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How Justice Caught Up with the Killer of the Canyons
In 1935 a desert killer in Utah's San Juan County killed cattleman William Oliver and grandson Norris Shumway after a dispute over sheep. Clinton Palmer, aided by a young accomplice, fled toward Arizona but was captured in Texas. Utah vows readiness if he returns.
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Blanding
Utah
Old West
Southwest
Department of Justice
San Juan
United States
Nto
William E. Oliver
Clinton Palmer
San Juan County
Palmer
Harry Goulding
Arizona
Goulding
Oliver
Norris Shumway
Bluff
John’s Canyon
Lawrence Palmer
Trading Post
Shumway
John Oliver
William Oliver
Young Shumway
Nevada
Dillinger
Uncle Sam
Redlake
Tuba City
Flagstaff
Kaibab Forest
Rock House
Arizona Strip
Morris Pass
Liver
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Dillard Garrett
Lucille Garrett