Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-11-23 | Page 1 | Missing Witness Found

MISSING WITNESS FOUND Man Who Knows of the Bimetallic Mine Robbery in Custody ITRIIHTN13 SPECIAL 1 Bit t to Mont Nov LJ Sheriff lull of Silver Bow county has gone fo Wallace Ida to bring to ihln city Allan Mayley who IK wanted fiN cblef wltncFK m the case I the Stir to against John tJoyd charged with having robbed rob-bed the Bimetallic mine at Phillips burg three years ago Maylcy was held aH a witness but vas rilojiaud on bond ome time ago When tho I line for his appearance came ho could not bp found and his bond W1l8 forfelu For yearn his whereabouts where-abouts have been unknon and the au thorltloa searched high and low with out eucro During the past week Sheriff Furr received word from Sheriff Sutherland of Shoshonc county Idaho that a man answering Mayleys description was engaged In prospecting In that section Investigation revealed the fact that the man was Maylcy and tine local authorities authori-ties naked that hf bo detained On application ap-plication Gov Hunt of Idaluj honored thkM ntami requisition Tine bullion robbers 18 one of the most famous cases In the annals of the State John Boyd was employed as a watchman at the Bimetallic mine which Is oneof the big producers und lo him tine crime was traced Boyd waR tiled once before Judge McClerim but tin Jury was uiyiblc to agree It Is Mill that Boyd got nutty with something like 20000 orlh of bullion bul-lion from his UlnwlJ I Ill About J30 < 0 orlh of the KtUff iii l now in Ihe vault of the Sheriff of Silver How roiinty Thin nOft riovred train It Rutt Ju elrr who it t said to hitc purchased It from Boyd