Show HORSE HORPE THIEVES CAPTURED THREE desperadoes NOW IN JAIL IN PROVO on tuesday night the nth dinst there were stolen from parties in the vicinity of P V junction utah county t three h ree horses three saddles t three ree guns gun two or three pistols and a tine fine field e g glass ass the next night constable frank r hoover of PV telegraphed the f fact t to sheriff turner at provo and on thursday the sheriff after sending the news to officers in varlo various 8 directions that they might be on re ane lookout started out after the thieves thieve 8 at P V junction Ju action warrants were obtained for ben marsh a one armed man whose home is in salt lake city frank ellis eilis or mcdonald and a third person whose name was unknown these being beine the suspected parties sheriff turner and constable hoover started on thursday evening for fort duchesne DuC besne but after going sixty miles they learned that they were on an the wron wrong scent and retraced ce d their steps to P V reaching there sunday morn ingin the meantime word had bad been reci received that another gun had been stolen from charles H taylors at price emery county and that the house bouse of mr avery at farnham Farn bam had bad been broken into this indicated that the tae thieves were working south and the sheriff and constable took the next train for the lower lo 10 price crossing prior to this however constables fred grames and ah H bryner in company with jackson cole of george C ranch and some others had started on the th same trail this posse came up with the fugitives at tb the e lower bower price crossing and steps were taken to capture them it was known that they were well armed and desperate and that two of them had taken refuge in the brush across the river notwithstanding the great danger to which he ekpo expo exposed nad se h himself jackson cole urged his bis horse into the stream forded corded it and before the thieves were aware of it had got within shooting range and covered them with his rifle ali they tey did not for a moment suppose that a single man would perform such a daring feit feat add believing they were surrounded and taken at a ta ge surrendered and in a short ti time nie efter were placed in irons by bv the 0 officers fil the third person of tae th e trio was then discovered to be joseph mulligan as he be gave his name a late arrival from colorado an examination of the prisoners efi sects showed that had they had bad an opportunity port unity to fight it would have fared badly with the other party they had all the weapons that had bad been stolen and were provided with a plentiful supply of explosive cartridges all of the plunder except the fl field eld glass was recovered and on oa the arrival of the traio train a few minutes after th the e capture the three prisoners were e given into sheriff turners custody the whole party then returned and an examination was held before justice smith at PV on an Monda yand the defendants fend ants held to await the grand jurys action Mc Donalds bail was wag fixed at 2000 and that of marsh and mulligan malligan at 1000 each in default of sureties the trio are now languishing in jail at provo mcdonald was but recently liberated from the penitentiary where he had served a term for grand larceny marsh is the person who was indicted with another man for a robbery committed near the opera house in this city his companion was convicted and punished but the indictment against him was dismissed a few months ago of antecedents nothing is known the ca capture ture was an arduous task and was wen weft done the rauch men and others in the vicinity gave the officers every assistance in their power and made the arrest of the gang practicable b I 1 e |