| Show 11 MURDERER EV EVADES ADES P POSSE O SE OL CE 1 I reeks Safety Among I ng the Cedars Cedars' in iri Rocky Rpcky Hills rail Is Followed to 0 f Sheep H Herders Herder's Camp Where Lopez Secured Food and New Hat HatI i I BULLETIN If il I Special to The Telegram t f r JONES RANCH Utah County Nov 22 i clock Ralph clock Ralph Lopez has succeeded in making us is way across the ridge of the Lake mountains ming inning ng parallel with the shores of Utah lake andon and w on the Cedar valley side r o jfe e is back tracking toward Bingham or else iJ 9 savoring to make his way across Cedar valthe val val- to i. the line o of the Salt Lake Route in the hope i catching a passing train f NEAR PELICAN POINT iThe The sheriffs sheriff's office received word this afternoon after after- after after- noon oon on that the trail of Lopez had been picked upie up p pe live ie e miles south of Pelican point on the shores If 11 f Utah lake in Utah county JONES JONES' RAN RANCH H Utah County Nov 22 R Ralph Lopez left the low v foothills at a point twelve piles s south uth of this place and five miles north of a at t I 1 11 1 o'clock this morning He is headed 14 f the rocky hills hins whose sides covered with aC an a I n C growth gro of cedar give him a natural hiding e ce e. e He can Cah take refuge behind zt natural t b but but- t- t Cs of stone and if if his strength holds o out t could o lf dr a heavy orce I orce 1 h def 1 J esS' esS su sur pa kd d d. d p jn fi jL t jp ez stu stumbled bl i into the camp ofa of a she sheepherder phe d r rf f edge ge of Cf th the foothills at 1 11 i o'clock this morn- morn ng He e asked asea tor rood food l me i ne he sheepherder gave 1 iima a hot meal and a small supply small supply of provisions t knowing ving who vho he was vas Or that he was as wanted pez left the camp striking straight toward vard the lills Jf 11 Lopez exchanged hats with the sheepherder thile in the camp i t r. Word was vas received from the posse by a courier ho b left them at noon saying that Lopez has not een en n sighted and that no further shooting had oc- oc frred red up to that hour fl K 1 Pursued by a pack of five bloodhounds and posses of oft t men Inen intent upon avenging the deaths of three officers and a Mexican l who ho Tell fell yesterday under i j d deadly adly and unerring fire Ralph JRalph Lopez halfbreed is making a last effort to escape his who vho arc are g gradually closing in upon him in the tl uth end of oC Cedar Valley r. alIc A A. battle is expected at any I 1 I I J CZ is without t food His pursuers say that he isea is ea evening rapidly from front the cold according to the story W-uy W y j J his Jus s dragging trail 1 and cannot long evade his mir mir- pur- pur L LH Lr ter tel's H When r Lopez Lpez is found it is feared that he will kill hers as he lie is IS a a desperate character I IL Lopez pez is hiding in ill the low foothills on the west vest shore Utah Iak in Utah county and is believed to be head- head I toward Cedar valley I with the intention of ia taking ing the Mass pass int into the mountains arns that tha would eventually take m nl to the vicinity of Eureka I I of o heavily armed men have left the trail hing ahead and spreading out the across coun- coun I f effectually cutting off his escape it if is A. 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Heaston jr P F E E E- returned to Sing Sing- this this' mornin morning 1 taking with them thon them the the Chief Grant which was taken the the Ia Hall undertaking D c establishment eby y says that L Lopez P Z is in the tho n th JU west of Utah lake He is wo wet wot the tho sn enow and the storm is with with- tt d and nd that his wavering trail I that ho bo ha has fallen frequently t Lii fa from the of P and fatIgue A poso of fort Sheriff Andrew Smith from r his ra Office and men the e lire Allowing this trail murder of Chief Grant and ands put SherIffs s Jensen anti and nd Witbeck for lor Mosida tida situated in inn ll in tbd tract on the tho n west horo of k n m Tho trail was ca followed until I If 1 0 o'clock th this s morning moraine when the pur par sue lost Jost it be because of darkness It was as picked up again at daylight I this morning Lopez bad nad followed an j old wood road used needS by teamsters bauling hauling haul haul- ing wood from froni tho the mountains Ho had bad followed this road rena straight ht back into tho hills but changed hi hia s courso and again struck for the tho line between the lake JaKe ake and antho tho low Jow foothills Striking the line of or the Utah Power and ana company ho followed this toward Mosida He wa was headed straight forn fora low pass pails through tho hills MUs toward southern C Cedar dar valley valloy A pack of five fiyo trained bloodhounds was taken from Cedar Fort Port in automo automo- biles hiles this morning and were wore put on the trail At 1030 1010 o'clock this thit morning word from tho posses was to the effect th that t thoy were almost certain they had bad Continued on pal pago 3 J MURDERER DERER fV EVADES POSSE from pl gc 1 surrounded at a fA point e cn miles kiks of f t O tho Jones Jane ranc rance ranch that entered th trail at point punt e of William Wiliam A. A A- A Duvall Du of Salt The footprints of of the fugi fUJi nd ti the marks o of th tho trailing gun un h he crawled through tho the fence nee e B en in the tho o snoW an