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TakT T Taken TakenTo eu euTo To * XEsluu Ibims * ' PeakThis reak Peak reakThis ( This bIa " ! interesting tntereatlnr att1cle article artlcl * is 18 taken takenfrom takfrom from the Express Exprtu files tllea flies of 01 February P/bruary P bruary / bruaiIMS 1898 1998 ) The Tb * pou , osae posse * that went to Brown Browns BrownsPark BrowrJPark a a.Park .Park Park . after th the * murderer murderet of ot Willfitrang WllUe Willie WllUeStrans Williesprang , Strans sprang came cam * back to Vernal Tues- Tues Tuee- Tuee Tueeday Tuesnight Tucday - day . night Th " "lbe lbe The * wnolo wholo fang- fang gang fangwicaught - waa was wascaught wicaught caught ught and end Bcmett Bennett Bmhnett va W8fi wan . ' < hung hunr bymasked by a amasked amasked masked mob of About thirty U11rty mar men menThe menThe marTh The Th * mn men * who were wcr * on the th trail trailt trailof tnat a of t th the * murderers murderer . followed ronowed them i up upas upas as 01088 oloae a9 . O&S1b1 OS1b1 possible ] ) & & The traU trail was wasIJOush wasrough , the th snow mow deep and tho the menhad men menhac1 m IJOush had hac1 to go in single e1ntrle tils tue file leacUng leading leacUngtheir leadingtheir : S their * hone honsel homes * which whicb were wer * tied head he < 1 and talL tau tail . . V B 6 S Hoy had JWlt just justa made madea a chang chanse change * 1 ' with 'pith pith th the th * leader and as he hewas hewas lwas was clunblne climbing clJmbht : over a 8 rock , two .hota hota shots shotswere showerw . .hotawere , were tired f1red fired and Hoy Boy dropped ba badead back backdead backdead < . : dead . . . The Th * others laid low and andwatched andwatched axwatched watched for the th outfit about two twohours twohours tvhours , hours , when wben night cam came * on th thmoved they theymoved theymoved < > y moved down dow.n . off otf ths the mountain in- in info Into uto - . fo to camp and sent Bent to Vsmal Vernal f01 for formore f fmore ' < I , more help * . The Th * next n z ( day seven more mor * men menjolnecl menJoined mtJoined _ , jolnecl Joined thin them and they went back backand backand bacand and found tracks of the tang sang gang Mfollowed and andfollowed andfollowed followed them until untl1 darkness darknesa prevented pre- pre prevented onvnted , . - vented them th m from trom doing any furth- furth further further furtier - - er trailing trallInC The next day th thfollowed they theyfollowed theyfollowed > y followed them thom to tha the Q 0 O horse camp campnear campnear cannear p near which the gang had Jti1led killed killedcolt a acolt acolt colt to appease their hunger be- be be1nB being bitog - 1nB ing cut oft off from trom all supplies ttheir by byI bytheir bytheir their pursuer purauers pursuers * The poar posse campedat camped campedat camptat at the horse hor camp all night and andthe andthe anthe I the next day they again took tt the thetrail thetrail ? trail end overtook the outlaws in a flat fiat near Powder Springs SpringsThe The first t1rst man to give up was wasJoIUuIon wasJohnson Johnson JoIUuIon who threw his gun clown down clownIn downIn in the snow threw both hands handa up upand upand u and begged tor for ( or mercy from trom h hJa his hJacaptors hiscaptors . captors . John .John Btrang strang , . the broth- broth brother brother brotr brotrer - er of the murdered boy , was detci deter determined determined mined he would kill ktIl him . , but the theposse theposse I posie posse shielded Bh1elded the outlaw After Aftersome Aftersome Aft I some parleying prrleying } leytnK Tracy Traey alxo IWso also gave Save up upBOme upsome ] BOme some om parlying parlyIn . Tracy Tr .cy cy . also a1Bo g lave gave TC up upAfter upAfter ] After the prisonera prisonen prisonere , were taken takenthe takenthe the posse poase started back beck to Lador IAdore Ladore Ladorewhich IAdorewhlQh Ladorwhich which whlQh U 1 is & located in the lowr loW1ll lower ' end endof endof of Brown's Browns ' park &tJt tJt pant & . . Lant Lent and . . Tracy Traci Traciwere were taken to Hahns Hahne Peak : by the the&bertlf thesheriff & sheriff &bertlf bertlf of o1 Routt county and IIDd the thesheriff thesheriff sheriff , Peter Bwanson Swanson , . . V 11 1,1 , 8 S Mar Mar- Marshal - . shal ahal Laney and twQ teaq two . deputies took tookJohnson tookJohnson > Johnson and started sta1ted for Rock flock flockSprings RockBprlngs Roc : Springs Bprlngs but It Is doubtful wheth whether whetherthey whetherthey they ever got to their destinationwith destination destinationwith with a live Uve prisoner prisonerJohn prisonerJohn John Strang was the flmt first to arrive ar ar- ar arrive - - rive in Vernal and give the news newsof newsof new newof of the capture of ot the outlaws and andabout andabout an about an hour afterward the ma ma- ma maJority majority - Jortty Jority of the posse got in and con- con confirmed confirmed - firmed the report of ot Strang |