Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-08
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We arc Indebted to M. James Hum,

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We are Indebted to Mr.. James Hume,
we'll known as q detective in the employ
Of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express and
Barking Company, for the facts upon
which is based the following narration
On the 18th of August 1871 Johu Burke.
convicted of manslaughter in Esmeralda
county arrived. as per sentence of Court,
at the State Prison and was turned over
TO the keeping of the Warden-ths late
Frank Denver. On the 18th of the sue.
ceedins month Burke with several Others
escaped from the Prison; and he was one
of party of six who killed a mail rider
between WellingtOn's and Aurora. lie
was captured with Tilt. Cockrel! and re-
turned to the prison October %. Then,
on the LIST of March 1872 he and several
others, being under indictment for
prison breaking. were placed i'll the
Ormsty county jill. "A many of cur
readers will remember. the whole batch
of them hrok. Jail and scattered. Burke
and Clifford (who WAS lately pardoned
ont of The penitentiary). were among
The number thus escaping. While they
we're still at large. Burke and Clifford
robbed a stage between Eureka and
Mineral Hill. aud were arrested; but be-
isu identified az convic,s who had es-
capped from the prison npon whose heads
was q reward, they were brought III here
aud delivered up without having been
indicted for the said robbery. Ct being
more IAN two years since the said crime
vas committed. their indictahll!'y has
expired by act Of hmi!ation.) They were
returned TO the State prison on the 18Th
Of September lS72-Bmke having been
sentenced to one year for prison break
ing and one year for breaking Jail. He
served out his entire term. less bis
credits, and was discharged February l.
1916. Last June Burke aud a man who
called himself Willis. turned up in the
role of stage robbers in Beaver county,
Utah. The stage road between Phoebe
aud Salt Lake runs through that coun-
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band running - Besides robbing
Wells. Fargo & Co, they robbed the Z.
S msil. They were arrested and lodged
in the Beaver Jail. from which they
effected their escape. They were soon
captu ed and taken to the Utah peni:en-
,iarv for safe keeping. Cal! this time
Burke gave his name as Harker They
had been in the prison little while
when, with others. they managed to
escape-this making no less than four
escapes for Burke. In few days,
however. Burke was again in the hands
of the officers of the law, was tried IN the
U. S District Court. meantime being
identified by Mr.. Hume who went to
Sal; Lake to take a look at HIM. and
sentenced to hard labor in prison for
!fe-the Judge designating the Michi-
gan State Prison at Detroit as his place
of confinement. He made desperate
effort to escape from the officers who
conveyed him on; but he failed of sue
cess. When Burke committed his first
crime-that of killing a man at Pine
Grove. in Esmeralds county, he was not
1T all identified with the criminal class:
and much sympathy was expressed for
him there, a. for a young man who had
met With . great misfortune, and his
pardon would most likely have been
il good time if he had re-
NAMED in prison and behaved himself.
His adventures make quite romance and
entitle him to be classified with the Jack
and Claude Duvals of the
criminal calendar,