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for a limited number of years, providing, of course, that there was something after all in the story brought to the officer by one whose name the deputy refuses to divulge.Another meeting was to have been held between Harries and the mysterious stranger claiming to bear messages from Cassiday. but the nameless man failed to keep his appointment. Now Deputy Harries is inclined to doubt that his informer has any authority to make terms of surrender for the outlaw, but he is still of the opinion that Oasslday has lately been in the re ar vicinity of Salt Lake and may be hereyet. * ^ However, Sheriff Howells, Deputy Montgomery and Deputy Dowse, who have also done some work chasing down the strange rumors, believe that they are only myths. They reached this ; conclusion after mature deliberation and giving all due credence to the words of the persons who put them next to the clues ot Cassiday s alleged display of the flag of truce through a ;mediator. IAccording to those in the sheriffs | office \vh« differ with Deputy Harries in his deductions. Butch t aesiday nas not been In or near Salt .Lake and is not i here now endeavoring to arrange terms of surrender. S^V. ; !As the story goes, several days ago Angus M. Cannon, jr., while at Lagoon | introduced Cvte Jtlt; eid o. Dish Springs mine lame to a Load as*Me. Casslday i and a few minutes later remarked to j his friend that Mr. Gassiday was Butch ; tassiday, the notorious outlaw.Ihe eyes of Cannon s friend arc said to have fairly popped out when he re- j eeived this bit of information. Straight- ! •way he went to the sheriff a office with the startling word that Butch Cassiday was at Lagoon with “Ang” Cannon.Of course tile report wa* immediately Investigated by the officers. When approached Cannon is said to have laugh- | mgiy acknowledged thai it was Pete j Held and not Cassiday who had bee n j in his company. Then Angus remarked that he knew’ where the outlaw could be I found, but it would take a little money to bring about a meeting between him and the sheriff, fhe officers prospected Cannon s hunch far enough to satisfy them that he knew nothing about Cassiday nor his abiding place. Cannon ! could not even identity Butch from a , photograph.
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Salt Lake City Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, Jun 30, 1900
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