Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-19 | Page 5 | Ogden Autoists' Thrilling Ride

OGDEN MOISTS' T M R I L L I N LI RIDE To be riding along a country road In an automobile and have the machine ma-chine suddenly surrounded by five mounted mon and later fired upon when the auto outdistanced the horses was the thrilling experience of J. E. Guernsey, proprietor of tho Ogden Shoe Repair factory, last Sunday evening. even-ing. With Mr. Guernsey were his wife and daughter and a gentleman friend of the family from Philadelphia. They were returning from Lagoon park about 10 o'clock in the evening. Miss Guernsey was driving the car, and when a "short distance north of Kays-vlllo Kays-vlllo the horsomen suddenly appeared from the rear and drew up around tho auto. Miss Guernsey displayed remarkable remarka-ble nervo, and Instead, of complying with the order to stop the machine, she hastily drew up the glass wind shield and threw the motor into high gear The horsemen were unable to overtake the machine, and after following fol-lowing It for some distance opened fire with revolvers. They fired about ten shots, but none look effect. Mr. Guernsey, who was armed with a Colt's automatic, emptied all the chambers cham-bers in returning the fire of tho highwaymen. high-waymen. At Clearfield tho sheriff at Farm-iugton Farm-iugton was informed by telephone of what had taken place, and the officer later reported that ho had arrested several suspects, young hoodlums who are believed to have planned a N'lck Carter holdup und failed. Mr. Guernsey Guern-sey and the members of his party feel certain that they were the victims of an attempted highway robbery, but that the refusal to comply with the first order upset the plans of tho inexperienced in-experienced road agents. oo