Round-Up | 1897-10-09 | Page 2 | Pitched Battle with Cattle Thieves

ditched dattle battle cattle th chevo eves baker city ore oct 3 sheriff aulburn and posse engaged in a battle with wilh cattle thieves about 9 last night might on the lower powder river about forty fort shot shots nvere were exchanged it was dark when the sheriff and his hia posse came upon the bandits who had with them about SO head of cattle both parties opened fire and fred null hull one of the bandits was shot through the arm both escaped in the darkness and hull rode to this city where lie he called a doctor to dress his wounds lie ile was arrested in bis room in the morning his partner earl wheeler has not yet been captured it was the plan of the thieves to drive the cattle into idaho and exchange them and then drive the strange cattle back hero for slaughter the thieves are members of a gang which has operated extensively in this thi section