Show MURDERERS report by nil all eye of UK tile I ursula and capture EDITOR HERALD As so much has been said about tile murderers of joel hinckley at franklin idaho I wish to make a short statement to tn correct somo some errors and give a little more information to the public on the friday morning arter THE mr MURDER a telegram was sent to sheriff homer at oxford by bupt supt thatcher concerning t the e murder sheriff homer being at that time at soda springs dist atty crawford and deputy sheriff wm P F fisher isher ot t a s special c e i ll 11 train and wept to vo franklin m etli ap r and r t n d there met S bupt supt t thatcher and train dispatcher D swan sivan also nearly all the pro prominent t citizens of P franklin who had been out in the licad heavy rain all day trying to pet get some duo lie to the murderer eri but with no success the they being without any organization the following plan was then determined ter upon district attorney crawf grawford ord went south to bri brigham I am pity city and then to corinne aon hon W L webster went to collingston and there took a box horse ee to the old hampton bridge on oil Be bear arRiver river and deputy Sli sheriff crifT fisher ii was as left to get good men at franklin to scour the country on oil horseback which lie did with the ask assistance tance of bishop L L hatch and by going all over the town in a beav licary rain rain they succeeded in procuring ten first class mounted men mel who started out at ten that night I IN A HEAVY RAW RAIN fisher intending to gc gg north on oil the passenger train and take men and scour the country from oxford in every direction here an ani amusing using incident occurred followed by another which by the way might ba have proved fatal had not providence or good luck interfered after the men got started from franklin mr fisher rec received eved a telegram from superintendent thatcher that two men had come on oil to the south end of the railway bridge at butte creek and when ordered ordered to bialt by the men who were left to guard the tile bridge started back and ran away mr syr thatcher at the same time recommended that mr fisher take a party arty of men inen and go at once to K battle attle creek nn and d capture the suspected individuals AFTER DAYLIGHT the following mornin morning fisher and rive five men nien from francin franklin include including n AN hopkins who came up ill on oil tl the I c train from logan went to battle creek and found the alarm was caused by an employee of th alio e U N R II 11 a tank repairer starting to cross the bridge without his lantern he ile turned and ran when ordered to stop and good luck saved him from being shot after feeling disgusted for a while with this wild goose chase a it tele gam was received that the northbound freight train had been attacked by the murderers s at atrich rich mond mona utah and shortly afterward the train arrived and the trainmen told the circumstances themselves how they had exchanged SOME six on SHOTS at each other and described the men who answered alie description as given rian n of the murderers A ppe cial cia train was then ordered for richmond and hopkins fisher homer wakeley Wak cley and cooper th the last three having just heard of the affair and come down went to richmond determined to get the mur murderers derei s for breakfast yet but upon arri arriving n at richmond they found about ali fifty fifty armed citizens there who had just discovered that the shooting lad taken place between rob lewis and abr chris i is johnson two guards sent from richmond to watch the trains so that the murderers did not steal on board and three of the trainmen cadi each party thinking the other party were the murderers it is oni only y b by a miracle that some were not kill killed as they fired at each other with shot guns henry rifles and pistols only the darkness of the night saved them rob lewis however got COAT SHOT THROUGH and his hair burned after hearing the explanation sheriff homer went south and crossed over to malad and thence north until met by two men hakcley Wak cley and drake who left arimo akimo to go by y wa way of f malad until met by homer home fisher isber and H hopkins kins got off at oxford station and started then f for or the first time heard of the two men s seen cen the night before by bud davis they immediately started north after getting a good man to continue on the route they were headed for viz north and upon arriving at tho the place where the men were seen the ni night bt before TRACKED THEM THENCE north to nine mile where they were seen by IV coffin after J JO at night lit pa passing pasing sing through III hopkins akins ant and fisher then drove to akimo and telegraphed about the men whom they were following and also sent north to havo have all points watched I think had it not been for them getting on this track north the tile I murderers might have made good their escape into caribou Cari boo it was while copl hopkins ains and fisher were in in oxford that tho the mr west spoken of passed through on his way home to Port portneuf neuf while hopkins and fisher were at arimo akimo they were soon joined by sheriffs Sherif rs homer loveland Lov cland and brown and THE CAPTURE took place as sta stated in your last las issue tissue I would here state that the exam elamin inay aaion took place in the p pay car ol 01 A the U N ily at oxford before judge webster ial of franklin instead breidster of Breir ster as has been published tile names of prisoners as given a aro re right and I would here st state lie that the ono one who denied the accusation at the examination baa lims since acknowledged hii ill complicity in the affair but charges thee maller otic one as the person who fired the pistol resulting in hine Hinck leys death the trial will probably bring out the whole truth of tile in matter at ter I will here state that too much credit cannot bo be given to sir thatcher judge crawf crawford ord IV F F fisher isher and the tile other parties who were present at the capture but mr air hatch webster and the per persons bons who left franklin in the night in a severe rain storm and did not come back until hearing of the capture of the murderer should re chive a fair share of praise honor to to whom honor ia is due respectfully your yours it P D ant CLIFTON idaho nov olli oth |