Show POLICEMAN SHOT IN PITCHED BATTLE BETWEEN ROBBERS AND OGDEN POSSE I Passenger Is Held Up and Robbed in Depot an and Detective De- De Who Pursues Desperate Des Des- Desperate Gang Is Disarmed I f X t PRISON BLOODHOUNDS ARE SENT TO OGDEN f t Warden Dow of ot the State penitentiary this morning received a telephone telephone tele- tele t phone message from Sheriff Layne of Ogden asking that bloodhounds be besent besent sent to track the alleged hold ups who Ahot Policeman Farr at that place Guard Guard Davis was sent to lo Ogden with t ie prison dogs to join In the chase I I I 1 BULLETIN OGDEN Utah July 30 2 p. p m. m The m.-The The bloodhounds and the Sheriffs Sheriff's posse are following the trail of the robbers but hut up to 2 o'clock no word had tind been r received of the progress ress of the chase Utah Jul July 30 In O.-In In a pitched battle between the police and a party of ot tramps su suspected of or robbing a passenger at the depot lepot early this morning Policeman Ezra Farr Farl was shot In the hip Bloodhounds are on the t trail all of the tramps Policeman F Farrs Farr's urs ur's wound Is not regarded as d dangerous DETECTIVE IS CAPTURED RED BY THE TUB ROBBERS Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning a passenger at the Rio TIlo Grande depot while walking about the platform was accosted by three men who ho took from hi him hi his watch and a small sum of or money The ups hold appeared to be professional professional pro pro- tramps Detective Frank Ker Kernan n l was Informed of ot the robbery and learned lea tramps had started north oa 01 the railroad track lIe He boarded hoarded a train going In that direction 1 t tAt At the bridge a n. short distance north of or town Detective observed three men He Ho Jumped from the train and ordered tho the men to halt They halted but the dE detective found himself gazing Into the tho barrels of three revolver ver erf er He was at the mercy of ot the tho Trac Tracy Imitators and was forced force 1 to throw up his hands 4 He ie e was relieved of ot his pistol han handcuffs and other official paraphernalia and arid told to co go back to town POSSE ORGANIZED AND STARTS IN PURSUIT Detective on returning to town told his story and several policemen and citizens started In pursuit of or the hold rhey They were vere overtaken en about 4 o'clock a short distance from the bridge and a command was given to surrender The ups hold-ups answered with a volley olle from their arsenal and Policeman Farr felt felL The posse fired a number of shots In return but the men disappeared ared In Inthe Inthe inthe the darkness Realizing that their adversaries were re well armed umed the he posse abandoned the pursuit and turned to look after the wounded oun 1 1 policeman Policeman Farr Earr was brought back to town for tor medical attention At 11 o'clock this morning It had not been determined whether or not a bone had b been en bo er by y the bullet Ie He Hems He was ms S suffering gb considerable xa le p pain but th the doctors do serious jI A- A t 1 1 r TT s sr r 7 V of BLOODHOUNDS AR ARE NOW NOW ON THE TRAIL 7 Sheriff Layne Lane this morning morning- telephoned to Warden arden Dow at the penitentiary nt at Salt Lake for bloodhounds to pursue the daring bandits They were sent up upon upon upon on an earl early train trains and the Sheriff started with a posse about 9 I O Ogden Is IR much excited over the Incidents of the morning and there were plenty of volunteers t the Sheriff on his dangerous mission The pa passenger who was WM held up left lert on his train and his and his name nune was not learned Y I Officers nt at Brigham City an and 1 other points were notified to be on the lookout for the bandits Up TJI to noon nothing ha had 1 been heard from fram the pursuing party though the dogs dog too took up the scent at the place where the encounter with Detective Detective De De- De- De Kernan took place Ezra Farr the policeman 1 Is II about 40 10 years old a son of at Lorin Farr one of the pion pioneers eels eel's of oC 1847 1147 and has lived ed in Ogden all his life Up to three years yeara ago he he In connection with sev se se eral ral of ot his brothers was engaged In the produce business He lIe was appointed a member of tho the Ogden police force by Mayor Maor M M. I S S. S Browning three years ago and is one of the most efficient patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen patrol patrol- men in the enl Mr Farr Is married and has several children The tramps have taken to the dense brush along the Weber river west of or Ogden In this locality and within one mile mlle of or the city not less Ies than twenty- twenty live thc robberies have occurred within the past three yea years |