The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-03-09
TouSLEY RE-cAPTuRED.
Two Months Experience on the Outside.

1t will be rendered by readers of this pa
per that on the evening Of January 4, 1855,
Royal Tousley, . seven year convict sem
fenced for horse stealing, escaped from the
prison yard, in his working clothes and low
shoes, crossed the river on the ice, and re-
turned not again. He was reported to be
person with low development Of conscien-
tiousness, hay ing run away from home In
Michigan to avoid punishment for crime
when boy, being wanted" in Salt Lake
and Idaho for various crimes and having
made business of stealing horses in Jeffer-
sen county and selling them in Butte. There
fore when few days search did not develop
him it was believed he would neither come
back voluntarily nor be easily caught But
circumstances were against him. owe give
incidents as he has since related or ADMITTEDLY
The weather was extremely cold. He put in
the first night and day near town, sleeping
and hiding IN Estill's hay stack part of the
time, and it is thought taking short ride on
one of the valley horses. While making his
way up the valley he suffered from hunger
passing only one cabin and that, he says, he
was afraid to enter, and getting one Of his
feet badly frozen. The sixth day he reached
the vicinity of the Centennial brewery,
Butte, where reporting he had been frozen
in the park, he applied to AL Noyes, giving
his name as Richard Smith, and was permit
ted 10 occupy a vacant cabin. Here he staid
about three weeks when the condition of his
foot became so bad that DIR. Chas. Whitford
was sent for, examined him and sent him
g.. L.. e.. 10. Lao ofI ,;g
feet was amputated near the instep. A day
or two after, party in the hospital noticed
peculiar undershirt on the patient and work
ed in it in thread the figures ga" tele-
gram came to Warden Botkin, what num-
bered undershirt did Tousley have on when
he escaped" Back went the answer, ono.
H." Under-Sheriff Fish at once placed him
under arrest as Royal Tousley, and not being
in condition to be moved, Dave Mack Bill
lingsly), was put in charge of him rs guard,
and Warden Botkin notified of the arrest
The Warden went to Butte for his man and
was notified that he had escaped. Dave
Mack had been temporarily relieved from
duty the night before and on eturning and
being assured the patient could not escape
in his condition, had gone to a room below
to sleep. On returning to the ward at 8 am.
he found Tousley had disappeared. The Off
GERS were at once notified and many surmises
and theories resulted. During the day the
officers satisfied themselves that Touslev had
not left town, and Warden Botkin in the
evening employed two watchmen for the
night who guarded all the buildings in the
vicinity. The next morning a search was
instituted and Tousley was discovered secret
ed in the hayloft of the stable connected
with the hospital having crawled over and
concealed himself behind the hay. He sur
rendered on being discovered, and was
brought back to the penitentiary Monday
morning. Warden Botkin says Under-Sher-
iii Fish and Marshal Smith did everything
possible in the matter Tousley was alb.
sent from 1.-THE Pen" just two months, and
would have been better off had he not made
his break for liberty.