| Show slayers of A aged 9 led rancher kill colorado Sherif I 1 the daniels brothers charged witt with I 1 robbing and slaying james westfall shoot colorado sheriff shortly after noon monday sheriff jpalmer palmer was notified here that sheriff W IV dunlap of Monte montezuma zunia count county I 1 colorado had bad been killed west ol of placerville erville as he was taking the didaniels daniels brothers to cortez to stand trial herbert and otis daniels were charged with slaying jas westfall an aged rancher living near lewis colo whom they bound robbed and left to starve to 0 o death immediately after receiving word of the killing sheriff palmer gathered his deputies and prepared to stop all traffic from the north as telephone communication with la sal 10 40 miles north of here indicated that the murderers might have gone thru that place headed beaded either lor for moab or monticello the grand county authorities were likewise on guard watching the highways leading into that town although the car which passed thru la sal could have gotten beyond moab before the authorities were notified it has not yet been identified sheriff palmer and deputies ross purcell chauncy black and fletcher bronson barricaded barricades barrica ded the highway leading from the north where they stopped all cars throughout the night later developments indicated how ever every that the fugitives had never passed thru la sal but had abandoned the th slain sheriffs car about five miles from the acen shooting sho oling apparently they ltaif taken to the waters of the sati san miguel river which they are thought to have crossed pl though that wo would uld have been an ex TrET nely hazardous hazard oui undertaking as the men still wore their shackles some speculation 1 Is s to the effect that the outlaws may have drowned while trying to cross the river the tragedy occurred when while passing a wrecked car along the highway the sheriff left the ahe car in which he held hed the prisoners ard went to see if anyone wis was injured on returning to his own car he found that one of the prisoners had grabbed a gun from a compartment in the cowel of the car while deputy lem duncan was out inspecting the tires they told the sheriff to stick em cm up to and when the sheriff tried to reason with them the killer jailer fired two shots the first of which entered the sheriff s arm and the he other his neck they then told the deputy to get going down the road which he be did tile the deputy then went four our miles to the nearest settlement where heir bell was gotten grot en and the wounded sheriff was rushed toward the hospital the wounds proved fatal however and feeling is extremely high against the slayers about three hundred men gathered to search the rough country west of placerville placed erville ville where blood hounds led them to the base of a high mesa it was thought the brothers were hidden on top of the tableland an airplane was also cruising overhead watching wa for any sign of movement on the mesa but abandoned their watch when it was decided useless to try to see anyone in so densely timbered a country some seme claimed that the th river could not be forded corded where the fuTi fugitives tives entered it but the bloodhounds ap patently parent ly picked up the scent on the opposite bank orders were given to shoot first and ask questions later with the close watch being bein made by officers of three stites states it is extremely unlikely that the murderers will escape |
