The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1867-04-27
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The means adopted by Sheriff Grutcher tore.
take the peuitentiary ronsicts5 Dunn Boley, Hurts
and Deal who escaped from the prison here on
thcyd instant. havesa 1Ie1gth proves substantially
effective. On Monday night of last week the
Sheriff received informstieh that four men had
called az SIMPSONS saw mill, about midway be-
tween this place and Boise City, three miles across
from tIIealla lf Vpys Honsea on the Saturday be
fore, and s9taned some four. they had .ocea-
pied deserted cabin .nearfhere for sOpes or two
nights. On this information, known to be from a
reiab fe Sources eheriHo gf6schs Early the
next morning he started on horseback, accompa
MED BY Deputy Jos. Rowe, and they rode hastily
to the saw mill vafeymat9n gained there salts
fed them TREY were on the right track. Accord
idgiy they hurried on to- Boise City, there pros
cured fresh horses, and took a course down along
the Boise river, sending word OF the object of
their search in every direction. Circumstances
greatly favored the search. In consequence Of
the late Indian depredations the farmers and stock
men all through the Valley, clear down to the
Payette, aqd everywhere within that whole range,
were keeping constant close lookout for the sava-
ges, as well2as for astrpling raseals who might
steal animalsto make the trip to, Lemhi or else
where. The large reward Offered by Sheriff
the residents along the river and through the
Valley all tie more keen in their watchfnlness.
At Boise City, the Sheriff got Jack Wyatt to join
in the chase. That evening at Hawkins ranch,
about FIVE miles below the city, the Sheriff learned
that four menlhad attempted to cross the river on
a raft near there Or Sunday evening, that when
in the middle Of the stream the raft gave away,
and the men all swan to the opposite ,shoreFs 1t
was here they lost,thelr provisions and the Henry
rife which Damn had(takeH from the prison; but
they preserved their fevolge4s, From Hawkins
the Sheriff andlhistWo aids crossed thesrver, and
pushed on to MONEYS ranch, fifteen miles further
on, where they learned that four men had passed
down the trail few hours before. The Sheriff S
party kept on to the ferry at the canon, five miles
below Moneys sent VOID ahead on that side of
the river, rencr9ssed themselves and continued on
to the ferry at the mouth of Boise river, about
fifty five miles below Boise City, where they rested
Cfutcher and Rowe had ridden over one hundred
miles that day. They remained at the ferry during
Wednesday, and from there the Sheriff dispatched
men to spread word along the Malheur, the Owy
bee and Payette rivers. On Thursday he and his
aids returhedC to Boise City. About midnight a
messenger named Robinson came to his room at
the hotel from lower ferry on Boise river, with
the information that Boley and Kurtz had been
TAX en-. but that the latter had again escaped. I'm
mediately he arose called Sheriff DuVal of Ada
county, and his own aids of the preceding two
days, to accompany him, and started off with
Robinson to the ferry, where Boley was still in
custody. The place was reached before day.
Boey was guarded by four men. He and Kurtz,
Dunn and Deal bad been discovered on the oppo-
site side of the river by some men on the look
out for Indians, and were suspected to be the es-
capped prisoners. Keeping out of their sight, the
party hurried on to the ferry below there told the
ferryman their suspicious, and got him to JOIN
them in a ruse to capture the eonYicts. The plan
was agreed upon and quickly acted out. The
party hid in some willows little below the ferry
The ferrymen crossed alone in hs,skif as If hunt
ing for cattle. The convicts came along, and the
man agreed to take them over in his iskiff. For
some reason either because he wantedto separate
from Boley and Kurtz, OF that he suspected some
trick, Dunn declined to cross, and Deal remained
with him. Tie other two, how ever, got into the
lIskif, and the ferryman managed to steer the
boat right into the willows where the four men,
Iall armed and with weapons ready, were ambushed.
AS resistance was hope less the astonnded con-
victs surrendered without trouble, and were taken
to the ferry house for safe keeping but Kurtz
managed toSget away.
Sheriff Crutcher LETT Rowe and Wyatt to keep
watch over Boley and alsoto hunt for Kurtz and
with Duyalf started off in quest of Dunn and Deal.
That evening, Wyatt and man named Montgom.
cry captured Kurtz in some brush not far from
Montgomery ranch. He and Boey were then
taken to Boise City and there placed in the Jail.
Meanwhile Crutcher and DuvalI crossed Boise
River in ski, swan their horses over, and start
ed to course up along Snake river, having become
satisfied that Dunn and Deal were making for the
upper ferries on that stream. Sunday morning
Ithey procured fresh horses to continue the hunt,
and started for Fruits ferry At Carter's ferry,
two. miles below Fruits, word was brought to
ICrutcher Sunday night that ths, prise "a Vsed
been tracked and l,,s:ess--i from botey and ttzs
- ssuu Deal stole "a couple OF saddles and
packed them for several miles until they came to
Aladdens fanch, where they tried to take IA couple
OF horses, but succeeded III catching only one
This they rode alternately. Madden missed the
horse, suspected Indians had stolen it. and got
three er four friends to 60 with him IN search for
the animal. They learned that two men and a
horse had crossed at Carter's ferry about shutdown
on Sunday Following the tracks, the party came
uOOn the Dalr inst IA bray off l.;