The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-11

"4Na' AZ NUN NoNNtitll. tluIC ID IOD-
Der, from WashOc, two of the convict
who escaped in the recent State Prison
break, arrived in this city Yesterday
afternoon, and are now i'll the County
Jail. Burke was in for three, and
COckcreil for - wears. They We're
captured on a peak of the Red Noun
up from Fish Lake Valley toward Sill
Yer Peak, by John Is. Helm, Sheriff OF
EemeraIda county, John ID. Ludwig,
John J.. Wheeler and another man.
and were brought back by Helm.
Ludwig and G. Il. \. Brown. Soon
after the party left Cradlebaugh'S
bridge, Il few miles from this civ.
they we're met by uited States Depu-
tN Mdr>haI> Gus. Ash and James :.
S~ilngcrldnd, who demanded the pri>-
pncr~ on a warrant from the /. :.
District Court, charging them with
rObUIn- the mail bV force OF arms and
the murder of an United States mail
CdrTler-bOth OF which are capital Of
lenses. The prisoners We're surrender
ed Ia The MaT>hal>. They We're taken
before Judge liIllYer of the l. :. Dis
trlct Court and committed to jail. and
VIII have Il hearing OF Tuesday next.
The details of the pursuit and cap
ture OF these prisoners are Interesting.
y day n TWO after the break, hearing
that many of the cOnVicts were going
south. john -. Ludwig and John j..
NhCeIcr. who ere out in the noun
taIn> Prospecting, cast about them for
a plan to capture the whole batch.
Both these men are familiar with
every o 70 of the country from Bel
mont 10 the Coast Range and from the
Carson 10 the Colorado river. Leaving
Ludwig TO meet them, Wheeler
mounted a fleet horse and rode south
nearly 800 miles TO the ArmagO>a
mines. Here he aroused the whites,
the various bands of PIutes and The
-ArmagO>a indians, who, scattering out
on the mountains and plains, formed
Il nearly continuous line of pickets
from the CalIOn pass of the Sierras
NEAR the head of the Mohave river to
the settlements OF Southern Utah.
This was TO cut Oft retreat to Arizona
and Mexico.
Returning, Wheeler joined Ludwig
and Sheriff Helm, and the party struck
into the White Mountains. Nearly IA
week was spent in searching for the
trail OF the cOnNICt> and the pUrsuerS
finally descended to Fish Lake Valley.
Here they found tracks and surmised
that the Jones party had divided. two
of them having left the White Noun
tains and >truck acrO> to the Red
Mountains, nea Silver Peak, the
Others having one to the Sierra.
Il WAS readily guessed that Burke
was II of the two striking toward
Silver Peak, because he was familiar
with that portion of the country. 1t
here that he committed the muir
der tor which he Was sent up. Pre-
paratlons We're made to lynch the
murderer at the time, and the Consta-
ble turned him oven to Ludwig, who
pursuit by taking Burke over
the mountains to Aurora. Water is
scarce in that country, and Ludwig
rightly guessed that Burke would
for the Watering places off the
roads which the two had passed when
Burke was his prisoner. Leaving
Fish Lake Valley, Ludwig led the
party up a canyon where stands an
old ice house. They struck fresh
tracks at the mouth of the canyon,
and before reaching the ice house
came upon a CAM which had evil
just been abandoned by the
tugitlves. At the camp We're "A few
potatoes, some old sacks. and a
blanket Near this place a high red
peak rises. and thither the tracks
Here the party divided,
Helm and another man going on one
side of the peak and Ludwig and ,
Wheeler or the other. Some distance ,
from the top Of the peak Ludwig es-
the head and shoulders of Cock
erell, peeping oN-r a ledge of rocks. {
instantly he covered the head with a ,
spencer rifle. COckerell threw up one !
hand. Ludwig kept his eye on the ,
gun and told Wheeler to demand a ,
surrender. This was done, when sud :
denly Cockereli disappeared. Lud- +
wig dashed around the point and sang
out to Helm to look out for them, as
hey were going toward him. At this +
-cckerell again appeared, threw up i.
both hands and walked toward his :
Burke following close after .
MIN. Neither of them showed any |
and the officers, having what i,
hey We're seeking for, did not 90 up |
o h rocks to see if they had LETT any.
They denied having been with the :.
Zones party. and asserted that they |
nothing of the murder of the o
nail rider. g
At Aurora, sunday night, two or |
hree strategical efforts were made by a
he citizens to get hold of the prison V
RS, and the captors had to stand at a
ready" all night. During the night, ..
man approached Ludwig at the Jail ,
nd offered him $500 in gold coin if he Il
nd his tellow-sentinel would leave a
he Jail for ten minutes. liz