May 7, 1896 Hired to scare off pesky, potential claim jumpers, gunman and known outlaw Matt Warner and gambler William Wall accompany mining man E.B. Coleman up into the mountains above Vernal, Utah. The day before, Coleman approached Warner in a saloon in Vernal, offering him $100 (some sources state $500) to scare off some prospectors who were following him. He had gone to Dry Fork to look for copper showings, but he discovered some men—the Staunton Brothers and Dave Milton—following h
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