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Show Death Closes Career CareerI CareerOf CareerOf CareerOf Of Once Famous Outlaw Outlawi OutlawOne I - One of the careeln careersever most colorful careers careersi ever recorded in i the West was wasbrought brought to a sudden end Wednes day Wednesday at 6 p m when Matt WednesI Warner I i Warneri aheart 74 died ' ' it 'tt tt 'it his home in Price of a leart heart attack Hisas His \ was \\as as sins a life hfe of ( : ofthe .ransformity ransformity transforrntty transformity oftransformity . In the early earJy days of I the ; he West heas he \ was \\as as a member of a notorious notonous anotonous anotorious InJater Inlater gang of or outlaws but In i later Jater years became one of the city of Pnce Price Prices s most respected CltlZCns citizens natioa natIonfor Publicized throughout the natIon cityI I pictuiesque plCturesque picturesque for his association with the pictui plCtur pictur whia1 whichplundered esque Butch Cassidy Cassiciy gang which ' plundered pJundered its \ way ay to ingloilous mgJol1ous Inglomious fame fameand fameand fam famand sMr daIsMr and foitune fottune during durmg pioneer da daIs day s ; beenthe Mr Warner claimed to have been bee : thbindit theb'tnd1t thebondit the last surviving survlvmg member of the th bindit b'tnd1t btnd1t bondit ' group groupFor groupFor hovevelhe hoeverhe severhe For more than 30 years ears hovevel hoever ho sever , he had been bcen a rescected resident of ofCarbon Carbon county leading leadmg In civic ac h ach activities tivltles tivities vities 'II II ' whenever henever called caUed upon and andans andansss ' ans\\ ans ansss answering ansenng \ enng eririg a call to public publ1c semce service . bv by serving two t\\O t O \ \ terms is 'ts ts ' city marsha.l marshal mar shal sha.l . and one term as justice 3ustice of the thepe"lce thepetce th thPe'lCfiL pe"lce pelce petce Pe'lCfiL PelCfiL " ' fl-t fl t at - _ Calbonvl1le Caibonville Paj honmilo 1864to Born at Ephralm EphraIm on April ApnJ 12 1864 to Christian and Huvadi Huad1 Husads Hu\ Hu \ ad1 . Christ1an Christian Christ1ansen Christiansen sen Matt Malt MattValner Wainer \Valner Valner Warner \ grew to young ' younn youngmanhood younginanlvoocl countyto manhood inanl-voocl inanl voocl - m in that Sanpete county countyI I ofhIs to tov-n tov n m i-n i n - He often retold retoJd the story of ofI ofI ' _ I his e exodus odus from the town of 0 ! hIs I birth and how he came to assoc ate atesi ateith with \\ith ith si \ ith the notorious notonous Robbers Roost Roostgang Roostgang gang gangIt RoostI I It was one night at a dan e eQualreJing eQuaireling e eQuaireling ' Quaireling QualreJing andthe turned to flghtin- flghtin fightln fightin flghtinan " ' " - an and ( ' I the young Chnstensen Christensen boy strucl struck struckanotter struckanotier anotl-er anotl er anotter anoti-er anoti - - man on tl t tI ! e head Fearfu Fearful Fearfuthat Fearfulthat Fearfulthat that his opponent opponentas \ was \\as as dead or dy dymg dying ing mg the young man ran from the thedance thedance tl-n tl n - , ' dance hall hail gathered a pitifully plhfulJy tevpeisonal tev few fesv fewpelsona fesvpeisonoa peisonal pelsona peisonoa , belongings belongmgs and left Jeft thi the thicountry thecountry thecountry , I country countryI countryMaking Making his way into the westerr western v . westernWloming estern esternW ' I I Wyoming Wloming W ommg tenitory terutory teristory he soon'tS soon wii \\'tS 'tS tS syos syosthrown \ wiithrown 'tSthron ' ' thrown thro\\n thro n \ into the company of des desperados desperados I perados and veteran eteran seteran , gunmen T To Toprevent < I Iprevent ToIprevent ToI I prevent disgrace ever e\er e er eser \ coming to hi his hisparents hisparents ; ; parents brothers and sisters he hechanged hechanged h ( I changed his name to Matt Warnei Warner Warnerthe Warnerthe ; I -the the - the name he chose to k keep keeptiirough p ptnrough tnrough tiirough life under'whlcH'Ke underwhlcHKe under-WhiCh-he\f under WhiCh he f underWliichhn underWliichhnd ' - ' ' - ' vr5n \ d n1d shonor and later Jater respect respectUnder respectUnder n1 Under the Impression heas he \ was \\as as a afUgitn afugitis a ' fUgitn fugitis fugitive e dishonored and dISgracedIn disgraced In his hlS home Matt M"tt Mtt M4t " . Warner entered enteredon enteredon on a career of cattle rustling and andbank andbank bank and egress e'Cress eCress e'qress eqress ' } : ' robberies robbenes Withthe With Withthe Withthe the notorious notonous Cassidy he \ won on fame famet'f fameof fameof . t'f tf of ' a sort and participated parhclpated in m many manyof manyof manyof of the incidents which v.hlch vhlch sihich . have becomethe become becomethe becomethe , the romantic legend of the wild I Iwest west \ est of racing racmg bandits gunmen gunmenand I Iand and possesOne possesOne posses gunmenI I | ' I One of the more spectacular in incldents incidents In.cidents Incidents . cldents cidents cldentshlch which \\hlch hlch \ Mr Wamer Wa1'11er Wa111er Warner ' Iked J I ked to toretell toretell toj toI I retell the Tellunde TellurIde Teilunde Colo Cob bank rob'beiy robbeiy rob robbeiy ! I ' belY beiy belYas was \\as as \ broadcast last Jast August 30on 30 30on 30on on The Salt Lake Tribune Tnbune Telegram TeJegram TeJegramsal Telegramsalute sal salute ute to PnceBut PriceBut Price Pnce TeJegramI I But the Matt Wamer Warner of thosehectic those thosehectic thosehectic hectic days was .as as , . outlived outllved by theMatt the theMatt theMatt , Matt Wamer Warner Warnerho who \\ho ho siho \ for the past 30 lived 1ned hi Carbon witi \\It'l It'l Itl it'Vt itVt it'Vthis ' . ' * years , Ears ed in 111 countjIt'l counts countj countl is \ : his family famiJy a useful member ol of olsociety ofsociety ofsociety society I | societySurviving Surviving Surviv1l1g Mr Warner are hiawidow his hiswldo hiswidow wldo\\ wldo widow wldoMrs \ \ Mrs Elma Elmo Eima . Warner ard al'd ald al'do ' twosons \\o o two twosons \ \ osons sons and daughters Mis M1S John JohnCauser JohnCauser JohnCauser oI I I JohnI Causer Boyd Bo d and Wade Wamer Warner ofPrice of ofPrice i Price and Mrs Gvia GIla G la Hvatt HIatt H att ofCastle of ofCastle ofCastle 1 1Price Castle Gate _ _ ofI I |