Show correct version of the police holdup CAPTURED IN SALT LAKE to be tom blackburn a general ail around bad man HJ previously broken into el acri saloon and thought officer vai onto him bonds fixed in jail at coalville Co alville fired without warning apon policeman D 0 watson before flight last saturday morning was prowl by the salt lake officer in ti ou thern part of the city laet mon ij md proved to be none other than tm blackburn a general bad man ibohM long been sought or by the ij bit lake authorities the officer herein penult ol 01 him right ism tb tracked him aa far n the bag bend between Gartt irit and the summit and there lost H hi wheel on which be si escape was found however ind brought back to town salt lake officer re areda description of the man they him a blackburn and kept a cirp lookout for him monday their borla were rewarded when blackburn lu found in the notorious sam grice alice and arrested he told th officers then that h had not been out of the ctr but when confronted by mr wat RO who went down monday night lie failed up and admitted that be had done the hooting grice Is DOT under arrest for burglary and blackburn has been an accomplice in a lumber of which have recently awn committed in salt lake birone it was found that blackburn had been in fall here before big name appearing oil the police docket under date of oct hit 1903 a charge of vagrancy having been placed against him he was di charged on a promised prom isef leaving town Poh ceman watson arrested arr eted him at hit time MB appear that blackburn bad broken into elvers upper saloon early saturday mornion mor and thought that the officer was following him to arrest him or this offense offence when be made mhd began play mr wathon however knew nothing of the burglary at this time and was chasing him up merely to lee if he could find out who be was the policeman first saw the fellow come into main street from the alley below darks saloon the man walk as far as ons black aduth chop and crossed over to the other eide when bation started to follow him the two kept going until they were la front of the old log cabin on park avenue now occupied by when blackburn who was within eight or ten feet of the policeman turned and commanded him to throw up his band instead of doing thia mr watson stepped back tad drew bli gun blackburn however having already gotten behind a pole and commenced firing the officer emptied bis gun and went around the corner of the house to re load when he emerged again blackburn was not to be leen and thinking him to be in hiding watson started to look for him bert Et anley who bad been aroused by the firing went to the door of bis house and seeing the fellow going down the railroad track called the officer s to it then mr wathon tr d to telephone up town but being to arouse central bad to come op town to give the alarm and summon help the chaee wag then commenced aadal stated blackburn was followed by the tracks of bit bicycle to the boree aboe bend there be left bis bicycle ud started on foot biding in the brush here some of the officers passed with in peaking distance of him black rora iio that ha threw bis gun y at thi place mr watson that the fellow thought he waa going to be arrested and hoped to bold him up dawm him and ft wj on bl bike which wa bidden la fultn i barn libel acro the threet irsai where the toola place t struck the wrong man in mr wat fon however who 1 not 10 the habit of held up specially when he ha va bandy BOND blackburn HIS brought up troia the ity tuesday by sheriff mair and was arraigned wednesday before conaty attorney alvana on a charee of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill alii bonds wre fixed at and be ii now in the county jail at Coal Tille whither deputy sheriff wilde escorted him thursday the prisoner stated that he bad feared be bad killed or wounded the officer or he would have given himself up he is a allow of about 40 year of and age weara the look of a criminal BULLETS POST policeman watson was considerable about his marksmanship but investigation proves that the post behind which blackburn was standing was struck by bullets and had it not been tor this protection the fellow would have been killed or wounded As it is the officer is glad be did not kill the fellow and be is receiving the congratulations of bis many friends on his bravery and narrow escape |