| Show Fugitive S S. L L. Killer R Slain U BULLET ENDS CAREER FOR FORU UTAH UTA U TA H CONVICT Escaped Murderer Shot Down by Guards From State Prison I RESISTS R RECAPTURE E CAP T U R E Shooting of Farr Climaxes Day 3 Manhunt in County A bullet from a prison guards guard's rifle Thursday had closed the criminal al Career career career ca Ca- reer reer of William A. A Farr escaped mur- mur derer The fugitive slayer met death Wednesday night on Holladay boulevard boulevard boule boule- vard yard when his captors answered hi his cries of defiance with a broadside o of fire As Farrs Farr's lifeless cs body slumped t the to the he ground with a bullet wound in jn his lis chest the curtain was rung down ort oTt the final Unal act of a tragic drama that hat began 11 years ears ago with the slay ing ng of or Miss Roylance Fitzgerald The slayers slayer's capture and death cli clio a three-day three manhunt for fot th the fugitive who escaped from the state stat i prison rison Monday after serving more mor than han 10 years ears of a life term terra Informed that Farr Parr had been seen on Holladay boulevard a quarter o oa oa of ofa a a mile north of ot Knudsens Knudsen's grove a at he the mouth of Big Cottonwood d canyon five ive g guards ards' ards and Parole Agent Owen Oven rushed to the scene TALKING TO WO WOMAN IAN Farr was talking with Mrs George Georg G. G Glen of he saw the approaching cars Ill never surrender he shouted as Mr and Guard Lyman y nan Sherwood halted their car and leveled their heir guns at t him P Fearing their bullets might strike Mrs Urs Glen the prison officials held their heir fire and Farr seized the barrels barrels bar bar- of the weapons and attempted to o wrest them from the officers' officers hands As he did so so however four other guards who had followed and Stewart reached the scene anc and tired fired five shots One of the bullets took look effect and Farr dropped dead with a bullet bulle through his chest Warden R. R E. E Davis of ot t the state prison reported Thursday that all the inmates inmates' knew of Farrs Farr's fate but no reaction could be seen Discovery of Farr in the Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood district confirmed suspicions o of the he police and sheriffs sheriff's force lorce that the fugitive had hidden in the foothills near there since his escape Monday noon I I CLIl CLIMBS S THROUGH FENCE Farr was first seen Wednesday at sunset unset when he climbed through a n fence near the home of ot James Newman Newman New New- man man Holladay boulevard Mrs R. R L S. S Newman a law daughter o of the he owner was at the chicken coops when she saw Farr walk across the theard yard ard and onto the road His bedraggled appearance first attracted attracted at- at her attention Mrs Newman said aid On reaching th the road Farr met Mrs Glen who was standing beside D. D mailbox awaiting her husband The fugitive asked Mrs Glen to direct him to Vine street and when she he was unable usable to do this Farr queried her er as to whether her husband had hadn hadan hadan an n automobile and whether he was skilled killed as a boxer Mrs Glen said later that she realized real real- zed her questioner was Farr While Mrs Glen and Farr were talking David Newman 21 21 a D. service Continued o on Pane Two I I BULLET ENDS CAREER FOR UTAH CONVICT Continued From Prom Pac Face One station attendant drove past and rec recognized recognized the fugitive Fearing he would alarm the es escaped escaped escaped es- es murderer Mr Newman drove into the lane alongside his home halted halted halted halt halt- I ed for a moment then drove back to the service station where he had seen Mr and the prison guards only a few minutes before SLAYING RESULTS The prison officials drove to the scene and the slaying of Farr fol fol- fol- fol lowed Occupants of ot the car which followed Mr and Mr SherwOOd Sherwood Sher Sher- wood were Guards Isaac Stewart Jess Walton James Love and Abraham Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- ham Evans Mrs Glen hysterical was Wa taken to her home following the shooting Justice of the Peace Fred Lindbeck Lindbeck Lind Lind- beck ex officio coroner examined the body and ordered it removed to the Lindquist Sons Sons-Carlquist mortuary mortuary mortuary ary where it was held Thursday pending word from front relatives When discovered Farr Parr had discarded discard discard- ed cd his prison clothes for a green shirt and dark trousers A search was beIng being be be- ing made Thursday to locate the discarded discarded dis dis- carded clothes and to discover where he got his change of attire An improvised sling sUng shot made of one sock and a large stone knotted inthe Inthe in inthe the foot and a piece of wood whittled to resemble a pistol were found in Farrs Farr's clothes Farr was first seen in the Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton Cotton- wood district Tuesday night when he appeared at Knudsens Knudsen's grove A car caric he ic is believed to have stolen that night from William Smith at Cobble Cobble- crest inn was recovered near Union Wednesday CONVICTED OF MURDER 1 Farr was was was' convicted of first degree murder 10 years ago for the slaying laying of ot Miss Roylance Fitzgerald daughter daugh- daugh ter ler of Mrs D. D S. S Fitzgerald of Draper Miss Fitzgerald was riding with Rodney Gushing on a l south Salt Lake county road on December 16 1922 when Farr and his partner Rex A Ay Ay- left ett ordered Cushing Gushing to halt Cus CushIng Cush tag Ing ng declined and Farr and Aylett fired Into th the machine wounding Miss MLis Fitzgerald She died several se months later Farr Parr and A Aylett lett were committed to the he state prison December 29 1922 for robbery but following the death of Miss Fitzgerald Farr Parr was found guilty of first degree murder and Aylett who is still at the state prison pleaded g guilty nty to second degree mur mur- der Both men received life me sentences sen sen S |
