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Show UTAH OFHCEH3 KILLED . .tolilT Kon-t .;in Miinli r Sheriff Tyler i of t.ruii'i Couuly and Utrputy .fei.kiut. Hheriif Tyler of Cr.ind county and s.im Jenkins, a cattle owner, were shot I aijil killed l,y outlaws on 11:11 creek, about fifty milei north of Thompson, j f. tali, Saturday noon. The story of J tin L-iliinjf as told by Herbert. Day, a i deputy sheriff, who was with them, is as follows: j The three men unexpectedly pme upon tin: ramp of the outlaws. S :i eri 11" i Tyler and Sam .I.o.k ns d ismouu ted and starled to walk up to them. When a short, ri is! an.-e from them the sheriff' spoke to thi-m. saying: Hello, boys." ; 'I'he r. -ply cuii Id not be h.-ard by Mr. Day. bu t as soon as t he re pi v was made Tyler and Jenkins started to walk to ' their horses. i Aihoun as their back's were turned ' the outlaws tired and killed them in- ! stantly. Herbert Day was about fifty j yards away and saw them fail. They then fired two shots at Mr. Day, but missed him. Sheriff 'Tyler had no intention of attempting at-tempting to arrest them, as they had left their guns on their horses when tlx y dismounted. They were shot in the back with Hat-nose bullets and the wounds where the bullets came outarfc very large ones. Sheriff Tyler was shot twice, both going in under the -ight arm and coming out in the abdomen abdo-men over the left hip. Jenkins was shot four times, all the shots entering in the back between the shoulders and ranging down, nearly cut his left arm oil". Posses have left several points, including in-cluding twelve men from the sheriff's oflice at Salt Lake, to run the. murderers murder-ers down. After the killing the bandits fled, leaving sixteen horses, their camp equippage and bedding, and a quantity of ammunition. They are supposed to be heading for the White Mountain country, Colorado. |