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The Coalville Times
Coalville, Summit County, Utah
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In Dawson, 68-year-old miner Edward Mortimer was kidnapped, lowered into a 35-ft mine shaft on Thistle Creek, and left to die after failing to pay $600 ransom. He escaped after 12 hours by climbing with sticks, wandered 8 miles to a canoe, and sought police protection in Dawson.
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Edward Mortimer, a gray-haired miner, 68 years old, is the center of a story emanating from Dawson, where he is said to have been kidnapped and lowered into a shaft thirty-five feet deep on Thistle creek, 179 miles from Dawson. His captors demanded $600 as the price of release, but on being told that he had no money, left him, apparently to perish. After twelve hours of effort the old man succeeded in climbing to the surface of the shaft by means of sticks stuck in the side of the shaft, and after wandering eight miles found a canoe, which brought him to Dawson, where he claimed police protection.
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Thistle Creek, 179 Miles From Dawson
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Edward Mortimer, a 68-year-old miner, was kidnapped and lowered into a 35-foot-deep shaft on Thistle creek. His captors demanded $600 for release but left him to die when he said he had no money. After 12 hours, he climbed out using sticks stuck in the shaft walls, wandered 8 miles to a canoe, and reached Dawson for police protection.