Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-22 | Page 2 | Murderer Keefe Surrenders; No Attempts Made at Mob Violence

. MURDERER KEEFE SURRENDERS; KO ATTEMPTS MADE AT MOB VIOLENCE crime. He has made B etatement as to the cause for hla action,- but -he la known to have entertained tnallce toward to-ward some of the police officers, and his brother, William Keefe, ao testified before the Coronera Jury. ' - . A The supposition is that he fired thrf first two shots to attract the attention of the officers that he might - get a chance at them. Several witnesses tea- tlfled that he waa sober a short time1 before he committed the deed. . ; t , ' RAWUNS, WyoL, April 22. Excite ment is still high Jiere. o.ver, the shoot-. shoot-. ing Monday night by which City Mar- shal John Baxter 'and Thomaa King lost their, lives'while jittemptlng to arrest ar-rest "Frank Keefe. The report that ','.-. Keefe 'was" arrested Monday night waa not true, but was' evidenctly started for - ; the purpose of misleading the large gathering gath-ering of men who it waa thought would ; 4 lynch the'offender If caught The aup-' aup-' ' position waa that he had been taken to the, State? penitentiary near thla place foe safe keeping. It la. generally be-. be-. . ileved that had he been seen he would have been hung immediately. , He waa captured Tuesday, however,' at the home of his brother-in-law, where he had been In hiding since shortly after af-ter doing the 'shooting. The offlcera had known almost from the first where he was, but instead of making the arrest ar-rest at once, allowed him to remain where he was and he waa closely guarded. guard-ed. He sent for the Sheriff today and was taken in charge about 2:30 o'clock. He offered no resistance and asked only for protection. - Sheriff . Horton . and Mayor James H. Clause made the arrest. ar-rest. . : ' . : .:; 1 "v ; The Inquest over the remains of the two murdered men waa held Tuesday and resulted in a finding by the Jury of death by gunshot wounds at the hands of .Keefe. - . -.'. . ... t" Keefe la very nervous over the affair and fully realizes the enormity of his