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Show DETECTIVE SHOT er BULEfls FALLS INTO TRAP LAID BY MEN WHO PLANNED TO ROB AN OCDEN RE8IDENT. Man Who Endeavored to Capture Single-Handed Perpetrators of Dynamiting Dyna-miting Outrage is In Hospital and May Die. Ojrden, 1'tah. David Edwards, aged 45 years, a Plnketron detective, la lying ly-ing on a rot at a hospital as the remit re-mit of another and futile attempt to capture the black hand bandits who have terrorized wealthy citizens of Ogden for the post three year. The shooting of Edward occurred early Sunday morning. Only a week ago the blackhanderg, after making death threats, dynamited and greatly damaged tbe Irroy Kcclei residence, DUgulsed as Ieroy It. Eocles. who bad beta called upon to deliver f 1,000 to the blac kliajiders, Kdward went to the lonely .ot In accordance wlih In Inn t:on received by letter and telephone, tele-phone, to "get" the bandits rather than deliver up the $1,000 from Kcclee and f"00 from Ita'pii E. Iitistot, which he carried In a satchel. He waa fully armed, but before he waa given a word of warning, the three oi four would-be would-be murderers, concealed behind fencer and bushe. opened Are with shotguns, riddling him with tbe steel ball-bear-in irs which their shotgun ehell contained. con-tained. In spite of the Injuries sustained aa a result of the cross fire fusillades from both aide of the road, Edward raised himself from the ground and emptied both an automatic revolver and shotgun In the direction of bis a sallant. As a result of this gamenesa, tbe detective was able to save the II,-COO II,-COO In gold which he had carried to tbe poL Thct ahootlng from the sides of the road continued even after Edward Ed-ward had fallen to the ground. Ileal-ll'nta Ileal-ll'nta of the neighborhood estimate that In all not leas than twenty shots were fired. |