Show livorsi THIEF hy y worked A confidence oame game on a had man and saved ills his life ily hy meeks na as lie he is known by his hie best was nearer the pearly gates lost last wednesday than lie he ever was before while on the reservation on official business he received a telephone me asage from sheriff mcneill to kep hep a lookout for a colorado horse thief who was headed that way after he be had been in communication with sheriff MeNT mcdill eill and deputy sheriff charlie wallace of mesa county colorado I 1 for a short time ho he came to the conclusion that he was after one of the most moat notorious criminals of the west end the outcome gutc me proved that he was rot mis mia taken when wallace informed hini him that the thief was out of the ordinary and that he would probably carry two guns and mabe a knife meeks mecks braill ot busy concocting concoct ing some borne foxy scheme by which to land his hia man arid and when he started don doan the road from billy juilly Pret ces camp towards randlett wearing mearing a look of determination an I 1 that smile which never cemes off be h appeared as if he had bad mid up lip his mind it if ever tin an ollier of the law worked a confided con fidei fidel ce criminal meeks worked one i n thit man about three mil a I 1 eo the camp lie ile met a fellow driving four horses hitched to an empty wagon in tl e rear of the wa waon on sat pat a man leading a I horse orse and he recognized both from the description he had received did you see anything of a couple of gray borses down this way lie he asked the man mail behind 1 I lost mine and have traveled all night hunting them but its no use 1 farther in this direction then tho the very thing happened that he expected the man asked him if he want to buy a good horse I 1 billy ireece wanted to buy mine but he is not for sale if you take yours up thero I 1 am almost sure he will buy him and they all immediately headed for the camp meeks meeka rode along with the suspect who was still in the wagon for a few yards and then he went on ahead As soon oon as an he thought he could do so BO without arousing suspicion he got out of sight night of tho the wagon and hastened on in the dir direction ebion of the ditch camp reaching there a little before his hia man showed up of course he hid had hurriedly hurried lp to told whit to expect billy this man has a horse for sale and I 1 think he is just the horse you want ant said 11 hi its as the driver halted the owner of the horse was requested to alight and bring the horse around so that a good view could be had had it a winchester behind him ile he quietly walked over to one side aide of the horse and meeks to the other and in less time than it takes to tell it a winchester and a six shooter looked the horse thief in the tha face throw up your hands a elead dead man the sudden and unexpected command from I 1 reece recce startled the man biorn colorado so BO much that he tr up stiff and rigid the bari cis bofto of two guns looked mighty big and abid he decided that the best thing to to do waa as obey the command and up went his hindi in one hand he held a i b bi d look ing gun which nas ds directed direct fd to wards warda meks macks stomach as boon as it t could be lowered to the he I 1 boici I 1 ol 01 1 I sang tingle ic there the three men stood aloud f ung cach ach othe and there of a smile 0 on I 1 I 1 ilys hya face just for it a second I 1 lie I 1 e prisoner had failed to get gel hu finger on tile tha trigger slid and he fic knew that a single movement meant death end and life was as too sweet for him to take tho chance meeks was saved and the man was saved just u little littau placa 11 tile the finger and the trigger r aerated a tragedy you have tho the drip on me gentlemen but I 1 want to tell you that no one man could have taken n me alive and he ha gave up I 1 is id gun the bracelets soon boon adorn d his wrists and he was taken to I 1 t duchesne where here wallace was acting ai ting having baving arrived come time previous from dragon inight at the post poat a blacksmith I 1 lobbied him film and cst erday morning ming he be was escorted to dragon hy by biage and from there to grand junction by train all the while that ho he wits was in charge jf f alecks tro prisoner refused to tell a namu name or to say bay anything about lut but ho he is known in Colo colorado radu by the name of cauree and is 13 a dangerous and bad char achter that he has haa a criminal rf coid there is but little doubt on the right wrist there aro ara two bullet wounds and the big toe of che right foot is missing the horse lie stole from the owner name riot not known in colorado a a race borso called little joo joe sad and is 11 said to have a good record |