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Show The party then started with Sheriff Sher-iff Tuttle, who suffered intensely from his wound, .until Dr. Winters met them Saturday morning. An examination disclosed the fact that the rifle ball had entered the back of the right thigh about eight inches below the hip and gone clean through, badly lacerating the flesh and breaking the bone. The wound is a severe one and would have proved dangerous had it been summer sum-mer time, on account of delay In securing medical aid, but the Sheriff is progressing as favorably as can be expected under the circumstances, circum-stances, and it is hoped will soon recover. He is at his home in Ora;igeville under the immediate care of his family and Dr. Winters." Walker's action in commencing the fight appears to show his guilt in the crime of horse-stealing, and he will probably be a scarce article in this community hereafter. No further trace of the criminal could be found, so the other posses from ; Huntington and Castle Dale were called back and disbanded. Walker's horse, saddle, and camp outfit were left on the ground and the boys report crows and hawks feasting. on. fresh beef which he-must, he-must, have killed av couple of days previous. They say one fugitive can stand off a thousand men when fortified in those wonderful fastnesses fast-nesses of the wilderness. - SH00TIN& OP SHERIFF TUTTLE- The Story of the Chase and Its Sudden Ending. From The Suit Litke Tribune. Price, March 28. M. C. Wilson, J. M. Whitmore, J. M. Thomas and C L. Maxwell arrived here -i-t6o!ay from the scene of the shooting shoot-ing of Sheriff Tuttle of Emery county. They were accompanied by an old mining man. and prospector pros-pector who was at Joe Walker's camp when these gentlemen found it. From Mr. Wilson your repre-. repre-. sentative gleans the following particulars par-ticulars regarding the affair. For several days the above named gentlemen gen-tlemen with Sheriff Tuttle were on the trail of Walker, the suspected criminal, and eventually traced him to a very narrow box canyon some fifty or sixty miles from Cleveland down on the San Rafael river, in what is known as Mexican bend. This country is as wild, rugged and precipitous as any in the world and has favored ; the escape of many - fioted criminals. Thomas and Wil-: Wil-: son were stationed outside of the canyon while Sheriff Tuttle, Whitmore Whit-more and Maxwell entered in search of Walker, who, leaving his horse and saddle, was making his way among the crags and cliffs. No trace of Whitmore's stolen animals had been found and no words passed between the posse and Walker. When the three men were within 150 feet of their man, who was hid behind be-hind rocks and could not even be seen, he commenced firing. His first shot struck the barrel of Maxwell's rifle and cracked it several sev-eral inches. Firing then became general and several sfcots were exchanged, ex-changed, to no effect. Maxwell is known by Walker to be bad man . with a gun, and as he and the " Sheriff were in range, it is supposed he missed Maxwell and hit the Sheriff. Walker is a good shot but " must have been nervous or would have picked off all his men. When Tuttle' was shot the other men took refuge and awaited for nightfall, it being too dangerous to do more in their position. The shooting occurred at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon and Sheriff Tuttle had to lie there in the bottom of the canyon until Friday morning before being removed. In the meantime Wilson and Thomas, who had heard the shooting shoot-ing and saw from the cliffs that Tuttle was wounded, prepared their rig to enter the canyon. At daybreak day-break Wilson rode to Cleveland, the nearest telephone point, to notify friends and Dr. Winters at Orange- ; ville to meet the party bringing Tuttle in, and Thomas alone drove ; up. the canyon to , the three imprisoned impris-oned men. Nothing more was seen of Walker, and it is supposed lie escaped, in the night. 1 i r |
