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Show BROTHERS MURDER MURDERCOlORADO MURDERCOLORADO COlORADO SHERIFf SHERIFFOfficers I Officers and citizens of western westernColor8JQ"b westernColorac westernOolorado Color8JQ"b Color8JQb Colorac , " ) o and eastern Utah a"e ae are a ' " 'e e ' con con- conducting conducting conducting - ducting a rentless search for Herbert Herbertand Herbertand Herbertand and Otis McDaniels McDanlels , brothers , who on onMonday onMonday onMonday Monday murdered Sheriff W W WDunlap WDunlap WDunlap Dunlap of Montezuma MontezUl11.a MontezUl11a . county , . Colo Colonear , near Placervllle Placerville , , . as the officer was wastakmg wastaking wastaking takmg taking Springsto them from Glenwood Springs to Cortez to place them on trial for forthe forthe forthe the "starvaion starvaion .starvalOn starvalOn "starvaton starvaton " . slaying ' of James Westfall West- West Westtall West-tall West tall - tall fall , . aged rancher of Lewisleriff LewisSheriff Lewis LewisSherift Sherift leriff Sheriff $ ( Dunlap and Deputy Ctem Clem CtemDuncan ClemDuncan ClemDuncan Duncan prisonersto prisonerst.o were returning the prisoners t.o to . Cortez in an automobile automoblle The sIght sIghtof sightof sightof of a wrecked automobile beside the thehighway thehighway thehighway highway , . three miles mlles from Placerville Placervlllegave , . gave the McDaniels their chance to toescape toescape toescape escape Duncan , . driving the sheriff sheriffs sheriffscar sheriffscar s scar car . , stopped after passing passmg the wreck wreckanc wreckand wreckan anc and { Sheriff Shenfl ' Dunlap walked back to tolook tolook tolook look the spot over . Duncan said he heleaned heleaned heleaned leaned out of ot the auto to look at one oneof oneof oneof of its tires As he did so , . Otis McDan McDan- McDanleIs McDaniels McDaniels - iels leIs , , . shackled to his brother in the therear therear therear rear seat , . leaned forward and got a arevolver arevolver arevolver revolver In the right front door poc poc- - pocket ket He forced Duncan to step from fromthe fromthe fromthe the car . Meanwhile the other prlSOner prisoner prlSOnerobtained prisonerobtained prisonerobtained obtained a shotgun from the front fronts frontseat frontseat s seat t The sheriff , returning from in- in inspectmg inspecting in inspecting - specting spectmg the wreck , . was confronted by byptlS bypus byOtis ptlS pus , who ordered him to stand be- be beside beside be beside - side Duncan at the roadside roadslde The she she- sheriff sheriff . - riff took a step toward the brothers brothersand brothersand brothersand and Otis OtlS fired flred pointblank . , riortallywounding 'tortally tortally riortally 'tortallywounding % ' rgortallywounding wounding Dunlap The deputy was wasthen wasthen wasthen then ordered to leave , and the pri- pri prisoners pri pri- prisoners prisoners - soners made their thelr escape in the car carDuncan carDuncan carDuncan Duncan ran to Placervllle Placerville for help helpand , and Sheriff Dunlap died while whlle being beingmoved beingmoved beingmoved moved to TellundeThe TellurideThe Tellunde Telluride TellundeThe The officers officer s car " was .as as . found aband aband- abandoned abandoned abandoned - - oned about five flve miles from the scene sceneef sceneof sceneof ef of the murder and the brothers , appar appar- apparently apparently apparently - ently still shackled together , , . made madethelr madetheir madetheir thelr their esca escape to the hills hUls hillsS.me hillsS S .me me S.me Sme & . . me 300 armed ! men are s seaiching seaichingfor seaichingfor alchmg alchmgfor for the fugitives , and two bloodhounds bloodhoundsfrom bloodhoundsfrom bloodhoundsfrom from Colorado state prison pns.on pnson . have been beenplaced beenplaced beenplaced placed on their trail traU As yet , no defm defin defmlte definite definite lte ite clue to the McDaniels ' whereabouts whereaboutshas whereaboutshas has as been foundShenff foundSheriff found foundSheriff Sheriff Shenff J B Skeftes Ske\\es Ske es Skewes \ of Moab "as as was "asnotifIed wasnotified " wasnotified notifIed of the murder soon after it ittook ittook took place , and he has IUlmt- IUlmt mamt'y mamty IUlmtned ] maint - ' ' ned a aguard aguard aguard guard at the Colorado Coloradb river bridge at atMoab atMoab atMoab Moab during the week Last night , he hereceived hereceived hereceived received a report that two men Ie re- re . resembling re resembling - sembling semblmg the fugitives fUgltnes fugitnes had been seen seenin seenin in La Sal creek creek'canyon creekcanyon ' - canyon , . and he left leftto leftto leftto to investigate . The McDaniels McDaruels McDamels are known to be des des- desrate desperate desperate - perate perate rate men They were v.ere vere . first arrested arrested.at arrestedat arrestedat .at at . Cortez for the slaying of Westfall Westfallan , an aged sheep rancher They v . went ent to tohis tohis tohis his rabin cabin and robbed him hlm , and left lefthIm lefthim lefthim hIm bound and acid gagged He died dled as a aresult aresult aresult result of starvation and .and . thirst Aft After Aftertheir Aftertheir r rtheIr theIr arrest for the crime , they pleaded pleadedguilty pleadedguilty pleadedguilty guilty , . and were taken to the Glen- Glen Glenwood Glenwood Glen-wood Glen wood - wood Springs jail for safekeeping It Itwas Itwas Itwas was washUe \ while \\hUe hUe \ they were being returned to toCortez toCortez toCortez Cortez to stand trial that they kllled killed killedthe killedthe the he sherlffYesterday sheriffYesterday sheriff sherlff sheriffYesterday Yesterday a report was received receJVed In InMoab InMoab inMoab Moab that the deputy , . Clem Duncan Duncanhad , . had died as a . result of a skull fracture fracturesustained fracturesustained fracturesustained sustained v . when h tl the McDaniels struck struckhim struckhim struckhim him over the head with a gun af after afterthey afterthey 1 ' they had killed killpd the sheriff No con con- confirmation confirmation confirmation - firmation of this report has been re- re received received re received - ceived , howev howeverOtis however howeverOtis r rotls Otis otls McDaniels Is described descrlbed as lve five lvefeet fivefeet ! fivefeet feet three or four inches tail tall , 23 years yearsof yearsof yearsof of age , . weight 151 pounds potmds brown hair hairgrey , . grey eyes and ruddy complexion . . . Her Her- Herert Herbert Herbert - bert ert McDaniel's McDaniels McD.aniel's McD.aniels . ' ' appearance is similar sim sim- similar similar - ilar , , . except that he he- heis - is thin and his ageis ageds age ageis is ds ( < is listed llsted as 19 |