| Show NOTORIOUS case before the district court at vernal anich may basult in many arrests salt lake city aue 5 A epenial to the news froin fort Duch euc utah rays on monday nest the criminal court for his district convene judge dusenbury of provo presiding this of the district court is perhaps one of the most important as well ns of more than ordinary interest for the reason that there comes before the trial court the cast ol 01 beveral alleged notorious criminal who have recently been captured in abia vicinity by thy abendr oni cere and by tho help of the united states military at foil duchesne and by the help of the united states military which covers tho line from fort duchesse Duch esce to price a die tance of miles were it cot 1 jar 5 rw A for be military poet nt fort duchesne Duc besne the unlawful element of cattle thieves highwaymen and the worst 0 murderers ere would practically bare control of this country away out heie beyond the bounds of civilization so to speak there are several very enrioue to be tried before the coming session ot abe criminal court here but the most important case which is docketed lop trial is that against the mckee brothers charged with cattle and sheep stealing and slaughtering there is not to he had within the confines of the hotel accommodations ot Verna lat this writing a vacant room or cot or mattress after next saturday every sleeping apartment has been engaged by telephone and telegraph by attorneys and by prominent cattle and chiep raising men irom not only utah but from wyoming and colorado in fact from as far away as idaho the cattle men and abe sheep men seem have pooled their grievous issues as against abe sc called thieves and slaughterers slaughter ers and it would seem that they are determined to rid the country of the peats the representative cattle and sheep men of abe aforesaid districts are en route here t see to it that abe recent raid made upon the stock will be the last for a long time to come if not the last of all which has heretofore been so disastrous and that a lesson simon pure punishment is meted out to abe guilty parties who they claim are now jn custody and others will soon follow the mckee brothers said a lawyer to abe associated press reporter today have a areat deal to disprove they have belt nothing undone towards employing able counsel and let me tell YOU right here that they havy employed L R abode 01 suit lake city to defend them attorney rhodes is one of big lawyers lie was formerly a resident of denver was the county attorney of arapahoe Arap aboe county several years ago and made an enviable reputation es a great criminal lawyer lawyer rhodes is on his way here to defend the mckee boys and next week abe greatest legal criminal cli minal charge fight ever known in utah will be fought right here nt vernal the utah wyoming colorado and idaho cattle growers protective association are boing to supply the prosecution with able counsel to try to convict those recently arrested for a long time past the cattle and sheep men on abe ranges have been troubled by depredations upon their stock by maliciously inclined outlaws to put it mildly poet trader james T mease of foit duchesne Da chesne has been one of the largest sufferers in a chancial Cn ancial point of view for months past efforts were made to capture the miscreants on thursday baly last n posse of men composed of sheep owners belt vernal for the purpose oi capturing dead or alive tho mckee brothers ega dinst whom it is said suf evidence lias been secured to convict thom of having recently bound the erickson brothers to tree and then maliciously killed a large number of sheep the four mckee brothers james gearge joseph and thomas are under arrest here and as before stated there is to be a tremendous aa on hand in the court nex week when their trial begins from indications batore the trial ct the mckee brothers is finished several arrests will be made of others hereabouts who are supposed to be concerned in abe cattle stealing and killing outrages ani that three ardente will create a tremendous throughout the west it is furthermore stated today that the mother of the mckee brother who resides in salt lake city will be at vernal sunday and that sho will be a very important during the trial of her sons |
