Show fORMER Of Of UINTA COUNTY TELLS ADOU DARRY r TRACY Seven times elected J. J sheriff or a 3 total to to- tai tal of fourteen consecutive years in one ono office is ill a 0 record that is IB probably hold by but bitt ono one man in tho the west J. J II H. I Ward of ot Uinta county V Wyo who wh is ispa ispay pa pay paying int a short visit to this city citro It was Sheriff Ward who arr arrested Harry Tracy and delivered him bim to tho the Utah officers Tracy was WaB taken to tho the Utah state prison from which he with rank Frank Edwards CV V. II Brown and Da vii vid lent escaped October 8 1897 The subsequent history of Tracy of his bis arrest ar ar- rest reet and esen escape o from the state prison of Ore Oregon on of or his ria s killin officers and then committing suicide in a grain grainfield grainfield rain field is too well known to need repeat repeat- lD ing At the timo time that thai Tracy was arrested by Sheriff Ward he with Lent and a n aman aman man named Johnson wore were wanted in in Utah for a n crime committed in Rich Rich county of this thin state ThC They had ma made c their escape across the Ut Wyoming Utah h- h line Another famous en criminal who vrho was arrested arrested ar ar- ar rested at one time timo b by Sheriff Ward was Butch 11 Cassidy One Ono of the must most II wanted criminals in tho history of or ortho the tho west Cassid Cassidy is one of tho the men who i is alleged is-alleged aUe ed to have been connected with the recent holdup of oC a Southern Pacific train near Sacramento Cal When asked h how V many men mn hp hE had arrested dudD during his fourteen years yearn as lR a sheriff of a n. western county Mr Mr Ward said aid Goodness only knows I r doubt if tho records even would tell teU for in tho the early days wo we did not keep koep such complete complete com com- records as a- ane are ne now demanded Tho The record of Mr Ward who b by the tho way has liaR not been heen sheriff for some sorno sometime time owin owing to his hia rOlIs refusal l to run for office a again ain is unique in in another way Uinta county Wyoming is a strong Republican count county Ward War is a Demo Demos Democrat crat There is a largo large lar o number of members mem mem- hors hers of the tho Mormon Monnon church in in that county a majority of or whom aro are supposed supposed sup sup- posed to vote Ot tho the U Republican ticket Ward is not a Mormon yet vet throe times tunics during his hill career ho he defeated the tho candidate can can- late di put up by hr the Mormon Re cans canAl When at asked ked how ho did it Ward and said I I dont don't know unless it was tho the fact that everybody in tho the county knew what my politics was and what my re rc- religious Jj ions be belief was In all my political career I r found it better to play fair The rho fellow that goes goc out tf to to- fool the iho people might do tIo it once or oven twice but ho ha cant can't keep on doing it rhe They will sure get et next to him sooner or later hater and then ho can count himself a alend lend on one |