Show lr s m FOUR R BAN BANDITS nS S. S AT 81 mR E Three of Group Be Beat t Up Officer and Escape After After Af Af- ter Capture t ST. ST GEORGE Nov 7 Special 1 Two men and two women bandits bandits- i who held up a n service elation at Paragonah at 2 a. a m. m Wednesday i are being sought in the hills neat near St. St George by a posse posse posse-of of about 00 r men after eluding Sheriff Sherlf J. J T. T Leigh of Cedar City and beating u up an Marshal John Cottom of St. St George F Following the report of the service service ser ser- vice station holdup Sheriff Leigh took the bandits' bandits trail He overtook them on the way to St George and ands t- t opened fire Several revolver shots were exchanged but the bandits St StU outdistanced the officer office At George they abandoned a car fear and stole another S r notified and tIle the Santa Clara was vas 4 bandits were headed off oft Into tlc the uio hills Later two of the women and l one man were captured ind hand cuffed Marshal Cottom had thy prisoners in charge when when one one otI O K- K the women fell down a crevice ke and and- she sho was vas released from th the cuffs At once the prisoners leaped upon the officer and beat him to tho the ground Despite the fact that tIle the man and women were handcuffed handcuffed- together they made their escape 1 accompanied by the other woman and took to the hills two miles northwest of St. St George r A general alarm was sent out allOver all over the region and posses were Vier S 1 quickly organized J |