl ea from the desert form forming formin log ing in a sort of secluded oasis near the rail rall railroad railroad road tracks The robbery was to have been bc n accomplished during the week of July 17 to July 24 and the horses honee were at the meadow m adow near Desert Switch on July 17 The plan as a prearranged was for tor Max Mai Maine Maxwell ne well 11 and the others to go to a pont near GreEn River on freight trains as the best way to avoid detection and all were to meet at a point known as the lone tree two miles from Green River where the horses honses would be In waiting Maxwell had planned the holdup to be effected at noon when the bank is in charge harge of only one man From the lone lonetree lonett tree te tt rendezvous the band could ride iown a 8 gully to within iO yards of the Green River bank baak before they would be seen from the town The plan then was to rush the bank bankas as quickly as u possible lea leaving vine one ODe man outside to watch the horses and another aDOther to hold lack any an one who might come cometo to the assistance of the lone man in the hank while Maxwell with three or four tour others was to do the work inside Their plan for tor escape was wu as carefully arranged as that of attack After clean can cleaning cleanIng ing log out the bank the party wa was to ride back through the gulch by which they had entered the town and then make for lor Cedar Mountain From there a circuit was to be made towards Robbers Robber Roost made famous by Butch Cassidy and his gang years ears ago Maxwell had anticipated that any posse would make straight for this thia spot and his plan pian was to double on the lead and the gang was then to scatter catter and make towards Price the members scattering I and coming in later from different directions directions directions The plans of Sheriff Kelter and his deputies to capture the gang were spoiled by an accomplice of Maxwells now liv living 11 ing irig in Green River Rivel who warned Maxwell that their plans for f r robbing the bank were probably known as a close watch was being kept This was about July 29 2 and only a day or two before the raid on the bank was to have been attempted Maxwells Second Plan Maxwell left the coi country immediately going to Ogden where he remained un until until til t last Jast Thursday mornIng with his second wife wile Mrs W H Seaman SamaD as she calls caUs herself Funds were werl apparently low as Maxwell pawned acme seme of ot the womans jewels on which he realized nearly before starting for Carbon county again Maxwell left Ogden at 7 l on the morning of ot Aug 19 arriving at Helper shortly after noon the same day It is believed that he hid in the railroad yards there until after dark and then made matie his way two mUss miles westward to Spring Glen Hen on the railroad between Helper and Price Sheriff Sheria Kelter learned of ot his arrival in tn Spring Glen b Maxwell evi evidently evidently evidently dently feared that he might mi ht be watched and kept hidden in a cellar at Spring Glen where he slept Friday Saturday and Sunday nights On Saturday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon when the paymaster rode through Spring Glen on his way ay to Kenilworth he be was accompanied by a strong guard Maxwell and a partner were provided with horses hones and hidden bidden behind a shack along the road near the water tank half way to Kenilworth when the paymaster and I I ssta sel They Th ste sed d up the t t ariy jari and auti concluded that It tt Itu as u too 00 JIg uig fur lor t kit ni allowing the mn nin to pass believing ig had not been bean ee Maxwells partner r on tins UliS occasion t n was wasa a bunt bu t man who la is not Dot well known In the tue vicinity ty of Price About Abot ten t n days ago CO C E Davies who ins fles h i n n fl implicated t with Maxwell Ma wen in a of exy and a who was to leav lae tn tha country for tor hie his con COD l with Maxwell the pandit t not noi ij Li C L L tWO iwu t years aaL sP al Help Helper er appeared at frice ana ano begun hega ma Mag concerning conc Sheriff Kelter aau anu niB ills gun aWl men deputies naming and Ln Vav remarked Wa t tHad n Had nau beard be rd that both botta rOD wad ad Mo Mn v were alan aies w Sims hut but 1 11 taut mac Maxwell would De be e la In Price Thurs Thursday day ana he would make ma short worn wont ot of 0 ieter and 00 his bis gun men Traveling Men Accosted OB on last Jaet Monday morning m mInI th tJ fl lay sy y he be hemet met nis death Maxwell appeared in Price saying he be had walked in from irma a sheep Deep camp lie tie immediately began bogan to load up upon upon upon on whisky telling ceiling