Show wa the e lire life and times P x 1 aes of TOLLMAN e r the story of a frontier and a agrest great 0 frontiersman 0 0 0 when adlien tom called at al the home of peter dillman one february morning in 1898 I 1 told lold biln of the posse being I 1 organized in vernal to ald aid in lc LAI l c sealii sea cli for teacy and lant iso pell ped c criminals climina ls from tho the utah state stale prison who wele hiding bildin in the ell vicinity of browna park pole waa all eyes and ears cars and 0 or cr to make the t ip lilt lie he said 1 I 1 h haveit nt a horse that hat could stand the trip ive got a lorse jore sald said toni tom but I 1 cant leave right at this time why ent dont you talce it a 11 i go 00 with them it was just a cc couple of houis before some alenty fly alvo e vernal citizens eap exp expected atod to leave tor for the east by way of dumond DIAni ond toun coun maln pete had bad to liu ilu ry and enen en then oy dy the time lie he ad lochead tom mcneils place s E ladled tlc alc hors and turned ii hi own lacose to a make its way back homa tile tho posse had gone on oil without I 1 ill m but no one knew the trail otel diamond mountain better t an pete who lad had ci dorried aried tho the mall maill as aa oss a funded times it was only a choit thue be fo fos peto pete had left all sign of a i I 1 fettler settlement nent and was on oil tile lonely trail crossing the mountain A lit ht tie ile further alon he er w a stra str gle t hia hi horse and wi w soon beside jack tonas T ands on ds it ii erstwhile outlaw and baj mm mat pete pelo ic retted his hurry when 11 his 2011 o pallon ai li it knew lie v have to lop sho p eye on oil thomas its as veil r keeping ill lih yes eyes f peeled toi foi moi kils fugitives surprised ed at ig thomi 31 an the trail pete asked ale yol yoi cilia on an the manhunt man hunt yes drawled thomas thoma s and I 1 1 aas na 3 nove neve hated bated to do anything 0 0 much in all my illy life my pals will certa have it in in for me but th sheriff ordered me to make the trip you belp aela catch these nen men and have more friends in ve nal nai than you eer had in your life pete consoled on the ane lush high divide between ashley ashiley and brush creek peto end and jack overlook oveil ook the main party nid ind the elie e it nu w s decided to send aine of the men inen to the adouth ot of gleen iver gorge above jensen in case tracy or lant should at lonait io apt coming down the river on the ice pete velco nied his seewa sepa ai tion f om am jack thomas who nent with the group to the sponge onse the tha rest rent of li party conti ved red on over the trail reaching li di mond mountain they found four foul feet of enow which delayed it ai it wa 1 10 0 a in when they reacted diamond springs ns the halt half way slover but unai i s to I 1 reach mach browns re rk uey tiey con on their way over aate si a short rest it was just daylight I 1 when they emerged from the sni snow jw I 1 into in 0 o sears canyon about 8 ales i from the po k joe joa tolliver took booc them c jawn to charlie IC basses place in drown brown e r park for breaks t ifta afta wu ih they left tor for baskets at the lower end of the paik dalk kounce was to follow with a load of provisions on the jou ney across the he I 1 they heard of the capture and hanging of 0 donatt natt milici had occurred tie the nl it before and in the inird dle afternoon attorn oon they ar abed at bassets baskets Bas sets the wyoming and colorado posses lad had expected to capture johnston Job tracy i 0 nd lant that day but son soa chow abow the th fugitives had bad evaded them poles petes party had 1 been at bassett bassets abut 4 v vo 0 hours when several of tile the men ep orlin ortin 3 to c plure their und end brin bringan gln in the tody lody of valentine hoy who was killed by tracy a ol 01 days bedoe it been safe until this day to scale the high cliffs where hoys body lay J fi hoy aloy a brother of the murde od ed nn tasked asked pete to lo wash and lay out the body id bo be glad to answered pete if bring brin me some warm and cold clater and some clean clan rags 1 the supplies were brought and pete set to weak first he be ex mined the wound to disco discover the size sun gun the killers wea we using roys hoys body was soon prep prepared arci fo tor burial the remainder of the evening I 1 was spent talking to ta the men as they rebun id flam aiom the chase and studying maps and locations and strobl ble trails the fugitives would follow early the next morning sheriff nelman keiman of colorado organized the hunt and geve feve al parties were cent out aut in different directions tr to cour the hills sheep camps anil plains of western Cb colorado lorado pete pe 0 o was a member of a a party include ins illy will crickon Erick Dri ckon con hank me kley a and jery je ry murray with a fellow by the na nacio me of thomai Thom thompson fi as uc 1 