| Show AND ITI ICKlE they are said to be in mexico brother interviewed MOUNT PLEASANT utah anly 12 special to tribune the tribune correspondent spon dent had a lengthy interview this afternoon with abe kofford of spring city regarding moen kofford and jim mickle the young men who killed sheriff burns last september abe is moans brother and was accused at ane time oi assisting tho murderers to escape he was willing he said to make a statement ement and give the arnth regarding the unfortunate tra gecy but now that arrangements bad been nearly perfected for the boys surrender and thair appearance in court boon he would not make any attempt at reviewing the affair he said in reply to the question where are the boys now that they were out of the of the unit ed states aad had no fear of inter i ference but aa they anxious to baye the matter settled and as they believed beli aved that public opinion had quieted down they were willin gand nearly ready to give themselves up I 1 he hoys did not get oat of the mountains late in the winter but fared very well moen received a wound when he and mickle were discovered and shot at the bullet cutting bis right side but bad entirely recovered mickle however had buffered considerable fron fro n his wounds in the wrist and side and was yet troubled with the injury the parents and families of both boya have known of their whereabouts all along and abe admitted bad assisted them he further said that hii brother and mickle have been approached to surrender at various times and were nearly induced to do BO last fall but they were fearful that they could not get a fair trial and moen finally decided that he would never give himself up until positively assured that public feeling had died down through the families legal assistance was being secured and aa soon as a few more detailed are completed kofford and mickle will appear in court abe says he is certain that an effort will be made to indict him as an ac but would now reserve his side of the story until later t am not afraid be said to tell all I 1 know con corning the tragedy and the boys at present but no one will believe me wa have a hard name and public prejudice is us he would not tell where the boys were but a smile greeted toe question erb that they were in mex ico he intimated that if ho could be of a fair report he would an awer all questions but desired a more private place he expressed a grievance at tha newspaper reports of the affair and when told that the reports were in conformity with the facia as ascertained he said yes but no one had offered to present their vereion of alie shooting |
