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Show im hbuttle m. Garrett Copes in a Fit of Greon Eyed Iimzj Thnatuns to Depopulate Prosperous Alta. ' THE SCHOOL TAX CASES, AGAIN- The Ius Eamandel by the Supreme Court A Prisoner Eolea'cd oa Bond A Day's Dock-t. i (iarrett Copps of Alta was tsken ho-I ho-I fore Commiss. oner (jirectuau this morn-! morn-! inc and p. need under bonds in the sum of 10:i0 to ktej) the pccc. Copps is employed as watchman or puard at tho Frederick tunnel at Alta. Amonif others who reside there are Mr. V. II. Watson and wife and a Mrs Collins. Tlm last namo.l seems to have been tho catin of the war, but Ccpps. 1 in h's fr.-ny. seems to have jjoitcn things badly 'mixed. A few days aro Mrs. Watsu'ii liad occa.iion to search for her cow anil was returning to her rcsi rteneo when Copps hudtl.-nly appeared from ambush ami driving a six shooter exclaimed : "My nami i Mr. Copps and Fin going go-ing to kill you." Mrs. Walsou in her fr ?bt seized her assailant's arm. This seems to have aroused Copps frum his delirium and apoloitet callv he replied that he had mistaken Mrs. Watson for a Mis. Collins, Col-lins, aild'.Ui! that had it ben Mrs. Collins Col-lins ho would have bor 'd a hole ihronirh lier bosom. A few hours laler Mr. Watson eslhrd Mr. Copps tn account and soma weapon was leveled at him, whereupon the complaint sworn out and the arrest made. Copps is said to be a danjerous character. char-acter. He came near beheading a man named Pickett once whose jugular vein bo tapped with a bowie knife. His wife abandoned him after his attempt on her life and alter her finders bad been nearly severed from her hand. |