Show GUNPLAY MAXWELL KILLED utah bad man has fatal encounter with deputy sheriff price utah gunplay C 4 maxwell was shot and instantly killed here monday afternoon by deputy sheriff ed johnston maxwell was out oui looking tor for trouble and drew his bis revolver farst but johnston was the quicker of the two tiring firing two shots through maxwells maxwelll max wells breast one of which passed through his heart maxwell with an accomplice attempted to rob the bank at spring ug vine ville utah in the summer ot of 1898 and an employed ol of the bank was killed A posse posie chased maxwell and his companion companio aup one of the canyons nearby near by and maxwell surrendered at the approach or of the officers while his companion was shot in resisting arrest maxwell was tried and sentenced to eighteen years in the state penitentiary five years later he assisted tho the off leers in preventing an uprising in tho the prison and was pardoned it Is claimed that since lie he has been at liberty maxwell has been implicated in at least a dozen holdups hold ups upa two jewelry robbi robberies eries one stage robi bery and has haa passed several bit hundreds of dollars worth of worth worthless worthies les s checks escaping prosecution in nearly every instance and conviction in every case |