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Show OUTLAW WHSTNEY ' IS NARING, -OGDEN Famous Idaho Bandit Helps a Woman Repair rthe Harness Which the Horse Broke While on the Road to Trenton Steals a Farmer's Horse and Makes Escape Posse Fail to Get Too Close to the Man. Henry Wessler of this city Returned last evening fiom a business trip in the northern part of tho state While at Trenton, ho found tho popuiatlqn of that place very much excited over a report that Whitney, tlio Idaho outlaw out-law had beori seen there on last Tuesday. Tues-day. Tho officers were scouring tho country and had struck a good trail and had hopos of arresting tho desperado. des-perado. According to Mr Wessler, Whitney was seen near Trenton last Tuesday hy a woman whoso 'horse had tho mis-fortuno mis-fortuno to break Its harness while on tho road to Trcnion. The bandit stepped out of the brush adjacent to the highway and politely offered to assist her In mending "the broken harness. His offer was accepted and In a short time tho woman was able to proceed on her way. Reaching town she told of meeting the strange man and described him to her friends, among whom were several county officers. Believing that the desciiption resembled Whitney, Whit-ney, a search was made for his photo, and upon looking at it tho woman declared that it was the exact picture o' the man who assisted her on the road. a man-hunt was immediately organized organ-ized and posses started In ovory direction di-rection hoping to encircle him Arriving Ar-riving at the place where the woman said that she had met tho suspect, it was learned that a farmer was mourning the loss of a fino horso and outfit. Whitney was seen several times but his reputation as a marksman and tho knowledge that ho was heavily heav-ily armed deterred his pusllanimous pursuers from tackling him sit close quarters They contented themselves with trying to keep him in sight, hoping for reinforcements, but w(Ith his usual ability he soon gave them tho slip. In telling of her oxpcrlonco, tho woman stated that he was very courteous to her, and that whllo he was engaged In fixing tho harness she observed that ho carried two belts full of cartridges and had a pearl handled revolver besides a lato model Winchester rifle. |