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Show - 1hATTlE CATTLE RUSTLING ON LARGE LARGEi LARGESCALE i SCAlE ALLEGED BY STOCKMEN STOCKMENI I . J - < for Arrest of -Warrants Warrants 'Warrants Warrants ' 'arrants arrants ' Issued Cowmen , Charged 'Vith Vith With ' With1 , , 4 Comuen Theft of 60 H Headof Head e a d . ( < of Steers . a . ; i 4 Cattle rustling rU5t1mg on an ambitious scalewas scalewas scale scaleas brought to light Friday , When WhenRarrants whentyrants hen henvs.rrants -was was - as \vs.rrants vs.rrants \ Rarrants . were placed in the hands a of ofSheriff ofi ! Sheriff J B Skewes Sketes Ske es for the arrest offour oftour of ' 'four four ' tour four \ cattlemen C1\ttlemen C1 ttlemen ranging stock in thpJl300k the'Took the thp ' Jl300k 'Took Took Book m mountains 0 U n t a ins , m northeasternvrand northeasternGrand northeastern ? Si6nd Grand vrand < county The accused men are17iomas are Thomas 17iomas mas M Larsen , sons Lewis Hand HandEdward H and andEdward andASdward Edward : Larsen , and Robert Robcrt Duckett'B Duckett Duckett3t 'B B > ' 3t It is alleged they stole 60 head of ofseers ofsteers of'steers ofsteers ' seers steers from A M Myrup , and dro dro\e dro e droethem \ , % e + them theni about 50 miles to their home homeranches homeranches homabranches -ranches ranches - , v % . there here they altered theln-ands theln ands thelnandsair the "brands brands " "brandson brandson "brands'OD " - the animalsThe animalsThe animals | 'OD OD air ' some wme of ' The day following the issuance ot of otthe ofthe ofthe ; the warrants of arrest , the elder Larsen Lar- Lar LarW1 Lar Larsen - sen W1 died at the Fruita , , Colo , , , hospital hospitalas hospitalIS IS as the result of injuries mJuries he sustamed sustained sustainedjn sustamed,1n sustainedin ,1n 1n in , an . automobile a.utomobile accident east o of ! atXireenriver 'Oreenrher Oreenrher gteenriier ' > Friday night Lev Lewis Le . is H Hursen HLarsen Hlarsen ursen Larsen has disappeared following the thedeath the'tieath thetieath 1 ' ueath death of his father , and officers arenow are , wv 11QW now searching for him Edward Larsen LarsenW Larsenand Larsenand W and Duckett have been placed under underamid underarrest amid , and they will be arraigned on a acharge acharge acharge charge of grand larceny at Moab nextay next ' Monday ay before D A Johnson , , justiceI justicef justicet justice I of f t the peaceA peaceA peace , A M Myrup , the complainant complamant whose whosestack whosestock i istock stock stack it Is alleged " were "ere ere sere stolen was in inI inoab inoab InMoab I oab Friday , and sv swore store . ore to the com com- comlaint comlafnt complaint - plaint laint lafnt against .1gamst 1gamst . the four cattlemen It ItI Itcharged Itcharged ItIs I . charged that the alleged rustlers rustlerstook rustlerstoo took & 60 head of cattle from Myrup s sa.cture spasture spasture \a.cture a.cture pasture \ ) . : on Hill creek and drove them themto themto themto . to the Larsen ranch in the vicinity of ofestwater ofWestwater estwater canyon , some 50 miles dis- dis disI disto disc dis distant - I tant to c , . There the animals ammals " were "ere ere being beingId beingheld , Id and it is alleged , that the brandS brandson I Isome ' in some same of them were alteredCoincident alteredComcldent altered ; Coincident Comcldent with the issuance of the theI therants thewarrants I rrants rants of arrest , a gigantic roundup roundupof roundupf ' f all aU cattle m the adjacent Book cbffs chffs cbffsI cbffsnges chffsages cuffsranges I nges ages was started by some 25 cowboys cowboysof cowboysf ; ; f eastern Utah The ranges are areIng areclog areMag clog Ing combed and all cattle are being beingyen beingsriven I Iyen yen to the Robeison Robelson Roberson ranch on West- West Westter Westter West-srater West srater - , ter creek There the herd will be bered bepspected . ted red by cattlemen and brand inters intors in- in inpectors - pectors tors ters in an effort to identity identIfy any anyg anylining . anyjmissing lining g stocki stock i ( ' FrIday night , according to mforma- mforma mformaIon mformat - t Ion gathered by