Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-11-14 | Page 2 | Utah Officer Meets Handicap with Prisoner

Utah Officer Meets Handicap With Prisoner T Defeats Attempt of Friends to Prevent Transportation of Extradited M Man Mn an From California Having experienced a narrow es escape escape es- es cape cae of bis his mission to Portola Cal Cat being forestalled by legal procedure procedure procedure pro pro- Officer E. E A. A HedanI Hedman I reached Salt Lake Saturday with his Ilis is prisoner Jack Tack Williams 22 former former for for- mer r railroad man 1 n of ot this city Vil Vil- for 1 Villiam n liam Hams Is charged with assault with witha a deadly weapon In connection with i ian an assault on Patrolman H. H A. A I Cantrell on the night of August 30 lit fit West Temple street and Broad Broad- way Cantrell stopped an auto said to have been driven by Williams and laid his night stick In the front seat while he Inspected a sack found to contain home homebrew brew beer Williams Is alleged to have grabbed the stick and ond beat Cantrell over the head bead with It then made his es es- es cape He was arrested a a. few tew days ago t by y the sheriff at P Portola and Hedman was vas assigned to bring the prisoner back After extradition papers for tor Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams hams had been honored by the governor of ot California according to Hedman It was found upon reaching reaching reach reach- lIng ing Portola that Williams had a host of ot friends among railroad men who retained legal counsel for him The attorney had started habeas corpus proceedings When Hedman prepared to depart at once with his prisoner Williams Williams' friends threatened to storm the Jail and release the prisoner according to the tho officer However with the aid aidI of ot deputy sheriffs Hedman managed managed managed man man- I aged to board the train with Williams Wit Wil llama liams and reached Salt Lake safely