Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-07 | Page 3 | Cattle Thefts Charged Trio

CATTlE CUTTLE THEFTS CHARGED TRIO Steer Butchered by Suspects Suspects Suspects Sus Sus- Sus- Sus Alleged PRICE Dec 7 Charges Charges of or cattle stealing stealing- w will b be Placed against rank Randall James Randall ant aha v V. V iV r. r 14 Blackburn for tor the alleged stealing 11 of ot cattle cale belonging to James LIddell of ot Wellington The men were Vere arrested by Sheriff SherI Ray flay DemIng DemIng DernIng Dem- Dem Ing and hI his deputies and were later inter i turned over O to the th officials of ot Emery county wh when n it was found that the ranch from which the ene cattle c are alleged to have been taken was In that county r T rT T Cattle have been missing from the ranch at various tithes times for fort tl the past year s so a watch was s set iet for t the thieves A ay young steer t was I found butchered and hanging in the shack belonging to one of ot the men it is lEt said An ear t tag which 1 Is en gio l claimed al to be g gone belonging to LIddell was found in the ashes of ot a fire tIre The men denied all knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of ot the affair but later Blackburn Black Black- burn Is said to have confessed to his part jart of ot the stealing He lie stated that an attempt had been made mado to destroy the head and the hide by placing It In a fire tire the officers c calm caim alm