offIcers , Thomas Larand Lar- Lar Larand - m and son Lewis H , or "Dude Dude " ' ' Lar- Lar Larn Lar-sn Lar sn - n as he is known knovm in m this section , rode rodeown rodeown rodeown own from theBook the . , Book mountains mountams to theuy the theuy > uy Miller service service station at Harley Harleyttne , just west of the Utah-Colorado Utah Colorado Utah-Coloradotate Utah Coloradotate UtahColoradoate - ate : line lme hue They told Mr Millei MIlIcI Miller they theyto theyto theyad to be in m Greenriver Greennver immedIately immedIatelybusiness immediatelybusiness immediatelyn business , and borrowed his Cadillac Cadillack Cadillacnick Ati k in which to make mahe the trip Atpoint Atpoint At Attvum i point tvum nme nine UIIIK mlles miles inims east e < u > & of ui Greenrlver Greenriver ( jrreeiu.ivci jrreeiuivci . , . "t t le " e car left tHe th road , and the elderd elderContinued elder elderContinued d ( Continued Contmued on last page ) ' ( I TOI I FOUR GRID TEAMS TOI TOPLAY TOPLAY TO TOPLAY I PLAY IN DISTRICT ISTRICT FIVECarbon FIVE FIVECarbon Carbon , Umtah , Grand and Rooce- Rooce Roocevelt Roo Roo'e-velt Roo'e Rooe velt ' : e- e evelt - velt football will comprise one of the sl\ sl sih six slfoot \ foot- foot foot - ball confereces conferenes in state high school schoolplay schoolplay schoolplay play tentative this season , , according acdbrdmg ac ordmg to tenta tenta- tenta- tenta - - tive arrangements made Saturday by bythe the Utah State High School AthletIc AthletIcascociation Athleticas Athleticassociation AthleticassociationUnder ascociation as ' : ociation ascociationUnder ociationUnder Under the conference plan pla.n . , the thechampion thechampion thechampion champion of this district must be bechosen bechosen bechosen chosen by October 28 LCAniEMNGCHARGEO CATTLE RUSTLING CHARGED CHARGEDContinued | ( Continued from first 1lrst flrst page ) Larsen received fatal1njurlcs fatal Injuries , his skull skullbeing skullbeing skullbeing being crushed The younger Larsen Larsenalso Larsenalso Larsenalso also received recc1\"ed recc1 "ed ed \ " painful bruises The two twomen twomen twomen men were taken to Greenriver fOl fOlfirstaid folfirstaid foifirst-aid foifirst aid first-aid first aid - treatment , and then "ere ere sere "eremoved seremoved " weremoved moved to the ' Fruita I'ruita Iruita rruita liospltal hospital Within Withinan Withinan Withinan an hour after arriving at Frulta Fruita Fruits , ' Dude " Larsen disappeared He re- re returncd returned re returned - - turned turncd turned to Harley Dome . , where he gotthe got the horses liorses which " , hlch he and father had hadleft hadleft left there , and then left for parts un un- un unknowh un-knowh un knowh - - . knowh Thomas Laisen Lalsen Larsen died dic.d dicd . at 4 30 30p 30p 30p p . m . , SaturdayEdward Saturday SaturdayEdward Edv Edward . ard Larsen , the other son , . was wasfound wasfound wasfound found at his 1115 ranch In the Book moun moun- mountains mountains mountains - - tains Sund Sunday y Until then he knew knewnothing knewnothing knewnothing nothing of the accident as a le lesult iesult < ; ult of ofwhich ofwhich ofwhich which his ! father tlther was killed k11lcd He also alsodenies alsodenies alsodenies denies any knowledge of the alleged allegedcattle allegedcattle allegedcattle cattle theft Duckptt Duckett , the Lhe fOUl fouith fourth th man manwanted manwanted manwanted wanted on the larceny charge , has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been located and has been arrestedThat arrestedThat arrested arrestedThat That an on , alleged cattle rustling rustlmg rmg ring rmghas ringhas ringhas has been at t work In the Book Cliffs Cliffssection Cliffssection Cliffssection section for gome fdmc S me time Is the statement statementof of cattlemen , . and It Is probable thatother that thatother ! other arrests may follow . Sheriff SheriffCharles SheriffCharles SheriffCharles Charles Lumley of Mesa county , . Colo Colo- Colorado Colorado Colorado - rado , is JS cooperating with Sherif Sheriff SheriffSkewes SheriffSkewes ! Ske\\es Ske es Skewes \ In Investigating the nntter m\tter m tter matter ' \ . |