Spanish Fork Press | 1909-10-07 | Page 1 | A Range Tragedy in Utah |

Type	issue
Date	1909-10-07
Paper	Spanish Fork Press
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s69c881w
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69c881w

Article Title	A Range Tragedy in Utah
Type	article
Date	1909-10-07
Paper	Spanish Fork Press
Page	1
OCR Text	Show A RANGE TRAGEDY IN UTAH Cowboy Who Murdered Millionaire Cattleman and Escaped the Hang mans Noose Is Shot to Death Grand Junction Colo Tho body of Joe Harris a cattle puncher who eight years ago shot and killed Henry Sleber a millionaire cattleman was found on the range near Westwater Utah Monday afternoon Ho had been shot to death No traco of his murderer has boon found It la believed his death Is the long delayed vengeance of enemies who for years have threatened to shoot him on sight Harris shot and killed Henry Sleber on the latters ranch near this city Sieber had chagred HarrUh with being be-ing a cattle rustler Tho killing took place In the presence of several sev-eral of Slebers cowboys Harris was arrested and tried for murder but after af-ter a sensational trial secured his freedom
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69c881w/15115828