Show w WALKER WALKER NOT YEt D. D Price Pl ce March 28 M. M. M C. C Wilson J. J M. M Whitmore Whilmore J J. J M. M Thomas and C. C L Maxwell Maxell Maxwell Max Max- well ell arrived here tod today y from the scene of the shooting of Sheriff Tuttle of hey were were accompanied h h f-an f an uld old milli mining Ig man man mant and t d' d prospector who ho was at at camp when these thew men en u. From Fromn Mr Wilson your representative gl lIs the following particulars par par- regard regarding ill Ilse aft fir tir For sever For several sever sever- al day a the above named nailed gentlemen with Sheriff Tuttle were wen on the trail of Walker Wal- Wal ker ctr Th The flee suspected criminal and eventually traced him to a very narrow box canyon some sonic fifty or sixty miles from rom Cleveland d down doRli l ln n on the San Rafael river ver in what is known as l Mexican bend end This country is as wild rugged and id precipitous as any in time the world and has las the escape of many noted criminals criminal Thomas and Wilson were stationed aliened outside of the canyon while Tuttle Whitmore and anil Maxwell l entered in search of Walker who leaving his horse lorse and saddle was making making mak mak- ing g his way among the crags and cliffs No 0 trace of Whitmore's stolen animals had jad been found and Iud no wor words s passed between the posse and Walker When the je three men were IS feet of their leir In man man an who was hid Iud behind rocks and id could not not even be seen he COMMENCED FIRING His first firt shot struck snuck the barrel of Max Maxell's Maxwells Maxwell's weirs weir's wells ells rifle and racked ii it s several veral inches inches- Firing th then n b became ca ie general and several shots allots lots were exchanged to 10 no effect Maxwell axwell is known by bv Walker to b be a aad abad abad bad ad man with a gun and as he the and Sheriff were in range it is supposed he mIssed Maxwell and lilt hit the Sheriff Walker alker is a good goud shut but must have been een nervous or would have ha picked oft all 1 his men When Tuttle was shot the other men took tok refuge and awaited for fur nightfall it being too dangerous tl to do more In their position The shooting at 4 4 ocl o'clock c Thursday afternoon and had to lie there in hi the bottom of he canyon until F Friday iday morning before belore being removed In the meantime Wilson Vilson and Thomas who ho had heard the shooting and saw from Irom om the cliffs that Tuttle was wounded prepared their rig to enter to-enter en enter ter the canyon At t daybreak Wilson rode to Cleveland the le nearest telephone point to notify friends and Dr Winters at to meet the party parly bringing Tuttle in io and Thomas alone drove up the canyon to tole the le three imprisoned men N Nothing thing more ore ore- was seen of ul Walker and it is supposed he ESCAPED IN TIlE THE NIGHT The party then started with Sheriff Tuttle utile who suffered intensely from rom his wound until Dr Winters met them Saturday morning n i examination disclosed tl the Jact act that the rifle i e ball had entered the back of the right thigh bout about eight inches below the hip and andone gone one clean through badly lacerating I tr v 2 i l t i i S a L ia the flesh and breaking the bone The wound is is' is severe one and would have proved d had it been summer summertime summertime time on account of delay in securing curing medical aid but the thc Sher lt is pro progressing progress reu ing as favorable as came ca e expected under the circumstances and it is hoped will soon recover He is at his homin home hom in Orangeville under the immediate care of his family and Dr Ir Winters Walkers Walker's action in commencing the fight tight appears to show his guilt in iu the crime of stealing horse-stealing and aud he will vil probably be be a scarce article in this community l hereafter re No further trace of the be found so the other posses posses posses' from irom Huntin Huntington ton and Castle Castle Cas Cas- tle tie Dale were called back and dis banded Walkers Walker's horse saddle and nd camp outfit outfit outfit out out- fit were left on on the ground and the boys report crows and hawks g feasting oil on 1 fresh be beef which he must have killed killed a couple of days previous They say one fugitive can stand off a thousand men when fortified in fir these wonderful fastnesses fastnesses fastnesses fast fast- nesses of the wilderness Tribune |