| Show THE NERVE OF EM notice is hereby given to U V S district attorney william M mccrea and U S marshal L 11 smyth that it dim the lustre of their aff cial goi doiy y to L ny i y appreciable extent if they would refrain from future attempts to hog the credit that is due to others especio ily in the matter of the pursuit and capture of cattle thieves in this corner of the lords vineyard in the tale they told to the salt lake reporters reciting SOME of the facts leading up to the arrest and preliminary hearing of the notorious rustler frank george they were unable to see their way clear to even mantion mention the man to whom ALL the credit for the rounding up of the bad man is due that man is sheriff tom toni kelter of carbon county who discovered the clue followed the trail and made the capture single handed and alone not only that kelter made the trip through blizzard weather from price to fort duchesne through a country that showed no sign of road or trail and saw that george got his at the hearing that mccrea and smyth knew all these facts there can ileno shadow of doubt and that they purposely refrained from stating them there can be not a fraction of a shadow of a doubt no salt lake newspaperman the NN writer riter knows cm em all could be induced to withhold credit due a brave and conscientious officer in the discharge of his trying duties beltt rs part in the discovery of georges presence in the country his uncovering of the trail leading to the outa laws whereabouts his driving of the criminal into a corner and his arrest and incarceration of one of tho the worst cattle rustlers that ever evee cursed this section all this waa as left out of the story told the press gang of salt lake why because the men who did nothing but carry home a shacke led and bound over prisoner to a temporary residence in the zion county jail were willing for the newspaper reading world to believe THEY had furnished the brains and courage necessary to the results achieved we arc are a little stuck on our sheriff down here gentlemen and we dont want you stealing any of his glory maybe you go your feet wet or caught a cold on your individual and joint chests an that terrible trip ti ip to fort duchesne but bul the facts remain that tom kelter sheriff of carbon county planned perfected and executed th the arrest of bad man george and hes going to get the credit of it |
