| Show POSEY IS DEAD BUT DETAILS OF HIS PASSING WILL REMAIN A MYSTERY aki letio ip lcena INDIAN UPRISING GOUS TO HAPPY I 1 hiwing INTING GROUNDS MARSHAL WARI FINDS llody INDIAN superstition EXACTS N S 1 PROMISE MISE foil FOR SECRECY OM nu itus gone to the happy 0 ands in fact the old ln in cro mthr util w ha has been dead since the of march und and his body fa h er or ath rests in sin lt unmarked unwar ked grave in or rough far to the arst at of t i sob h wn wis the declaration detla ration of united butco ki 11 J hay ray ward who niti aved in moab tuesday night on hi bin from III hii to salt lake city asit i nit to blanding ho how posey met hie big death litt ather lier he was shot by the picked under marshal ward who con pe VW tej a te ten n day I 1 earch for the old de about a month ago or hether ther he was wounded in the fight ficht 10 the san juan posse about a it ath ita ago or whether ether he died swill never rod i natural cause knon to the public one ia t man marshal ward know knows 1 and nd where posey died ana and lows ITS here hie his body is indian indian tion exacted from the marshal golean promise that he would not I 1 ife if the details ot of poseys death d the marshal will not violate the I 1 mgt I 1 imposed in hiro him accompanied compan fed by three utes 7 Is big boy jense charleys higi big I 1 and charleye charleys little boy joe I 1 hushal ahal ward early sunday morn t set t out from blanding to find pays jl body after a tedious journ y of f many miles they reached the I 1 which for nearly a month had AM bidden hidden in the rocks the body vu buried b manhal marshal ward and 1 ZA fafa at boy upon ion arrival at blanding saturday ld hirshal held a powwow with the I 1 in who are held in the barb sin stockade at that p place lace with if I 1 sam rentz acting as interpreter the I 1 federal 1 l officer conversed with the and piute diute for several hours posey rs big BI boy stated that he beller ed his i father was dead but would not boat a direct statement as to poseys about As marshal ward left to return to the hotel posas r s boy said maybe so yon you toila back early in morning for short talk straight raight tt the next morn obeys boy charleys marbal bo boy and old mike ik conducted the marshal to toi ow side ide and informed him of poseys aa they left at once to find the the indians in the stockade had of posey death since about opril 7 marshal ward states and W awaited his return to blanding anding BI to divulge anle the information with my when he died were several pl d from rom the copper popper canyon district akey communicated the news to poseys a big bu boy who had been given I 1 rt alese from the stockade to III out it and tend to his stock near i canyon andiana also 1 informed marshal 2 aute piute indian from cop We anyon avon whose whose ham ia Is unknown Til billed by the posse having been 49 through the neck Bis bishop boy bishops hogs dog IM hot shot during the first fig fight t wi with aist posse and the casual inong the indas indian therefore to three assuming that posey met 1111 death ath from gunshot wounds ile indians have great gmt confidence artal ward whom they charac 1014 as a washington rean man aid de teed to await Ms his return before tell of poseys whereabouts bal ward wara stated yesterday ig before taking the stage for aois that in hia his opinion the of posey will end the troubles the M indians in the blanding blending dis wt there is a very noticeable of relief among the members of ile bao 9 he a stated they are ld nd man manifest leest a keen desire to be friendly adly nd ly it is very apparent pat posey ey V was as a disturbing facto th them ein and but for his influence aass would not have engaged tent uprising the marshal to a teli telephone phone nue inca page from lip lat last night the people eople of blanding landing Il and mon alon t are not satis fud with the the by marshal ward that old poey lokey po lo ey key had died an investigation committee left blandine blending yesterday to make a 4 search for or the body which will probably require alveral day days it is understood that the people ut at blanding fiel ft el that they should have bein fully advised as to the circumstances surrounding po pos eys ays death and that they should have been permitted to I 1 ee hh his body the secrecy maintained by marshal ward as an to the details of pleys death and burial ha has somewhat nettled the S san an juan people it is stated and they will make an independent investing Invest ig tion to leam learn if possible the falc facts ts which the marshal withheld from them members of the commit tee are reported to be fully con aident that they can follow the trail left by marshal ward and the indians when thy they went out to bury the body of the old in dian than and that if the body is there they can find it the possibility is expressed that the indians may have shown marshal ward the body of some other indian and it bouli have been comparatively easy to hood wink him into the belief that the body was that of the old outlaw according to the theory advanced br by several of the blanding peo pie the we i people of blanding landing Il are now convinced that posey ie Is dead according 0 to o information received as we 10 to press the ile inesti investigating gating commet committee returned to 0 o blending anding BI last night after finding poseys grave the bod body was ex exhumed hunted and arid found to 0 o be that that of the old piute leader stated that the indians manifest great satisfaction over he pro proposed posed allot ment pf f lands to them and they want to settle down and top stop roaming around the country as has been their practice in the past the recent would have assumed senous serious proportions had old folks band on montezuma creek been in position to join posey in th the le 0 opinion in of marshal ward the blandin blanding 9 aiutes informed mr ward that posey had been in communication with polk and the latter had sent word that he would come with about twenty ave redskins however folks horses were poor and practically all of the puns of his men had been pawned at ac the trading posts with the result that tha they were unable to outfit for forth the trip to assist posey it was in enit anticipation lellis of the arrival of polk and mid his aden men that posey had failed to answer the signal fire fires of marshal ward ana smi posse which invited him in for a peaceful powwow posey saw the bres fires and knew their meaning but he figured that with the help of hplu and band he would be able to wipe out the marshals party and win wage the 0 war dunn during his visit with the Blan diric indians the first of the week marshal ward was wits given a great deal of in formation about the recent frac ei at which he had previously been in te ir norence he Is keenly gratified that there were no heavier and that the problem apparently has been definitely settled superintendent E E mckean of the ute indian agency is due to reach blanding this week to anake P 10 inary arrangements for allotting allo ting unas to the indians and getting them permanently manent ly settled in bomes marshal W ward ard took wui with hi will to salt lake old poseys rifle a 25 caliber which was given givert to him by posey toy bof |
