ABANDON SIEGE OF WILLIE BOY
Sheriff John Ralphs offered a reward for the capture of the murderer, Willie Boy, dead or alive.
Month October 1909
It Is Now Fight to Finish In Manhunt on the Desert
The plan was to have one posse headed by the sheriff enter the desert country by way of Bear Valley. Sheriff Hewins took charge of the 2nd posse.
PIUTES RUSH TO PROTECTION OF WILLIE BOY
a specimen of Willie Boy’s cunningness, Instead of killing one of the horses he shot it in the neck, the bullet temporarily paralyzing the horse, a practice which Piutes use in capturing wild horse.
OUTBREAK FEARED.
PIUTES ARE ON WARPATH.
The posse is expected to reach Willie Boy’s lair by night. Sheriff Wilson has spread his men out to pick up straggling Piutes and also to prevent possible poisoning of water holes.