Show county sheriff has narrow escape Is tied to tree and left to die while theft suspects escape esca pe in his car couple still at large marxs mans identity suspected sheriff lewis R fife is practicality recovered now from an experience ence with w ill two desperate characters a man and woman which all but cost him his life and which was waa sufficiently terrifying in detail to mako good copy tor for any western astory story magazine tho th couple which threatened to kill him and finally handcuffed him bin to a large tree while they escaped in fit his car tuesday morning leaving him to die Is still at large tho tho man Is known to be wounded from a shot by the sheriff and to have been in fit lis vegas tile the following day with suspected accomplices becking medical aid an an account of the affair as reported po arted to the salt lake tribune from sheriff fifes cifes story is as follows Su suffering frering from exposure a guu gul hot wound in his hand and severely ly swollen wrists sheriff lewis it 1 afe te of this county gared into cedar city at noon yay air and started marled a widespread hunt tor for a Noun wounded ded man and a went woman who bad lert left him handcuffed to a tree iree more than 24 hours previously in a lonely section 0 of the iron mountain Alloun tain district ill strict ag miles west wert ot of cedar sheriff fife told a vivid story of a gun tight fight with the pair tuesday morning and of ills his escape after he had been handcuffed to the tree and left the sheriff said he had been on the trail 0 thieves who stole 5 bags lot of wool aloni the sevy ranch near newcastle and followed automobile tracks oft off the main highway to nevada in the iron mountain district near tho the abandoned homestake Home stake mine tile the sheriff dis discovered a 4 large truck with a rude camp nearby leaving his automobile the sheriff said he walked to the camp anu ana found a man ani woman asleep they reached for guns he spid arid but lyiel yielded ded when they found they were wera covered by his revolver 1 I handcuffed lh the man tool ill 13 gun and wis was taking the pair bick back I 1 to my automobile when the man broke into a run toward a thickly wooded section the sheriff said 1 I shouted for or him to halt but 1 when he kept running I 1 shot him in the back As he dropped to the th ground I 1 ran to my car and drove toward him while the woman ran over to aid him she propped him against a tree and slipped him a sawed of oc shotgun the wounded man ordered m to drop my guns but as I 1 did so I 1 attempted to bieze ills his gun in the fracas that followed he tired fired at me with the bullit bullet narrowly missing my head it wounded my hand in ili the mc meantime antime the woman had snatched my two gins and I 1 was helpless the tha pair then took look an extra pair ot handcuffs doni the sheriffs automobile and handcuffed him to a tree fastening his arms around the tree and with his hands raised over a tour four inch limb clamping the cuffs with rocks racks to make them more secure the sheriff said lie iio said the pair discussed whether they should pour gasoline on the tha tree and set fire to it but finally decided to leave him as he was they tied fled in ili his automobile with the woman driving first I 1 tried to set fire to ane small limb holding my hands the sheriff said 1 I was able to swing awing my body up high enough to take matches from my coat pocket but I 1 only succeeded lit in burning myself later imater I 1 managed to shuttle shuffle a small rock up tip the tree with my feet with the rock finally in my hands t went to work sawing the limb jimb tortured by hunger hungar thirst and ilia pain of ills his position tile the sheriff said he sawed virtually all night nd id I d pirt part of wednesday morning lie was ame able to lo break the limb lip li said io bil then men limbed up lip the iha tren breaking brances branc hs s his shoulders until he extrie abed bated himself part of the time lie he was all I 1 tit lit lell rious from the strain climbing ind and falling out of the tree lie he reit rt tor for a time iltis and after finding a of water at the camp made its way to the main I 1 leeway aal lagged flagged a ride into cedar city bhele continued 0 back page page COUNTY SHERIFF HAS NARROW ESCAPE continued from first vase vage tile ho handcuffs were ere sawed oi oft by a blacksmith and his wounds treated by a physician resting tor for a short time he be returned to the with two or three deputies and assistants si and though they lind find the stolen wool as he had bad hop rd they got the truck and trailer b aed i cd by the lie couple together with three or tour four barrels ol of gasoline some gome mesh wire and other loot bound at the camp title the gasoline has since been definitely identified as that which was frolen a few lays days before from a nevada I 1 service station shrift fife expresses the bellet belief that the man and woman are members ot of a gang of wool thieves which are blamed ter lor wo numerous nerous thefts in eastern nevada and western utah the sheriffs car a ford V 8 was seen in las vegas by officers there just before noon wednesday driven by occupants who attempted to contact a physician and who are reported to have purchased first aid necessities and morphine at a drug store with this car was a chevrolet the two left together and have not flot since been located officers are inclined to think they may be III hiding up somewhere in ill the lacall it Y I 1 though they may have left the state stale I 1 in the meantime sheriff fife li Is trying to get a lineup on jack weston the latter was around cedar for awhile about tell leu years ago ami though hough tile he sheriff seen him since lie he is known to have been it in the country and the sheriff strongly suspects that he and the wounded man are one and the same 1 person PT afro nellie T anderton I 1 came e down from salt lake city a few days ago to with birr ter mother and other relatives and particularly to be with her mother on oil the lat birthday her husband had expected I 1 to join her here on wednesday iday and return with her ter but was unable to do so JH f w av sv as nv aai a |