mUll mud Jt Jre is fJ a b r possibility possibility- according the ke posse that Lopez succeeded in i Dg way out of the Duvall Du ranch hrs his toward the 1 i win wain K 1 on W way war C end of Cedar valley vaHey bt hOW however 1 heading through h tho the moun moun- from Eureka to cut off escape by bJ i I f the low Jaw pa pass 8 and another p posse poise se Automobiles left the Jones Tones ranch raich at atio io 0 o'clock this morning headin heading lid to take up ip the thc trail At the ranch tUft rood Food w j ope almost exhausted from hi his ef- ef ru Li to o evade tile the pursuing officers iOwen 0 were onlY A few miles milc be behind him 9 e t oa OIl the door of the h f-h farmhouse mo iso Edward jward iward B. B Jones Jonea near Saratoga ings ing i ga nd about nine miles milea south of W Ii on OIl th w wt t side of ot Utah lake Jake after 6 5 clock yesterday n ter B. B Jon Mi w away from his hs homo home tie e time timer His wife Mrs Rose Jones I the knock of ot tho the Mexican an D informed her that ho he was a miner W on OIl his hie way iray to Eureka where kid bd been promised employment Ho lie ih he was tired and hun hungry hungry-ami yand and want want- something to cat Mr Mrs Mn Jon Jones 8 prell pre pre- ad ll and sad served hint him a me meal l. l Alter Aft eking oking her and aid before leaving tho the 50 t he carefully examined his 30 fester and his two automatic t pis- pis to o c in ri n. n Jones watched him as he red rea i in the dusk Chief Chic Grant an and at Sheriffs Witbeck Jensen aird aud sason ason observed the the- theman man an a as he lie cn en- 4 the house Thov wore of th the theaon aon i a li that he be was I When iia A about a a. quarter of a mile from farmhouse the officers decided to rite irate te Chief Grant and Deputy Jon Jon- remained a short abort distance va a away array arraya a 11 tie thc ho honeo o to keep watch while tio and Witbeck went to toto to ask uk Mrs Mra Jones Jone questions tire tin to the identity and description n be Mrs Mra Jones informed officers Mes that the tho man mn who had bad asked naked rood food was waa a Mexican heavily ann armed d Mid Kid that he lie had left left eft just jUt a few ite de tel before tore tho the officers arrived It t as the officers were about to at their horses and Join Chief Grant D Deputy 9 Jensen two shots were ivere 4 do The two spurred their horses to they had left their com com- ou ma The horses horace of Grant and J Jen- Jen en found foun wandering about The looked around for th their lr companions cold not see Bee oe them While the two i talking about what had occurred k her er r shot phot rang ou out and nd Deputy Wit- Wit 1 from his horse fatally 1 i ded U M. M Another shot quickly fol tot ir Deputy s 's horse hono fright fright- ht- ht tt it th the re reports report rb of ot the rifle plunged ud ird The bullet missed the head bed by ft B. narrow margin rion quickly threw his lUs rUle rifle to Moulder der and poured a stream n of ot i q into ate the bu bushes where he be thought Ien Mexican an was ambo ambushed hed It is not I thought that hat rin any of hofs F-hofs took effect Tho deputy turned his 1113 at attention to his wounded companion Thinks Only of Iris Ills Duty Witbeck dying jug jn in n the tc snow now begged the officer to leave lel an and go in in pursuit pur puri suit of the tho Mexican Th lIbo deputy had nad been hit on his right ht side sille Tho 1110 bullet had come out on the te left side ide Ho W was I breathing freely freeh but lut wa was rapi rapidly l J losing strength th Sor proceeded to 0 make his dying ing companion comfortable Wit- Wit bock beck begged for water n and using his bis hantis scooped snow from tho the ground and anti fei fed fea it to the dying in man ri k realizing that the tho end enil Wt was near Dear talked ab about ut his family and d di directed li reeled to convey conny to thin them n n. I me message menage lIe He talked for s some some mo time timo and finally laps lapsed ti into unconsciousness S left him an and hurried to the Jones JODE 6 farmhouse where bo ho telephoned to Sh Sheriff HT Henry East of Provo Pro and amI inform informed d him of r what had occurred The Tho officer started back hack to where here Witbeck Witbeck Witbeck Wit- Wit beck wn was lying in the snow now non Ou On the thc way ar he be met mot H. H L. L Jones Tones brother of Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward 13 n. Jones Jon Jones s is A n civil engineer with tb offices i in the Dooly building in Salt Lake City Cit Jones hearing tho the shots left his cabin and aud started for the scene of the murders murdel In the darkness he stumbled over the figure of Witbeck k Jin lying in the snow Tho The two started searching for fOl Chief Chic Grant and and Deputy Jensen They her were found lying in the hru brush h about fort forty feet from where Witbeck hall hal been bee killed hilled Jensen J was as still It ill breathing but Grant was dead Jones and Sor carried Jensen to the Jones Tones farmhouse e Tones Jones telephoned to Dr JI lI C. C Holbrook at Lohi hi The physician arrived cd about i ia a half hour later hut but the deputy had had died shortly following the telephone call caU Posses Take the tho Field immediately telephoned to officials at Salt Lake City Lehi Lelii and oth- oth erf ert places Pou composed of deputy sh sheriffs policemen