The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-09-12
GEORGE PrERsOs.
Particulars OF His Recapture as Rela-
ted by the idaho World.

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three weeks ago. German got his man /
and came in with him Tuesday evening. |
They got on Persons track at Jordans
bridge Sunday morning, and followed it |
down the river to Garden valley. dis
lance Of about twenty miles Pierson
passed the the bridge Thursday. They
had rough time Of it following the
tracks down the canyon from the bridge
to Garden Valley, as Pierson kept off
the trail most of the way down, and
travelled through rugged country that
it was almost impossible to get through
with horses They found where he had
stopped at a cabin on the river, above
Carpenters and had baked bread. All
there was in the cabin to gladden. hum
CRY traveller was a sack Of -four, which,
however. was ricn find for Piarson.
On arriving at Carpenters, they learned
that he had stopped there and break
tasted. He told Mrs. Carpenter that he
was a prospector, and that his horse
rolled t Q river up above, and that
he hid to strike ont afoot. German and
Bowling tracked him from Garden VAL
ley to Placerville, where he arrived
about nine O'Clock Saturday night. He
bought pair of shoes at Catnart's andA
shirt at Brogan's He made inquiries
|, about several pioneers of the Basin. and
stated that he was a miner in the Basin
from 1864 to 1866. He left Placerville at
! L f,.. al 1al 81.
Sunday morning took the brush in the
canyon above the Twelye-mile House,
/ on Shafer creek, andremained hid until
/ evening. Arrived at Moore's ranch on
Shafer creek, at six or seven o'clock III
: the evening, when he got supper and a
: lunch He kept ON the road to Payette.
4 and followed down the river about n
Y mile below Miners bridge. Retraced
/? his steps and crossed the bridge early
i Monday morning. He took to the brush
], again on Monday-near Crowley's ranch
k IA few miles this side of Squaw creek.
$ and came into the road again Monday
d evening German. fearing lest Pierson
a might recross the bridge stationed
: himself there and dispatched Pat Dowl-
!. ing over to the BrowIee trail, and John
d Harvard and John Schram kept on the
s road leading from Miners bridge to
Squaw creek. Havird and Schram over
i took Pier.on Monday night near Bar
:. ber's place, and captured him. II was
i very dark, and they were within few
! feet of him before he s;tw them. Pier
a son said if they had been twenty min
a utes later he wotdd have been MI right
/ said he intended To leave the road an6
take to the hills short distance ahead
He said he had Il severe time trying t.
:, regain his freedom, and suffered indis
n cribabIe hardships aud priyations
- Travelled three hundred miles on f0ot
Ar and most OF the distance was made ,,
il night He WIS five days without any
10 thing to eat except a hull frog, whicl
= he ate raw. and two days he lived OF
). berries ThiS was between HALEY an,
= Cane Horn He says he was not only Il
= the point OF starvation but WIS nearly
! tagged out and foot sore. When he es
~ capped he WAS poorly clad and had on
81 pair of slippers. which he discarded If
:, ter travelling a short distance, and il
!. walking over the rocks his feet wer
20 lacerated, and he could have beel
!, tracked by the blood. Somewhere i
!, his route he picked up pair of boots 9
shoes which were worn out when h
q reached Pacerville. just after breakin
!. jail he took to the brush short dis
s. lance below HALEY, and men ON Tia
hunt for him passed within ten feet {
him. This was before he got rid of hi
irons. Pierson is under sentence {
III death, but notice of an appeal to tn
ief 7nis
term OF the District Court OF Alturas.
Work on the Panama Canal is hein
ne pushed forward with great energy. I'll
,rk total number of woTkmen employed
mt over 10000, and the sanitary condltio
to OF the workpeople is very satisfactor,
hv end Is improving daily, although this
,at not a healthy season of the year, an
n sickness in Panama is heavy; still t
ng percentage Of eases Of the canal worl
he men does not exceed four per cent,
be consequence of the excellent steps
preeaution taken lsy the company. Thel
is still reason TO doubt that the comps
ise ny will complete the canal within ii
of next five years.