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Show 2- There had been a number of :cobberi es througho ut Utah that s eemed to bear the Weston stamp. A load of hides from Spanish Bork, a load of flour fran NepJi, truck and all, and a load of wool from Newcast le, all disappea red within a short time. County was on the She ri ff Lew Fife fr om Iron tra il of the thi ef . Without going i nt o the detail s of how he did it, Lew finally came upon the ou t f i t one morning a bout t~ o' cl ock. Weston had evident ly traveled all night and had pulled off the road into the cedars aboo.t ! ~ mile and a half and made camp. They were in bed, he and his ccmmon.bu.tler when ~ew came up, kicked the revolve rs out law wife, Daisy of reach, and ordered them to get up. He .put handcuf fs on westqn and started the pair toward hi s ca r, when the prisone r br oke into a run. Lew ca ll e d for him ' to s t op, and when We s ton r an on, Lew shot. The handcuf fe d man f ell, mor t a lly wounde d. '.l.'he bullet entered his body near the center of the back and came out through the abdomen . The wan.an ran to Weston, tried to lift him, crying a nd begging him not to die. ~ew decided to get his car nearer i n order to ge t him to a hospita l, but when he returne d he round both his prisoner s fla shing guns i n his f ace . The tables were turned. He was at their mercy. "Turn your head, you _ _ _ 1 I'm going to scatter your brains all over hell!" "If you shoot me, you'll shoot me right in the tace,, ~ew said. Then t h~.. woman came forward TNUth a brillian t idea . I nLet' s ha ndcuff "Killing ' s too g ood for him , tt s he said . to this t him ,e and l eave him to r ot in the sun." The idea appeale d to Weston. "You're right," • f he agreed. "Come on; let's see if you can take |
