EVCV1850 Plaque:
Matt Warner
(Utah)


Photo of Matt Warner as Convict 1896

1897 Prison photo.


Photo of Matt Warner


B-W photo of plaque closeup


MATT WARNER
APRIL 12, 1864 - DECEMBER 21, 1935

THE BANDIT WHO BECAME JUDGE
MATT WARNER WAS BORN WILLARD E. CHRISTIANSEN
IN EPHRAIM, UTAH. HE LEFT HOME AT THE AGE
OF 14 AFTER A FIGHT IN WHICH HE THOUGHT HE
KILLED THE TOWN BULLY. HE TOOK THE NAME MATT
WARNER, BECAME A CATTLE RUSTLER, BANK ROBBER
AND RODE WITH BUTCH CASSIDY UNTIL GOING TO
PRISON ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES IN 1897. HE WAS
RELEASED IN 1900, WITH A FULL PARDON FROM
GOVERNOR WELLS. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, HE
BECAME ONE OF THE BEST DEPUTY SHERIFFS, CITY
POLICE OFFICERS, AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
CARBON COUNTY HAS EVER KNOWN. AS A MAN OF
THE LAW, WARNER WON THE LOVE OF ALL CARBON
COUNTY, EXCEPT THE LAWYERS, AND STUFFED SHIRTS.
HE WAS STRICTLY A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

DEDICATED BY
E CLAMPUS VITUS UTAH OUTPOST
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
JULY 25, 1981

Victorian Bar

Plaque is located on an inside wall
of the Carbon County Court House.
Price.
Carbon County, Utah.

GPS*
  Matt Warner  
WGS84 Datum
N 39.60297°
W 110.80261°
*Approximate

Photo of Matt Warner's grave

Matt Warner's grave in Price, Utah.




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