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Show 8 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Wednesday, April 6, 197 Hospitalization The USF&G Hospital Indemnity plan pays a benefit directly to you in the amount you select for every day you are hospitalized as a result of sickness or iniury. We also have op- tional and surgical Of all the stories of women outlaws of the Old West, probably that of Etta Place is the most likable. It is a story of love and of tragedy of a beautiful young lady who rose from poverty to riches to portray the leading feminine role in the long, melodramatic story of the notorious Wild Bunch, then, as fate would have it, disappear mysteriously in 1906 to a world historians know little or nothing about; a world of silent amnesty. By Gale It. Rhoades maternity coverages. Let us talk to you today. G.H. PATTERICK, JR. FREE Unlike the stories of Cattle Kate, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Bullion (Della Rose) or Bonnie Parker, which were fictionalized, glamourized, distorted or otherwise speculated upon, the story of Etta Place although it reads like fiction was not. In fact, if we strip away the legend from the woman, her story would still rival the best that fiction has ever produced. KATHLEEN R. PATTERICK Genealogy Seminar Who then was Etta Place? What was she really like? And whatever happened to her? These questions and more are still being raised seventy years after the mysterious disappearance of Etta Place. Here then, for the very first time, are a few of those answers. Learn . . . a How To Do It Yourself How To Begin How To Organize Effective Research Habits Research Note Keeping Etta Place, according to previous records, first arrived upon the outlaw scene at Fort Worth, Texas when Butch Cassidy and some of his boys rode into town for some fun in 1901. Authors James D. Horan and Paul Sann, in their book Pictorial History of the Wild West, suggest that she may have been a soiled dove from Fanny Porters bordello in Fort Worth, but are quick to point out that Frank Dimaio (the detective who chased the Wild Bunch in the Argentine) said as late as 1949 that he believed she was a young school teacher from Denver-whfell in love with handsome Hrry Longabaugh, the Resources Outside Utah APRIL 9, 1977 Cher Amie Reception Center Ronald acclaimed A. Bremer, Nationally Geneologist Featuring and Lecturer. Sponsored by the Ancestral Research Center In. 15 N.W. Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103. SPECIAL NOTE: optional afternoon seminar Sundance Kid of the West. Others as well including the late Charles Kelly, who had done some very intensive research on the subject for his book, the Outlaw Trail would also hint of a school teacher. But the fact of the matter is, she was neither a school teacher or one of Fanny Porters girls. She was, more or less, just a philandering housewife from Castle Gate, Utah. -- IWW tWi'HJl llliWW 4W wmmt UT-snau.n- - Fast. Dependable Service I well-manner- and Etta Place, as they at his New York studio in before shortly they fled with Butch to South America. Cassidy 1902, To understand that, youd have to understand Etta. At twenty seven years of age she had all the qualifications of a refined type from high society, without the fancy frills. She stood five feet four inches in height, weighed about 110 pounds, was of medium complexion and wore her long brownjiair on top of her head in a roll from the forehead. She was and But just as important to this dossier is the plain fact that she was just a farmers daughter with roving eyes for handsome, rugged gentlemen - all of whom shed love, marry, divorce or desert without so much as a moments notice. soft-spoke- n, Hutfjmnl- Harry Longabaugh posed for De Young Utah Historical Society Photo well-poise- d. Etta, whose real name was Hazel Tryon Johnson Smith, first became acquainted with Harry (Harold) Anna Marie Longabaugh through her half-siste- r, Thayne. Anna, who was a young school teacher at Castle Gate, had met the handsome outlaw prior to the great Castle Gate payroll robbery of 1897. Naturally, Anna fell in love with the man and eventually married him. For this reason alone, and records today can verify the fact, she was immediately disowned by her family - they having been of good Mormon stock, with a very negative view toward outlaws or anyone associated with them and excommunicated from the Church. Anna could accept that. But what she could not accept, was the blow dealt her by her own sister, when Hazel - known for her unsavory love affairs - deserted her second husband and her two small children for a grand fling with Harry. These complications in Annas marriage prompted a separation from Harry Longabaugh during the fall of 1900. On February 2, 1901 she gave birth to a son whom she named Harold Thayne Longabaugh, and then, in the fall of 1903 while at the