Show VETERAN ADMITS M KILLING THREE MEN IN UTAH confesses that he laid in ambush and shot down enemies follow ing quarrel over cattle los loa angeles cal captain W E davis an inmate ot of abo soldiers home at sawtelle who Is charged with the murder of william wheeler has shed some additional light upon three kill inge inga which he ha committed la in utah in september 1892 captain davis dails who formerly lived at westwater utah Is accused of beating wheeler to death in the batters lat photograph studio on new years day and then setting fire to the building captain davis who Is a veteran ot the civil war on saturday told the los angeles police ot of his record in utah ile he said that he be 1 was known and feared as a gunman in utah in the early days and that ho he killed three men in eastern utah in Sept september embere 1893 1892 captain davis told the following story of the killings in utah it was waa way back in 1892 when that part of the west was practically a wilderness that I 1 got into a quarrel with the brock outfit the affair grew out of range war among the rustlers and ranchers our particular fight was over some cattle which both sides claimed matters went from bad to worse and I 1 finally decided to settle mettle the difference in my way at t that time I 1 owned a ranch on the colorado side but the light fight took place in utah in the Wooden shoe country near the uintah indian reservation knowing that brook and his bunch were likely to pass by a certain place the next day I 1 laid in ambush and when they were in range I 1 opened fire killing brock and ana two others the fourth got away I 1 was tried for murder but was convicted of I 1 manslaughter and was sen sentenced fenced to the grand county jail at moab for eight months |