Show FOWLERS GALL utah countes Coun tys sheriff as a romancer his unlimited nerve truth crushed to earth shall rise again tex says rats the provo dispatch of juno 2 and contains an account of the arrival of sheriff fowler jas stewart and dave murdock murdoch with howard olds and rock rocky y the kid it says As soon as they appeared in town a crowd of people rushed to the court house to congratulate the sheriff for his excellent work tho the two prisoners were lodged in jail and sheriff fowler was surrounded by friends who shook him by tho the hand and congratulated him on his success when the friends departed a dispatch patch teporter reporter button holed him and plied him with questions as to his experience peri ence before giving any account however ho he washed a little of the dust from his face in order that he be mighty see moro more clearly ho he then stated 1 I loft hero here a week ago last wednesday in response to a message from hober heber to the effect that if I 1 did not como there nothing would be done as the three horse thieves had passed under sheriff jones nose without being captured when I 1 arrived I 1 had help offered so I 1 divided my men in two part parties ios of three men each I 1 with davo dave murdock Hur dock and jim stewart started for the head of provo valley and into kamas we skirmished around for hours but could find no trace of them wo returned to and found that tho the othor boys had trac tracked ked the thieves into strawberry valley tex and his party had doubled on their trail and passed through daniels canyon into strawberry we followed leaving heber on sunday night june we rodo rode from thore there to ashley in two nights and a day a distance of miles having had to change horses four times WO we found the other boys there and they told us they had seen tex that morning and had followed him for nine miles and fired at his party several times their horses were worn out and they returned to ashley for fresh animals all hands set out just as soon as fresh horses could be obtained and a ride of twenty five miles brought us in in sight of tex tes when wo we got within range shooting commenced and a running fight for nine or ten miles was indulged in during which the horse ridden by tex was shot but he rode it on three logs legs for miles after that the country is thickly covered with cedar at that place and during the fight venitia the kid skipped away after chasing olds and tox tos for a long distance they dismounted and under cover of the cedars commenced a wicked fight tox tex kept behind tho the trees pretty well but one of MY party got a lead on him and let him have it the shot took effect iu in tho the side siao of the right thigh tho the ball passing through th the ft fleshy ashy 3 part 1 bud ana coming out near tho ar groin oin olds who was on tho other eido of a small gulch yelled to tox tes to give in or they would both bo be shot tox tex throw threw up his hands in token of surrender when I 1 advanced tox tex says it s a d d shame that a man cant attend to his business without being molested what are you doing with other mons borsos hor sos said I 1 oh I 1 just borrowed them ho he answered with brazen effrontery hero follows a fairly truthful account of the capture wo of f rocky the dispatch proceeds such is the account of the capture of throe three horse thieves and sheriff fowler as usual sustained his record boriff jones joneil in take no hand would V tako take no hand in the hunt whatever vor and at tho the time when lie he could have captured the gang and saved so much expense ho he showed the white feather people will not forget that act of his and he will hear of it again hero here is another wreath of laurels for sheriff fowler ho he has shown what ho can do whore where other men havo have failed he again shows that ho he is a pretty good man oven when not on dress parade and his badge I sparkles in the alie sunlight at other places than the bank ank comer hero tho the eulogy ceases evidently the heroic official and the credulous reporter ran out of homeric adjectives and retired to a convenient bar room where tho hero could admira his newly polished badge ond and reflect how fortune favors the brave but truth crushed to earth will rise again and we cheerfully do our duty in calling utah countes Coun tys windy sheriff off the perch the capture which ho he so vividly described took place monday evening juno 13 and tho the valiant officer put in an appearance with james stewart stewarton St on wednesday morning juno 15 coming up from fort duchesne Du chesno possibly on monday y night in strawberry after lie ho had s said ai d his prayers and rubbed vasaline va salino on tho the section of i his anatomy most affected by hard riding 0 his spirit wandered away from its carnal dwelling place and held the above interview with tex that is the way come people may look at it but others who aro evil minded and inclined to misjudge the daring sheriff may think he was merely tolling telling an ornamental lie with the exception of the distance covered by tho the pursuit and his own pro presence senco the affair is related nearly as it occurred oc cured tho the thieves were caught about 15 miles from vernal if the sheriff smelled powder ho must have been shoo shooting trig 0 at his shadow it would bo be a good scheme for tex and tile the windy sheriff to pool theia stock of brazen effrontery and start a brass foundry tho the EXPRESS officio was one of the first places visited by the veracious office holder after his arrival hero here and at that time tox tex and olds had boon been safely jugged bugged and provided with medical attendance for twenty four hours without the supe supervision of the provo lwok tho the only gentlemen who present at tho capture wore leo lee fraughton aughton Pr and murdock of hobor hebor who had stuck to tho trail in splendid style tan kompton who rendered invaluable aid through his hia knowl knowledge edgo of the country and one comoza adolv ow puncher they settled the aholo bus iness while the utah co bloodhound blood hound was following sheep tracks and fixing up bloodcurdling blood curdling yarns to regale tho cho newspaper fraternity of provo whether jones is a coward or not ho he did not go into hobor heber like an empty braggart tooting his own horn claiming credit that belonged to someone else and belittling tho the work of tho those io whose hospitality ho had enjoyed it a laurel wreath is it a good remedy for a swelled head so adorn mr fowler at once wo we soo BOO that badge sparkle much in the run light as lie spent most moat of liis his timo time in vernal sitting bitting on the shady side of the tarbet shariff fowler lias has quite a reputation but such incidents are arc calculated to make people suspect that other laurels have boon earned in tho samo same manner as these the dispatch evidently acted in good faith but boroa ator it would bo well to obtain an affidavit from tho gont gentleman loman before printing his penny dread fuls tile wasatch wave published a detailed account of the chase and capture which is very accurate but somo oi of tho the salt lake papers havo have been mislead by the provo ananias |