home of a friend, she died. wm am 4 -- "I I o tipxrLriJr 1 1 2 SPEED vjlipxiijxxr TWO-DOO- R WASHING, WITH 11.6 PORCELAIN CU. FT. :RIGERATOR FREEZER ENAMEL TOP, LID -- AND WASH JUST 28" BASKET. WIDE! Model WLW2100T Model CTA12C Regular Regular 349.95 299.95 with trade HHbartajcrijTdt IS--- When Butch Cassidy, Harry Longabaugh, Harvey Logan and Laura Bullion rode out of Robbers Roost in Southeastern Utah to live it up in San Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas after a daring robbery of a Great Northern train near Wagner, Montana on July 3, 1901, Hazel Tryon Johnson Smith rode with them. At Fort Worth they were joined by William Carver and Ben Kilpatrick. They dressed moderately in city clothes and roomed under alias names at Mary (Fanny) Porters place, which was j 1 1 the center of what was then referred to only as Hells Half Acre. Cassidy used the name of Jim Lowe, Logan took the name of Bob Nevilles, Longabaugh that of JIarry Alonzo, and Hazel Smith took her place in history as Etta Place. For the next two or three months they barnstormed their "W3fy from Fort Worth to San Antonio and back again, having what was later described as the time of their lives. They drank heavily, loved and gambled freely, ate at the best restaurants, were entertained at the fanciest theaters and, on at least one occasion, stopped in as a joke to visit a Fort Worth photographer, where they had a group portrait taken. Deluxe Permanent Press Dryer Range at a new LOW PRICE Model RB52S with autom. sensi-dr- y Feature Model DLB Regular It was the year of the bicycle craze, and Cassidy - being the athletic type - was not to be undemonstrative of his abilities. So the notorious outlaw, a fugitive from the law in several major banks and railroad companies, gayfully rode up and down the streets of Fort Worths redlight district, with his black felt derby perched cockily to one side and a daredevil grin upon his face, while Etta and the ladies cheered and Longabaugh and the outlaws 1500 Regular 239.95 slightly dented 249.95 whooped ; 0J -- hjtfL0iid: ttortpuinl: CYCLE 5 SPACE-SAVIN- iCONVERTIBLE FT. CHEST FREEZER, PORTABLE FAMILY NOW, BUILD-I- G 18 CU. DISHWASHER. SIZE N LATER! CAPACITY! "Model FHBC Model HDB676 Regular 289.95 269.95 7 with Castle Heights, a new subdivision in Northeast Price, offers homes of superior construction, classic design and affordable prices. See the friendly salesmen at . . . with trade trade All New Colors Available Almond, Harvest Wheat, Coffee and Fresh Avocado DISCOUNT 836 East Cedar Hills Drive (1st North) (MM M3 their delight. But behind all the fun and laughter, Cassidy was constantly wrestling with his conscience. A professional at escaping every trap ever set for him, at outsmarting pursuit and never having had to fight a gun battle with the law, his uncanny judgement now told him that the game was over, and that it was time to quit. He had accumulated enough money from his robberies to make a new start in life and he urged his men to do the same and to escape with him into South America. Longabaugh was enthusiastic over the idea, but Logan, Carver and Kilpatrick were harder to convince. with trade with trade - located in o LfixrtnJr n j Butch Cassidy, Harry Longabaugh and Etta Place stopped on more than one occasion at this old cabin on the Price River during their Photo by Gale R. Rhoades journeys from Castle Gate to Robbers Roost. with trade 30 in. Easy-Clea- mjcrrm 637-508- 4 Price 637-540- 3 As in the case of prior robberies, many of the stolen bank notes from the Wagner robbery had conveniently lacked the signature of the bank president and were subsequently forged by the outlaws before spending. Such notes were often readily traced by law enforcement officers and so were usually traded by the outlaws for good money Mn some town or city other than the one most frequently used as temporary sanctuaries. But broke tradition. To cover his debts in Fort Worth' and San Antonio, he foolishly passed a few of the stolen bank notes and William Pinkerton, along with several of his detectives (and an agent from the railroad), reacted quickly to apprehend the gang. Lo-g- an But Cassidy, aided by his mysterious good fortune, had once again been tipped off. While the detectives interviewed the girls at Fanny Porters place, asked questions of the local merchants, and acquired copies of the groups photograph. Butch and his, associates were already riding hell benf1 for leather. Aided by the famous photograph, law officers formed what has since been termed as the greatest manhunt in United States history, and disaster eventually fell upon cross-country- ,1 crime syndicate. William Carve? Cassidys tight-kni- t was shot to death while resisting arrest at Sonora, Texas in 1901. Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion were arrested at St. Louis, Missouri, November 8, 1901 and was sen- - |