The Fremont County record., 1881-08-13

These warnings, however. were not
much needed and some weeks before
his break Wight was placed at work
In small shop, since torn down, max
ing furniture. On the morning of
SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1878.
As Mr.. Dueber and another guard
were about to start with gang, cou-
sisting of nearly all of the convicts,
to work in the brick yard on the
south side of the river, he again told
Reed, the guard left in charge of the
prison, to keep sharp eye on Wight,
or better still, to lock him up. Reed
listened, but stated that he would
risk it and when Wight had finished
his job, which would be about the 1st
of October, he would place him in
| confinement. About two O'Clock that
afternoon Mr.. Dueber received word,
| through q messenger sent by Reed,
that Wight was gone and with him
lanother prisoner named Jams. Mr..
I &Rlpber immediately marched his
] G1h& beck 10 tl1e pgieon and RAA3 ker
quested him to taEe the cate and Bt1xE
after the escaped convicts- This Mr..
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was not his prisoners who had got
| away. At that time the penitentiary
| was under the jurisdiction of the
United States and no provision was
made, in the form of reward, for the
return of escaped convicts. Wight
and Jams had been closely watching
Reed, and while he was sitting in
the office after dinner. with
his back towards the door, writ
ing letter to the paper of which he
was a correspondent, the Chicago
Times, they quietly skipped out OF
sight and reach. Jams was overhauled
| at Pueblo after few days liberty,
but not the least trace could be dis
covered of Wight. This state of at
fairs remained for several months
| when, in looking over an accumula-
tion of old papers at the prison, Mr..
| Dueber came across
BUNDLE OF LETTERS
Addressed to Eugene E. Wight and
tions of the east. Believing a clue
might be got through this source Mr.
Dueber sent inquiries to postmasters
and others in the towns from which
these letters had been mailed. In a
short time he received an answer to
one of his inquiries from q postmast-
er of town in Vermont, statiug
there was letter in that post office for
Wight's sister, evidently written by
Wight himself. This letter was Sc
cured and found to have been sent
from Wallace, Kansas. by the fugitive
where he was engaged as clerk in a
store. Before he could be captured
| at that place he had received warning
through some one and hastily left the
country. Again all traces were lost.
About five years ago Mr.. Dueber ran
across the same letters second time
and sent out further inquiries. No
answer was received to these. Wight
seemed to have completely covered
up his identity and was nearly for
gotten by everybody here except Mr..
Dueber, who never gives up chase
after an escaped convict until death
| intcrvenes. Therefore, about fifteen
months ago, lie sent his third and sue
ccssful batch of inquiries. About
the first of June he received
word by mail from q gentleman
named French inv Woodstock, Vermont,
that Wight was in that town. Wood
stock is off of any railroad line and
has no telegraph communication.
therefore Mr.. Dueber could only start
as quickly as possible, running the
risk of finding mis- man there upon
his arrival. The journey is q long
one and when Mr.. Dueber got there
he found that Wight had left three
days after French's letter had been
written. Mr.. Dueber accompanied
by French, then visited numerous
towns in Vermont but without re-
suit. Going down to Boston after
this frrfitlaSs he, r.llln1 xxtfb
letter of Introduction, upon a dentist
named Wilson, who knew Wight
and leaving his address told Wilson
what he wanted. He also put de-
scription of Wight into the hands of
a detective named Hersham and in
formed him of the cooperation of
Dentist wilson, Mr.. Dueber then
came home. On the evening of July
2ad, Mr.. Dueber received dispatch
from French in Vermont to the effect
that Wight was in Boston. Mr.. Due
Der at once telegraphed to Hersham to
| be on the look out. On the afternoon
of the next day, the aSd, au answer
ing telegram came stating that
WIGHT HAD BEEN REcAPTuREn.
On the train of that night Mr..
Dueber started for. the "hub'' and
when he arrived there found the man
he had SO long searched for safe be-
hind the bars OF the Boston Jail. 1t
appears that upon July 21st, as Mr..
Wilson, the dentist, was standing
upon the sidewalk in front of his
Office hs saw Wight pass. Running
| up stairs into his room he looked in
vain for Mr.. Duebcr's address. When
he came down Wight was out of sight
and Wilson sent message to French
asking for The address he had lost,
hence the dispatch from French to
Dueber. The next day passed without
nything turning up but the follow
ing day Wilson again saw Wight
walking leisurly along a street close
to Detective Hersham's office. Run
ming quickly there he informed the
detective and Wight was easily
overhauled aud arrested. Mr.. Due
Der hsd no requisition upon the gov
ernor of Massachusetts, for Wight. al
though one was coming. Even IL he
had 1t hc might have been de-
layed. Under-the laws OF that state
. criminal cannot be taken out of Il
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