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Show Sheriff Fife of Iron county had ,. a close call onWiednesd-ay, when :- he was shackled to • a tree for approxima tely twenty-fou r hours by the man and woman th-at he had trailed and arrested for stealing sacks of w-ool. According to the informatio n 1 t recei.ve(J by Sheriff Brooks, Sherf.l'l', ire: trit~ tiie -tfie1 to tllett c1ut1'1'\ and atter some - dftncu ha 'handcuffqd the , man. He then ordered them to proceed. him to his car which , was parked a short distance away. As they started for the , car the man broke into a run when ordered to stop rnfused 1 to d-o so. Th'is forced the Sher- iff to shoot him. The bulle'tt went in his back and came out in front. Believeing :the man to be fatally wounded the Sheriff left the couple and went down to get his car. When he drove up the man put a shotgun in Urn car window and ,told him to "stick them up.'' Then they dLsarmed him and shackled him , to a tree with his handcuffs, took his car and drove away. It was about 10 a.m. Wednesday morning when -they left him and it was over twentyfour hours later that he was able to release himself. The handcuffs were placed ;SO tightly on ,the sheriff that 'it was a 1 miracle that he was able to release himself. This he was able to 40 fter suffering excrusiatin g pain. Accora1ng 1,u the sired.ff the pl•a ce where he wais hand- I cutfed was so isolated that if he hadn't been able to release Mmself it might easily have I been three months before anyone 1 would have found him. [ The wool which was stollen I from the John L. Sevey ranch 1 near New Castle, has not been found to date. It was not in the truck at the time the sheri!'f found it. Although there was a considerable amount of other ~len Sh d J4 ed UP follo ea:·1 went7-Jdx miles e lte encoun- the ear that the following arms: A revolver, a shotgun, one large rifle and 25-20 ri!le. The ma.n is described as being about 55 years old·, 6 feet -t all, weights about 180pounds and Was light complected . H~ was ~a.ring waist overalls, a tan shirt, light hat, and ta,n shoes with stick on soles. The woman is about 35 years of age, 5 teet 5 ineh·es tall, had a kakai shirt and blue waist overalls and brown shoes . a .,l\!ABRJAGE ANNOUNOEMENT ,Mrs. Minnie Farns~qrth an·nounces the marriage· of her daughter, Edith to Frank McArthur, ~dnesday , May 9th, in the St. George Temple. Mr. B.nd • l\lrs. McArthur left W\ednesday afternoon- on a trip t _h rough Northern \!tall. I f • : |
