| Show threatened TO SHOOT deputy bame warden with a trio of fishermen captured near the mouth of jordan desert bews one two three get out of that boat come to the bank and give yourselves up or ill fill you full of eliot such was the threatening command of deputy fish and game warden frank if rudy to a couple of men who were attempting to avoid arrest near the mouth 0 the jordan the command was earnestly emphasized by the leveling of a double shotgun pointed directly at one of ane fugitives who dimply lauener and said blaze away well ill do it responded rudy and again be counted one two three and pulled the trigger for reason the weapon was not discharged and the of the click of the fallini hammer reached the men out in the boat a merry laugh went up from one ot the men wb believed that the officer was only blut Finx but im not bluffing baid rudy and if you fellows dont came arbore ill shoot sure the still thought the officer would not dare to execute bis threats and one of them ave vent to a melodramatic melo dramatic laugh of large proportions then rudy pulled down his gun again and aein he counted three and again he pulled the trigger this time there was an ex and charge of buck shot was buried in the water about a rod from the boat once more the laugh of melodramatic melo dramatic defiance wae beard and warden rudy cot exceedingly wroth and as he received reinforcements in the parsons of willis 11 rudy and john winegar the men came ashore and give them delvee up andy saya he knew be had ft big joa on his hands and as he was afraid his captives would escape he kept them covered with a shotgun while a seine which bad been taken from the boat was cut up ani portions of it tied about their wrists tae details that led up to the capture are thus told by mr rudy 1 I was going down the banks ot tue iver when I 1 saw a horse and light wagon standing near by on looking closer found that three anen were catchine nh with a geine deputy warden willis andy wai with ce and wo immediately seized the horse and wagon in the aagon tagon were some fish aal a shotgun ane one I 1 u ed later to make the capure we took possession of the rig of the men came a bore and we promptly put him under arrest the other two men started down edream in their boat at a lively rate I 1 left lay brother behind to keep charee ol 01 the chap we had arrested and to follow roe down the river bank in my pursuit of the others I 1 kept celoso to them all the time and commanded them to come ashore but they do it notwithstanding I 1 of en threatened to shoot when I 1 had chased them down edream about two miles I 1 reached vinegars winegars Wine gars and got him lo 10 row me acroca the river where I 1 would have the drop en them and where we them tied them together with heavy seine twine and brought them to the city arriving about 6 on the way to this city rudy rode behind the wagon and steered it to the county jail into which he ushered ail of bid prisoners who gave their jamea H H edwarde south west temple street joseph scott rear third east street and samuel A DOUR laes ogden the two last named were abe men who attempted ti escape by down the river at the county jail some u as ti and during its progress slipped out of the door and disappeared in a twinkling rudy started in pursuit but soon returned empty handed douglaas Dou glaes ie a big fellow and has a good deal of nerve being the man who laughed in the face of the officer and told him to blaze away it he dared when ruda got back to the county jail sheriff lewis refused to receive the prisoners inasmuch as they bed been arrested without warrants he said he propose to take any chances on lockins up men against bom there was no formal charge he however said lie would n papers could be formally botten out the i rudy started poet bate to edear to complaints before ju slice sommer I 1 be not back with them scott another of bis captives bad slipped out of the door while back was turned 8 only one of the trio edwards remained he wa lucked up and the sheriff said he would see to it that the other men were recaptured today up to a late hour however the two men had not been returned silt lake officers were looking for isott and the ogan authorities were search bioff for douglace Dou glase edwards wee taken before justice bommer this afternoon when be plead not guilty to a charge 0 violating the law against se ining his binds were fixed at 50 and he was looking for sureties for that amount at press time |
