Show negro suspect arrested after man hunt in morgan county devils slide was the scene of a 11 ian hunt last monday evening that ci created bated plenty ot of excitement in that peaceful little village that will not soon oon be forgotten by its people it enlisted the aid of many ogden police and 0 officers 1 aseer s 0 of f morgan 1 lo 10 r att n a and n d S summit 1 t co counties 1 e A c colored 0 lo 10 r d m man a n b by y the th e anam name in e of Alc mcclose Close henry spencer 26 suspected of a series of criminal assaults a and n d pu purse r se sn snatching at c li 1 ng that has been g going ol 01 aig 0 on ii jn ogden 0 g d e ii for some weeks was the man being hunted ile he was nr arrested r ested near the highway and at a point near the mouth of cottonwood Colt onwood canyon cannon the taie arrest being made by lieutenant D 11 Ballan Ballant tyone yono of ogden arid and was the culmination of a hasp chase which begrin began monday afternoon in downtown ogden led to the jungles along alone weber river thence to an eastbound union pacific freight train A an ii employed of the railroad company sa saw w a 41 mm man hoard board the freight train antl notified police then the engineer of the train reported d having seen it a negro on a freight car as the train rounded a curve when the train reached the slide a hot box had developed arid and a stop slop was wn made mada to give that attention the hot box was a few car lengths from the shanty of G E nowen bowen of a union pacific guard bowen went to investigate A brakeman came front from the other direction when the two men met the bra brakeman kenian told bowen that a mogro riding ft a car a short distance down the train was wonted wanted by the ogden police bowen went after the suspect the negro saw him film coming and made tracks first it was os a game of hide and sock seek along the train then the nugio mogro headed for the highway anil and down the canyon bowin bowen followed A truck came along and bowen grabbed it back across alie thi tracks went the negro thence up cottonwood Cotlon wood canyon bowen followed a short distance then returned to his station ile he telephoned head guard peterson at morgan and then the ogden police the ogden police informed him that a patrol car was on its way to echo and for him to stop slop the car which he did in this patrol car were lieutenant ballantyne Ballan tyny and detectives champ ncy luys and rector Ball ballentyne entyre and heber wilde of Con iville a guard for the union pacific company went to croydon tor for horses by this time other ogden officers head guard ra and deputy dan sommers So miners of morgan county had joined the posse i JA 0 orf leers e SW t uy cottonwood W 0 0 d t canyon a kiyon well up the canyon the men picked up the negroes trucks tracks which led them to the top of the mountain here they were met by lieutenant ballantyne Ballan and J 13 lyon a foreit service trapper stationed at croydon 1 wio were on horseback the fugli ive il 4 tracks turned back toward the railroad they followed the trucks tracks to within perhaps yards of the mouth of cottonwood canyon where they caught their man tit in a patch of brush ile ho was watching the officers below him and gasun was un aware of those on his trail ballantyne made the arrest spencer offered no resistance chief of police moore of ogden expressed this the thanks of the ogden police department for the cooperation given by officers of the state stalo highway patrol the summit and morgan county officers the union POci pacific fic em aloyes and guards as well as many civilians who gave valuable aid in the search the pr ioner toner was taken to ogden and hooked booked on an open charges the officers report that spencer is on an athletic young man who not only performed considerable tents fonts of endurance during the chase but state that he is an ex pugilist fighting under the name of tiger lewis spon spencer Is said to have admitted to having served three tarr a terms |