Show blore diore horse thieves killed we have been favored by a friend with tho the perusal of a letter from mr myers at bear river dated july 3 from which we learn that tha t on the night of the of june jaw A D B baker a notorious thief that has infested this part of the territory for some time past stole a horse from an emigrant near fort bridger ca ged gired fired a pistol at the owner and effected his escape with the animal taking the road westward tile the em emigrant lgrant agrant went to fort bidger and got a r man nan to accompany him and followed baker into echo kanyon where he was overtaken the next day and in attempting I 1 to escape was shot in one thigh and fell ile he was after wards words ards shot and killed when too late he plead for life and said if they would not k 11 II him lie he would tell them where there wa was s a band of 0 a thousand stolen horses ile he was buried by those who thus eted out to him summary justic enot exactly according to law but upon i a more speedy economical a and nd salutary principle and a stake placed at the head of his hla grave giave on which was inscribed inscribe 1 11 d B baker shot for horse lct 1860 isoo 11 we have also been informed by mr langton from cache county that davis Skeen laie late late of lehi leh utah county a young man who has of late gained considerable notoriety as a horse thief was arrested on the uit on a complaint for appropriating lating a horse to his use in violation of the criminal code oe of o E the territory and in the absence of a jail was confined in the schoolhouse school house at logan r the county seat of cache and a suitable guard g placed over him to prevent his escape on the morning a of the ad inse about two a loud rapping was heard beard on the outside of 0 the building which aroused the guard who immediately looked after the intruders and saw three men with blackened faces but i did not succeed in arresting arrest arresting them in the tn tu oi of the moment skeen made an attempt to get away but met with a detainer in the form of nine rifle balls rendering any further f arth r proceedings in his case especially under the habeas corpus ad act entirely unnecessary I 1 |