Show I Echoes from the he dust dustMen dustMen Men held up op sheep jj chopped to pieces t I The Echoes from Crom the Dust feature Is taken from Crom the files flies of the Vernal Express as it appeared at the date of publication noted at the top of the feature July 22 1897 HELD HELU UP UI George Erickson and a boy held up Four masked men tie them to trees and drive off oft head of sheep It was a buck herd and all but butone butone butone one of oC the of Uintah County are chopped to pieces with axes 20 dead and 75 wounded four men accused of oC the crime Geor George e Erickson and a sheepherder were held up on Diamond Mountain Monday by seven masked men who tied them up and then drove off oft bucks which George and his hisman hisman hisman man had in charge Erickson and the herder succeeded in releasing themselves shortly after the herd was driven away and George and Will Erickson procured rifles and started on the robbers trail It seems to be bethe bethe bethe the general opinion that there will be some blood shed if they find their men LATER John Reader Header Walt Wall McCoy and Isaac Lee came in last night with four prisoners whom they arrested for the hold up and driving off the herd of bucks GEORGE ERICKSON who was one of the men held up and tied to a tree tells the following story He and the herder had just sat down to supper in the tent when they heard someone outside The boy perceived three men with masks over their faces and the sight frightened him so much that he was unable to say a word George asked him what was wrong and then he was ordered to throw up his hands at the muzzle of cocked rifles He promptly obeyed but told the men that it was useless to pia play play any game on him for he knew who they were lIe He was ma marched mat mar matched ched out of the tent lent tent however and made to drop a butcher knife he had in his hand and was tied up to a tree and the boy was also tied up lie He was told to keep quiet and not to try to get away for Cor a couple of hours as there would be a man left to watch them for that length of time The men then left with the sheep but on one returned to see that th the prisoners were safe and to get the guns and ammunition that was in the tent lent E ERICKSON FRICKSON SOON cut his and the boys boy's bonds and started on the trail of the sheep but having no guns they gave up the chase until morning when the boy was waS sent to Vernal for help John Joh Reader Header was made deputy sheriff and wi with th a posses posse started for the scene of action t i The trail of the four horses was taken and they were trailed from a certain camp to th the sheep camp and back There was one of the tiro horses that had a broken shoe on one foot and th the trail was easily followed and the horse found in the bunch of saddle horses owned by a local yokel About 20 of the bucks had been and 50 or 75 wounded The killing had been done with an ax taken from th the sheep camp and the wounded sheep are arc so badly cut tha that nearly all will die Nearly all of the are and the will have a hard time to clear themselves with the evidence said to be aga against them It was the opinion of a great many people that the work was done by the wild bunch butas butas but butas as no such gang is known to exist only in imagination the sheep men are satisfied they have the right men and will bring all the evidence forward to convict them that tha t they can |