Show 2 Fired Upon While Driving Desert Road Assailant Shoots From Ambush Men Speed Up Auto Aut and Make Escape Fired upon by an ambushed man while they were driving along the tile desert road between Lynndyl and Eureka Friday even evening lIK Don O. O Rich auditor of the state public commission and his brother Frank Rich East Seventeenth South str street narrowly escaped threatened escaped threatened death by ne din avay away It was learned Saturday when 1 tho the man alan returned to Salt Lake Neither of the men was able to assign a motive unless It was robber rob rob- bery ber- for the attack upon them which occurred Just before dusk on a deserted stretch of road about five miles north of ot Lynndyl We were driving along the road at a moderate speed Don Rich said sald when we heard the report of ofa ofa oft t a gun and a bullet crashed through the tho side of our machine and through th the rear window We saw a man Juan crouching behind a a. telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone pole at the side of the road We Ve stepped on the gas and got out of the way as soon as we could I dont don't know whether more shots were vere fired or or not We didn't stop to Investigate Mr Rich said he was unable to describe the man as he got only a fleeting glimpse of him He reported the Incident to the sheriff of Juab as soon as he reached there The sheriff said ac according according according ac- ac cording to Mr Rich that a similar attack had been made on the same road about a year ago a highwayman highway highway- man firing upon a machine and robbing robbing robbing rob rob- bing the driver who lost control of the car The robber was later captured captured cap cap- and Is serving a a- Jail term for forthe forthe the crime 0 |