| Show CAPTURING A DESPERADO the italian who killed mr 09 01 brien brienen in price canyon on sunday sept 8 is indall in jail mr obrien Is lain in ate grave and the other man whom th the italian shot is in a precarious condition and may die at any moment the wound was of such a serious nature that his leg had to be amputated and it is likely that his injuries will prove too much for him the italian was assisted by a countryman and used a knife on the man whose life now hangs in the balance the assistant has not yet boon been arrested though a posse are looking for him the murderer after getting away from the scene of ME crime was followed by deputy marshals redfield bedfield and mount he managed to elude them and made an effort to got get through the mountains and into colorado this he was not able to do and returned to the railroad several parties saw him but did not dare a approach h hi him m in the face of a loaded winchester whenever he saw anyone he would take up his stati station in the brush where he kept in readiness to pick off anyone who approached h him im to some that he be saw MW he stated that he intended fighting his way to colorado in case he was interfered with on thursday the deputies returned to provo and when they started out that night sheriff fowler was with them information was received that the italian had taken dinner on thursday at sun on the D R G W by 3 friday morning the officers reached a place known as desert switch where they left the train an engineer informed them that he had seen a man down the track so they went to the section house and waited till daylight at the switch sheriff loveless of emery county james E daniels and another man joined the party the country is quite open at that point and just as daylight came a man was discovered discover pd on the track about a mile distant coming comin 9 toward the section house sheriffs fowler and loveless deputies red bed field and Moun tand mcdaniels Mr Daniels took up a position behind the section house and waited when the man reached a spring about 40 yards from the house he was recognized as the murderer he stepped to the spring and took a drink and then returned to the track the grade at that place being about four feet hi high I 1 the five officers three of whom were armed with winchesters Win chesters and two with revolvers emerged from behind the section house unobserved by the italian and forming in a line covered their man with their weapons As they caled to him to hold up his hands he turned and looked at them for fully half balf a minute without making a movement then he suddenly threw his gun to his shoulder and fired the bullet went into the section house behind the officers and about on a level with their shoulders having passed between two of them at the same instant five shots were fired by the officers but none of them hit him the italian sprang down the opposite side of the grade from which position he sent three more shots shoes in about as many seconds when the firing commenced th the e section man who also had a winchester began shooting at the fugitive from the house the officers sprang forward and fired again after the desperado delivered him fourth shot his left arm dropped to his side and the muzzle of his gun went down he was once more ordered to hold up his hands but gave no heed his attention being turned to getting his gun up this he was unable to do because the left arm was powerless po sv erless he then tried to draw his revolver the time spent nt in trying to raise his gun gula gave ave ajr t the officers a chance to get at fam him and seize his weapons it was then found that a rifle ball had bad struck him on the outside of the left shoulder and passing towards the backbone had come out under the shoulder blade the italian when taken stated that he would rather have been killed than arrested he admitted having done the shooting in price canyon but asserted that he did it in self defense he was brought on to provo his wound is painful but not dangerous at first glance he impresses one as being a man of great determination and is of a fierce disposition when aroused to anger he is about five feet eight inches high of the usual swarthy complexion of his race and has small piercing black eyes he will first be examined on a charge of assault with intent to murder and then will have the charge of murder preferred against him |
