| Show HORSES ST FROM SHER REC sheriff heber murphy returned the past week from a trip to the northern part of the county where he had been for several day days hunting hunt laj for tome some horses and mules that had been stolen from the heep sheep outfit of alex pace in emery county the camp stock seven in number were trailed to a point near the colorado state line here the rustler rustlers were evidently warned that the officer officers were after them and they returned west all but one of the horses and mules were found on top of the rims between thompsons Thomp sons and crescent the sheriff was assisted fn the search by deputy IL E F herbert of westwater alex pace owner of the stock and harry bennett emery county deputy sheriff after finding the six ax horses an and mules the sheriff arrested a man named hatch at floy ile ad knitted helping steal the ho horses ree and stated that another fellow named mel 1 cottrell cot trell had bid helped him cottrell made his getaway get fret away on the best horse of the bunch and so 20 far has not been A apprehended inasmuch as the case is 13 an emery county aff affair alint sheriff murphy returned to moab loth after the arrest of batchand Hat chand the recovery of six ix of the animals but it Is pre presumed the emery officials are on the trail trall of cottrell Cot young hatch stated that he be and his companion took the horses at woodside leaving the pace sheep outfit without W t bout camp etca they trailed them east passing pissing green I 1 river and sego hatch said they were headed for fruita but were warned that the officers were waiting for them there izi 14 the search for the horse rustler rustlers it became very evident to the sher sheriffs firs party that the thieves had bad been receiving some effic tive assistance in making tt away they hed appart antly warned several times that the sheriff was after them at a point neat the state line they turned the hones around and started vest attempting to hide bids the animals in the th run rocks near Thomp Tho apon sons A the motive for the theft of the canid stock 1 11 somewhat in the dark as the animals were not valuable and were hardly worth the trouble of daiv ing in then off it was apparently jos jus another to harram beep |
