Show una M R 0 L RL I 1 M L RDE srim R HO a A P cot an ill VI y sheep herder kills cattlemen C hides bul dl es abducts wife jim palmer 37 year old sheepherder I 1 kills blanding cattlemen recovers bodies early saturday morning the town of blanding was shocked by the news that two of their citizens had been brutally murdered in johns canyon john hunt and 11 T goulding brought the information that jin jim palmer in charge of the goulding colliding I 1 sheep herds had appeared at the 1 goulding trading post friday even ing declaring that he had shot W wj E oliver 77 year old cattleman and his 24 year old grandson norris and that he had hid the bodies evidently the murderer had traveled fast from the scene of the crime as the car he was driving which belonged longed d to oliver had two flat tires tire s according to the report and on one had thad no tire at all according to goulding palmer robbed him ot of and his car and fled south yard anim taking with him his young wife 1 who is but 17 years of age and who it is thought would not have gone e except for her fear f of her murderer miu derer husband palmer is twenty years her ber senior the couple were married about a year ago A baby was born to them at monticello a few weeks ago which died a week later palmer is not related to families of that name heie bete but came to this county from near farmington N M beyond this little is definitely known of his pat past tho vague unsavory rumors are arc circulating circuiting cui cu ting following the murderers departure from the trading post it wa several hours before goulding found transportation to nearby towns where information was given the authorities A left bluff for the scene of the crime before the sheriff was notified I 1 about 5 sunday morning sheriff lawrence palmer and several deputies left in pursuit ot of the fugitive altho the trait trail was by this time elc cold A large also went to the scene of the crime to search tor for the bodies 1 subsequent events indicate that trouble had been brewing for some lime due to the sheep herds of gould ia ing 1 res ranges r es north tf kf the san juan which had ad been used sed exclusively clu tor for rattle cattle until the govern went ment forced them to vacate the navajo strip which has been designated as belonging exclusively to the indians I 1 goulding r auldin din had taken wa ud a ranch ad joining coining tle the harrison oliver lanch banch at johns canyon and so created considerable sid erable hard feeling the oliver and goulding houses were only a few yards apart I 1 and palmer arid and his wire wife lived ethere the oliver cattle were being fed about four miles from the ranch houses at a camp known as the seeps oliver had been shot near the bw buildings edings 1 and at enst st it wass was 1 hogh i he was killed there later theories are that jie was only wounded and started 4 down the ahe road toward the n nearest arest settlement palmer rodi rode to the seeps after shooting oliver etero ter ht he met inet Shurn shumway way and shot him ar powder burns bums on the hands and a bullet wound on the hand or wrist S t indicate that shumway tried to shield his fare with Ws his hand the bullet however entered above the left eye probably causing instant death pat pal Tn merthen erthen took an axe and hacked backed at the dead mans neck horribly mutilating it following the killing of Shurn shumway way palmer appropriated olivers chev rolet ear car loaded the dead man into it and drove back to the ranch here tie lie evidently loaded up with camp equipment and taking his wife with him irn started tor for the trading post not tar far from the ranch lie he spied a low ledge by the roadside where tie be got rid of his gruesome burden by iding hiding h it beside the ledge proceeding along the road it is thought SHEEP HERDER kit kitus KILLS us CATTLEMEN ABDUCTS WIFE continued from page 1 he be came upon oliver and with a couple of pistol shots killed him ind and thin then threw him over a nearby near by cliff goulding claims that the murderer said oliver had hard twisted his wife the day before that Is ll 11 he js s claimed to have used a hard twist orAa or lariat riat tope rope to whip herewith aa acquaintances quain of the murdered cwi 1 ut terly erly deny this claiming it was against thi he ri re ot os oliver to d do 0 such a t thing lia h being a kind bind and goodnature good natured d 1 old od I gentleman the sea searching ich I 1 ng pi party ard thought from the 11 T book I 1 of ahee pt tricks racks the berd h erd had been n hel hed d i in 1 n ft a certain spot presumably T lct blot athe imaz imagined ined graves chesl th esl am rin coils considerable darab time wits was spent in searching barc hang aie near r thela the ti achaa finally the s search earch i va was j given up due to lack la ck of food and rest the started toward blanding one ci ce the searchers searcher s noticed where someone had bad gotten out of a car and gone to the cliff edge the searchers looked below and found oliver s body this threw a new ne w light on the situation situ aion on so they backtracked I 1 ing for sign abou two mies hinves on en the back trail they found the body of the younger man poorly hidden below the low leage y sheriff palmer t r cel the killer southward and westward across th the e bridge near lees ferry and traced him thru house rock ROA k valley back into utah it il 1 was thought that he had gone on to st G george eorge and possibly on to las V vegas egas nevadia Nevadar when he is supposed to havea have a sister living sheriff palmer howe however believed the fugitive to be in hiding near fredonia arizona a small tinell town near the utah arizo arizona na illier ane and n d remained in that vicinity i untie antl yesterday when telegraphic information came from sulphur springs Tex thata suspect had been captured at that place who clamed alamed he had bad killed harry goulding and maybe another I 1 man no mention easm was made ade of the captured man having a wife him however and authorities are try trying ing i to establish definitely the prisoners identity it is known that the murderer once lived in oklahoma and as the texas town where the arrest was made is in the extreme northern part of cf the state near the oklahoma line outlaw may have tried to escape into a territory with wit which he is acquainted I 1 should the prisoner actually be the man wanted and his wife not be with him grave anxiety would be felt for the safety of his girl wife who it is thought would not be allowed her freedom from her husbands society with his con consent pent should it so happen that palmer made his way to the texas city in ro 0 o short a time it is as to be supposed that the sheriff had been following a false lead the fugitive could have gone from kayetta kayenta eastward to shiprock N if and from there to gallup thence into texas in view of the good reputation of the murdered men high feeling exists in this part of the state W H diver cliver attained some prominence in the indian uprising of a few years ago wherein a young indian being belac taken from jail jall seized sheriff olivers bix but ahoo shooter t fir from om its holster ind and p pointing 6 intIng directly at olivers head pulled the trigger the weapon misfired mis fired but with the aid of other indiana the young buck escaped old posey took the boys boyo wt part alid whole uprising was started star tedi bliven oliver haill had run cattle for many years years in san juan county and had formerly owned cattle in arizona ile he was widely and favorably known |