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Show 'SLAYER SF S SHERfFF ! fill SE BROUGHT BACK . James Peterson, in Custody at Tucson, Ariz., Wanted in Sanpete County, i .Tames Peterson, alias James INtiukle, j one of th.c alleged slayers of Sheriff .lames B. Burns of Sanpete county on j September 14, 1S04. is believed to be ! in custody in Tucson, Ariz., and j Wednesday Secrctarv of State Charles ' S. Tingey, who is also acting governor j of the state while tho chief executive I is at Chicago, granted tho application ' of Ephraim Hanson, county attorney of Sanpete county for a requisition on' the governor of Arizona for the roluru of Peterson to this state. Thorc is some doubt as to the identity iden-tity of the Arizona prisoner which can only bo settled by the sending of a man who knows Peterson to Tucson, aud Shoriff John Knudson of Sanpete county coun-ty was selected to make the trip, settle the doubt and bring the prisoner back if he is the right man. Sheriff Knudson Knud-son left for Arizona over the Denver w Rio Grande railway at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. Sheriff Burns was killed near Mailt i iu a sheep controversy and the Sanpete couutv grand jury indicted Peterson; with Moon Kofforu. forxtho murder. Peterson Pe-terson was arrested and lodged iu the Sanpete county .iail. but broke jail, however, and tied the country. This js the first' definite information" of him in years. , |