and ana citizens were organized and in automo automobiles hurried to the scene lof ed the murders Sheriff f Andrew Smith upon being advised ad as to what had bad occurred gathered severa several I in two automobiles started for tor the scene The various posses ar as- I r rived cd at the thc Jones o one ono after another Arrangements as 29 to who would oud lend lead the arious erious searching parties partiN were cre q quickly ic lv made c and the men filled OIled with a desire desiro to cn a c their dead fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low officers started l in follon-in following the tho trail tran of the murderer Deputy Sheriff T 1 1 P. P W Williams of Pro Provo vo 0 vol in m searching the brush n near the scene scene last ni night ht fount found three empty emph 30 shells and one loaded one The place where th the deputy found the shells was in a ditch about Yards from where Jensen was killed The snow now showed that th the murderer after firing the tho last shot Im had brawled for almost yards on ori his i stomach u The posses alter after following ing inc trail trait for tot several miles nilles separated Members went north nn and south a a. part of th tho men followed the footprints of the tho murderer According ing to reports received b by telephone telephone- at an early earh hour this morning ill indications were that the halfbreed halfbreed half- half breed was WM almost exhausted The Uhe snow showed that l times he had haa fallen allEm and other indications showed that fie e ewas was drag dragging his hiR rifle The Tho posses pose have rece received recerd rd instructions to take the murderer cit either cither her dead or alive nii It Itis is thought ht by many of the tle posse that Lopez Lo 10 pot pez will put Ul up upa a a. desperate fi fight ht and md I probably will n be killed I Snow Retards night Flight Tho The posses are experiencing but lit lit lit- tic trouble in following the trail of tho murderer The snow is from three Inches s to seven tm seven inches deep and the tho footprints of the fleeing man manare are easily observed The members of th the scaT scarb- scarb Din D- D I in ing party part l have e 1 been heen warned to take takeno no chances es with lo Loner oz It is fear d that if an any m members of the PO posses come upon pon him he e will make a desperate desper desper- ate j fight ht Ho is arx armed cd to the teeth and declared to b be an In export expert shot hot ith b both th the sib rifle and pistol pisto The Tho posse POSO members rs ar are following the trail carefully carefully care care- fully an and rifles and revolvers in hand haud are taking no s. s of running jute an ambush The entire southern part of ot Salt Lake county is on the alert fr tho the murderer It Tt is thought that on a acCount ac account ac- ac c count of of being a halfbreed fd In Indian 10 Lo Lopez P pez DC will make nn an effort to irot to some sonic I I Indian settlement P Parties of oC armed mon men from train Utah count county are on their way north and aro are guarding ardin every possible me means of f escape in that hat dl di di- It is said Bald that the tho man hunt huntis is so 50 thoroughly or organized that it will he be impossible for for Lopez to escape It is thou thought ht that he be will he be taken either dead or alive within twenty-four twenty hours bouT or 05 sooner Booner Grant Grant an Ideal Officer Chief of Police J. J W W. Grant was lIS 40 49 years of n age c. c He Hewan was wan born in n Nova Noya Scotia anti and had been n a resident ut of Bin Bingham bam for moro more than twenty years vear He Heas was as appointed chief of p police lic-e lic of Bin Bingham ham six ix it years a ago o and since since then has bas been reappointed to that position twice He had a reputation of being a fearless officer and a fair one He lie was well wen liked by all aU tho the residents of ot Bin Bingham ham and was known to always dohis do dohis o ohis his duty He is survived by oy a widow and seven children The They are arc Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward 4 years of age William 7 T years of a ago o Margaret far arct 30 hO 0 years ars of age Hu Hugh h 14 years of a age e Joseph 15 years ears of a age e Florence 17 years rears of age and Clarence 18 S years a rs of age l e. e Jensen Lived Here Nephi Jensen before belore he was ap tip- pointed a n deputy sheriff by n Sheriff An drew Smith Jr and aud assigned to duty dut at Bingham J was employed in this city cit as a teamster His home homo was at 14 East Fifth South street street- whore his family now reside Mr fr Jensen Jenson was born and spent practically all aJl of his life in Salt Lako Lake City He R i is survived by a widow and three children children Stan Stannard nard narti 13 years of age Stella Stolla 11 years of age and Lawrence 8 years of of age Witbeck a Brave Officer Otto Witbeck was a n resident of Salt Lake City He was appointed a 8 deput dep dop- ut uty ut- r sheriff more than tw two years JeRr ago j by Sheriff Joseph C. C Sharp and reappointed reappointed re re- re- re appointed by b bSh Sh Sheriff Smith Practically Practical Practical- ly 1 all of his duty duh as a an officer has been in Bi Bingham He le was n born in Levan Utah Rn and was 40 years ears of ago aJO He is survived by a widow and two chil ebil- dren They arc aro Frank Franl 14 |