want a bad man mau mautie tie ne was with a gun Xo To demonstrate his hill tie he accosted c d two traveling men and at the point of ot his hia revolver he be com corn compelled pulled them then to come ome into a saloon BI ana ano ouy Duy drinks turly Jarly in the afternoon Maxwell called at the sheriffs office and at 4 I while he was in the Old Resort saloon loOn Thomas Burge a special agent for the t e enver Denver nver Rio lUo Grande Grands railroad ra passed time the tb saloon surge Burge IB is I employed as a de detec tec and police officer zee toe CK the rail raU railroad road his bill principal duty being baing to run run down boxcar thieves thieve and he bed bad Incurred the enmity of Maxwell who supposed Burge had had something to do with his hla being watched Calling the attention of ot the men in the saloon Maxwell pointed to Barge Bure say saying saying ing trig Theres a lU get set be before before before fore he leaves town A few minutes later Maxwell asked Deputy D Sheriff She rift Johnston to accompany him hm uptown and instead of taking the I main street Maxwell suggested U that they go to the east of the warehouse As they passed the building is opposite opposite site Ite and across the railroad tracks from frota the court house Maxwell dropped behind Johnston saying Youre the 1 rm 1111 m aner ner I You are doing this outside work woric for Kel Kelter Kelter I Iter ter and you worked out this Green Kiver proposition as well as the Kenilworth Job and Im going to get gt you yon Johnston turned telling Maxwell to put up his hia gun saying he was not looking for trouble I Im going to get you said Maxwell With his left hand Johnston grabbed for Maxwells revolver a Colt I automatic at the same time drawing his own revolver the one ope belonging to Sher Shere Sheriff i iff ift Kelter and which Maxwell had bad exam examined examined ined med an hour or two before i I Maxwell fired tired the bullet passing pa I the lapel of Johnstons Johnston coat with within in a few fw inches of ot his heart but inflict inflicting Inflicting I ing not even a scratch I Johnstons revolver spoke at the same me instant and the deputy fired three shots I in quick succession two reaching their mark The first bullet that struck truck Max Mai Maxwell Maxwell well entered the chest cheat just Jast above the right I nipple and the impact turned his body so 80 that the second shot struck just over i ithe Ithe the heart both coming out of the back j two inches apart i iMen IMen Men who were watching the affair from I Iacross across the th railroad tracks saw the dust fly from the coats coati of both men as the i I bullets struck them and they saw the I tear In Maxwells back as the bullets passed pa ed through his body and also the 1 f spatter of dust when th spent balls were I imbedded in t ground Sheriff Kelter was waa on the rear porch I of the court house houle when the shooting be began begin I gan gin ganI ginI I heard the sharp crack of the auto automatic automatic matic gun and then the boom of the followed by two more booms boom as at I ran through the office said aid Sher Biter Sheriff I iff Kelter yesterday iY The first two re Ye reports ports were almost blended but I recognized recognized recognized my revolver instantly It is 18 the only one of ot its Ita kind in the county and Johnston John ton and I had bad been practicing with It It Thomas Burge also al o said Mid he be recognised the report from where he was standing some ome I distance up the street I II I reached the front door of the court courthouse courthouse house hoWle Just in time to see Maxwell reel resi reeland reeland and tall fall I did not know who it was that had fallen tallen and running over to where Maxwell lay I began to look for the theother theother theother other man in the scrape Passing g around the warehouse I saw Johnston walking east ea t along the sidetrack and I asked him if it he was hurt Johnston said No I am all aU right Maxwell took tooka a shot at me and I shot him I dont know whether I killed him or not nott I then thenaid said raid Theres a dead man out Ot there any anyway anyay anyway way ay You go to the office and stay there until I come On his way to the court house Johnston J met D O 0 Fausett Fau ett town marshal run running running running ning to the scene Beene with a Winchester ri ii rifle rifle and Johnston surrendered his hie revolver to the marshal W H Frye county attorney was Just leaving for tor Helper where he had a case care careon on trial He instructed the sheriff to subpoena a Jury call can the acting coroner and after viewing the body to adjourn the hearing until the next day I |