i der petes party started down aowad the lead head of frocil gi oan river iorga or lc and mon disco discovered veed where footsteps turned oft off tile the trail toward snake river and pointed st at alight ht to a high mountain some miles in the distance knodt known n as lookout mountain they followed these until noon when they led into a dense growth growal ot ol cedars too thick for the horses hornef to get through thi ough within the cedars cedaris could be seen ien tb tha 3 remains of th ee ce fires examining them they found uneaten chunks of meat around certainly the fugitives had spent an evening he hem r riding ill out of their way around tile tho 7 0 V b Y I 1 11 I 1 pete dillman Dill iaan ai howth of cedars the footsteps vero ere found ene eme e ang on oil the other side still heading for lookout mount mountain in just as they the ce lars irs findan chonic themselves elves in a clear laco iaco one of the men died look leres i t ho se pete looked and saw the body f a small hoim hoi M a alyin in th ill inow approaching appice ching it they fount found at a j c ci t diese had beaw cut lit at of ats ts flank and cooked avei lie ie flies in the cedars ilia but no 10 salt even the hung ct man mail could not swallow it thy th y real zed nore more nan hall ever in just what sory so ry plight were the criminals the tic tc ks they were following p a little gap still heading straight for lookout mountain dountain noun tain but thompson who had dealings with outlay s infused lo 10 a follow the tracks saying surely the men headed for tile the I 1 iver v e pa pay y no 1 0 attention to the well fo fol 1 ow right on down to the water thompson knew they were getting tia close to dangerous ground ind and was abald at aid pete objected saying we agreed to meet the other party over ott he hee e 3 oh they can care or of themselves them selve vez but weve agot t the provisions and the baddin bedding that wont matter matte they can take care of themselves pete was determined not to follow down to the river and so stalled a little lon longer er by suggesting lr tuat teat they have lonch it ill lunch ind im hung hungry ry llo how w about ilic rest of you 13 eve velone one was wag ready to eat anil and 0 0 lunch was v as served under a tren and snow served as drink after lunch tl ompson took the beld and started back the tai way ley er alre ile there was some little t 1 olabe bublo between murray and thompson and alluri y refused to follow thompson tho apson is a big coward i nd wo vo wont follow folio v him alj ald Alu iray you take the load pete and aid let lets s keep cop on oil the right trail j aci pets wanted lo 10 i ii trouble and told then so GO but here was his chance aice to follow tile the footsteps that le knew would let lei d 1 to 0 tiie i killers hillers 30 30 ho he turned up ii I 1 vin tl little gap ajl iiii 1 l lu ray at his side thompson and erickson with ta t a pack outfit folio follo ed cd murray and pete took the cie lead lad and after they had followed the trl tf als in the snow up the ss ap a few yards they saw joe tolliver Tolli vcr and tile the other group they lad promised to meet coming over the plateau tn in ward them after exchanging i denture of the morning the two groups roup combined bin ad with thompson as leader to go on oil thompson struck to his story that the killers lad had inadi inada their way to the river pete w wai 1 I firm in his that they vere v ere on their way to lookout mountain i tolliver Toll lver hunted out the footsteps in the snow tor far himself and all alon along saw easm point direct ly to the mountain coss c oss the bare space where they were stopped and continue on in tile the came str straight a halb direction and tolliver knew e then en that pete ivas right ming leadership he or organized anizel ani zeI tile the men and they started toward lookout mountain the tracks are hard to follow over these ia lavin viries ss bet lets s spread out and when a man sees a foot ho he can shout it will wil abc a lot of tine this was pete idea the group moved aon along at this suli estfon when they abey cam 3 close to atie tie foot of a slope one fellow said now this is ehr last food our horses will get let lel teed feed them good and 00 the horses fazed ane the men prepared st supper p per nd talked over the days experience pete noticed that the hoves were un up tac tac hill thought ill just jus so go bring then back nearer camp were too co to tracy and lant to let ehni se ne voy tar far away so pete left coin ciar find anu started up the hll to mounil arun up the hor horses As he was thou theli the li together tog ether ie 10 heard rompo binco oi in ramp camp shout eliou look to the th horses So taking the ii nill pete vas nas soon back in camp explaining his action but he wt s e carefully caie fully warned not to laavy camp without telling some one about it continued next week |