Show following Is the article complained of which to a newspaper man to is readily seen to be filled in with notion fiction by an reporter to make a showing to in his big papel the murder of bridger baldger jack the noted plute pl pi ute who has baa inhabited the blue mountain country in utah for years to Is supposed to have been the work of the hatch outfit one of whom to in now under sentence of death lor for murdering three indians indiana on chicken crook creek about a year ago says the durango democrat the murder was committed during the last week in september on the old L C 11 or oiz bob hott ranch in san juan county utah the causes leading up to the killing was the old old story etora made bad medicine jack aside from his cunning as a masher had a hunch bunch that ho he was a big medicine man and in practicing on Was hs family succeeded in killing a girl of 12 and I a boy ot of 7 years of age in a week the indians who were present of course knew all the particulars but deny all knowledge of a character tending to fasten the crime upon any one of their number even the navajos cavajos say sar nothing for fear the utes will retaliate by recounting the murders they engaged in durin during the past ten years those who have teen been investigating the affair are certain that the hatch outfit are the guilty ones but to establish the guilt to is seemingly an impossible task the murdered indian was among the brightest tem and handsomest of the orated utes but long and continued res idenie among the saints had bred in him a mania for wives that rattled every indian who was mated to an attractive squaw if there is such a thing and it is rather phenomenal that hat he was not perforated or carved long ago aside from jacks handsome physique he was exceptionally cunning and quite a favorite with the mormons cormons who inhabit monticello and other sections of san juan county utah he was very generally a welcome guest and long association with them had enabled him to study their weak points and profit by catering to their malice in early days the cowboys frequently raided the mormon herds and upon such the saints would indulge in language more forcible than polite on one occasion after a theft ot of some forty calves on the white mesa jack dropped in to see bishop jones of monticello about weal ineal time his favorite time tor for visiting the bishop however was thinking only of the stolen calves and nursing an anger vehement at times so much so that he overlooked the customary thanks and jack noticed the oversight as mormons cormons almost invariably invoke blessings before each meal gave his chair an extra hitch cleared his throat bowed his head bead and interrupting the bishops flow oi of wrath said I 1 bishop putty mad now he heap got em am biskit all time got em am biskit me all time hungry bishop all time good heap rood good cow boy amen y I 1 the blessing Ll blessing essing while not strictly in accord with the book of mormon struck the bishop as equaling the occasion and jack was ever afterward a welcome guest peace to 10 his dust |