Show ADMITS KILLING THREE MEK MEN in in UTAH conferee confesses that he laid in ambush and shot down Ent 1 follow ing quarrel over cattle los angeles Angol cs cal captain W E daie an inmate of tho the soldiers home lit ut sawtelle Saw tollo tolle who is 1 charged with the murder of william wheeler Wh color has shed abed some additional light upon three kilt kill ings which ho he committed in utah in september 1892 captain davis who formerly lived at westwater utah Is of beating wheeler to death in tho lattore photograph studio on now years day and then bolting setting fire to the Llull building ding captain davis who Is 1 a veteran of tho the civil A or on saturday told tho the loa los angeles of his record in utah ho ile said that ho he waa was known and feared as a gunman in utah in tho the early days and that ho he killed three men in eastern utah in ju september 1892 captain davis told tho the following etory story of dot killi killing niri in utah it was mas avas bak in 1892 whon when that part of tho the west was practically a wilderness wll dumess that I 1 got into a quarrel with nith the brock outfit tho the affair grow out of range war among tho the rustlers nd ind ranchers our particular fight was over some cattle which both sides claimed matters wont ment from bad to worse and I 1 finally decided to settle tho the difference in my way at that timo time I 1 owned a ranch on tho the colorado sido side but tho the fight took place in utah in tho Wooden shoe country near the uintah indian reservation knowing that brook and his bunch were likely to pass by a certain place the next day I 1 laid in ambush and when they were in range I 1 opened fire killing brock and two others tho the fourth got away I 1 was tried for murder but was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to tho the grand county jail at moab for eight months |