The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13

climbed down the river bank and stsrted
east on the A. I. x ;. +. Near Fishers ice.
house they met colored man. Thsy kept
on east until hear Mr.. Sperry's house and
then turned south. Morris was allowed 10
lead a. ne claimed to be familiar with the
country IGgY crossed the WaEa-usa At
iile NJ UuI IUEd, went up on the mound
aIa Sar cuWl to rest. The lights Of Law
renee shining il the distance presented 4
pssutiiul sight but not one 70 make them
isei comfortable rs the ci'y was too rear.
LesyInS their resting place they went east.
Ii soon became apparent that Morris knew
as little OF the country "a his companlors-
The three men wandered simlessly abouI
having lost the points Of compass. Day
light caught them only few miles south
east OF Blue M,uui. Al day Monday
they lay conctsled in 4 little rayine not far
from a main travelled road. Mondsy
a pleasant day. The ravine stfordsd them
water, and they washed, and -havtd with
rsz n they had with them. Monday night
the fugiIvss Travelled To Captains creek, IN
johnson county. Their plsn of travelling
was to go south a mile OF so, and then east
about the same distance or a little fuIthsr,
thus travelling in general souJheaster!y
straw stack until Tuesday evening flt-
mondin had managed to secrete some food
bef re leaving the Jail, and BY being very
economical this lasted until Tuesday.
"Wednesday the fugiuves remained con-
&c lied IN a nav stack few miles northeast
Of Gardner The weather turned cold
Tuesday, and they suffered good deal
from then until the capture. True freezing
& 4 l. L. l.. L., L.
tie headwsy was made, and tow ards morn
ing they stole some chickens. built hre
and cooked them. COncealing themselves
another day, they started out Thursday
night. Late in the evening, while in n lane,
they heard horsemen coming, and turned
into farmers yard near by. Five horse
men passed on a gsllop within two or three
re cds of where the prisoners lay. This was
Clarke and his men, who had been told n
little ways back that The fugitives had Just
passed, and could be caught IN the lane.
An old straw stack wss discovered, the
edge raised, and True crswled under. Pla-
moudin and Morris stayed there little
| while and then went on "Ihey never
could have found me unless i had been
given away" said True. 81 sho Id have
STAYED under that stack until Saturday
| night, and then struck north. | am afraid
| Of Friday, and wouldn't take any chances :
| on that day. While hid there two men
| hunted for me an hour in the brush near
/ by, and | could see them all the Time"
| True said, Friday morning man rode
| uy 10 the stack and with 4 revolver in his
/ hand called to me 10 come out. l
[ kept still, but the man said he know | was
/ there. aud would set the d--d straw stack
atire II didn't come out. Then | knew
that the boys had gwen me away aud was
! dole ipr. 50 came cut and he took me to
! sheriff Clarke
True's trial comes in twenty days, at
| Louisville. PJttawatomie county. lie IL
not so c)ufienJ OF aCqu.ttal a. he was a
| year ago. lie say1 Ihry are strongly PEE
| jIiICrd against him up there.
| His family relations are somewhat COM
! pIicatsd. IL has wife and TWO 81 ildrel
| in Lgf,vet'e county, Mi-'uori, AID second
wife in Saline county, Kansas. His hr-L
| wife hates him heartily, Judging from a
| letter she wrote him, and his scond wife
| has lately applied Tor divorce. lie has q
/ nrnther sud sister in Kentucky to whom he
constantly applies for money.