Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-08

the Grand opera House IN THIS ely, open.
ing in ''The Danites," which will besfollowed
by :"'The Bankers Daughter, "."My Part.
ner" and other modern successes. The
Company will be joined here by Mr.. Ed
Buckley, late OF the Madison square The
| alter, New York, who will assume the posi-
ton OF leading man.
A DESPERATE FORGER.
How Texan outlaws Sought to Rescue
Charles p. Tasker, g.
PHlLADELpH1A, May 7.-Charles p
Tasker, who flsd from this city last DC
tober, after committing forgeries to the
tune of tens OF thousands OF dollars, ar
rived here yesterday from FL Paso, Texas
in charge OF Detective A. j. Randall, and il
now looking through the iron bars OF Gel
No. II, on the second floor of the depart
ment for unt1ied prisoners in the county
prison.
Most of Tasker's victims and acvuaint
ances supposed that when he left here last
fall he went straight to Mexico. But h
didn't. He went tt Baltimore II re
manned there a few days. Then he camt
back to this city and remained here, il
hiding, for a day. He took a night TRAN
for the West and struck Chicago. Then NJ
spent a few days and then went to st.
Louis. At none OF his stopping places die
Tasker spend much money i'll dissipation
for he didn't have it. Early in November
he left st. Louis for the State OF Durango
Mexico, where he arrived in safety.
A STREAK OF LUCK.
In Durango Tasker met a rich America 1
named Charles Fuller. and they became
fast. friends. Fuller operates some rich
silver mines in the mountains OF Durango
and as young Tasker was an able engineer
and machinist, he. put him in charge OF the
lodes as superintendent, at a very large
salary. Tasker began to make money and
occasionally ran over to El PasQ. Texas
where he had been foolish enoughAo regis
ter at the Grand Central Hotel last fall in
his right name.
On the twelfth OF April while stopping at
the same hotel, where he had registered
under the name OF his partner. Charles Full
Ter, he was a%stonished to be confronted wit;
Detective Al. Randall, who had u war.
rant for his arrest, and had come: to T.
Paso in response to a telegram from the
City Marshal, Tom White.
Tasker was. amazed, but was taken tC
the city Jail and securely locked up. Sew
eral attempts were made, it is said, through
the agency OF Charles Fuller, to bride tEe
hCCpCA0 oA4l Z A1t0hOA SS0pS.
Randall says that $500 was offered at
first. and the price afterwards advanced to
So, ZOO. Still the ~iailers didn't weaken
and Tasker kept his cell. Finally an ex.
detective named Smith came over to T.
Paso from Durango, and made severa
shrewd atte:nps to get Tasker out OF Jail,
It is said that smith was not an agent OF
Fuller's, but was working on his OWL
account to get Tasker out and then carry
him off to the mountains and demand a
ransom from his Mexican friends.
DEsPERADoEs TO THE RESCUE.
On Monday last Detective Randall heard
that a determined gang OF cutthroats were
going to board the train by which he was
to leave Ell Paso with Tasker on the fol-
lowing night, and rescue the prisoner, and
precautions were at oace taken to defeat
this laudab.e scheme. Detective Randall
~telegraphed to the Superintendent Of the
Texas e. Pacific Railroad at Fort Worth,
asking leave to take Tasker out OF the
State in a baggage car on the Tuesday
night express. The Superintendent not
only telegraphed a favorablereply, but sent
explicit instructions to the conductors and
trainmen at Ell Paso, every one OF whom is
a Deputy United States Marshal, to aid
Detective Randall in getting the forger out
OF the State.
On Tuesday night the baggage belonging
to Randall, Tasker and Major" Jones, a
Deputy United States Marshal, VAS nut
aboard the sleeper attached to the North
ern express on the Texas & Pacific. At
lilo a. M. the conductor OF the train
border rufians, headed by an OUTLAW
named Kipps. jumped ON the rear car OF
the long train. Then according to a pre-
concerted arrangement, Detective Randall
and United States Deputy Marshal Jones
hurried their prisoner from q shed into the
baggage car and locked the door. Soon
after the train rushed on her northern way
kipps and his desperadoes walked into the
sleeper, where they expected to find Tasker,
but as they found nothing but the baggage
they concluded that a ruse badbeen pla yed
upon them and went to sleep in the
smoker, getting OFF at Texarkana, the first
stopping point, just at daybreak.
Tasker became so gloomy after being
placed i'll the baggage ear, when he bad be-
lore been full OF spirits, that his custodians
were assured that he expected to be res
cued. Almost every one in FL paso had
prophesied that a rescue would take place
i'll spite OF all the precautions that might
be taken.
The forgor made no attempt to escape on
his trip to this city. He was kept heavily
ironed until out OF the State of Texas. and
then the ''nippers' and shackles weretaken
off: but his ~cnstodia1Is took turns, day and
night, in watching him. While on the trip
North. Tasker bought Il couple OF hand
some knocking birds, and sent them to his
wife, after his arrival in this city. ycster-
day morning.
AS soon as he arrived here the prisoner
was driven to MOyamcnsing Prison and was
mis- rod for 1 Ea tiDoo -, I'm ttu, ,Io~ ~nJ o,J) y
As he made strenuous objections to STAYING
there, Superintendent Perkins soon had
him removed to cell No. II on the second
floor cf the untried prisoners department.
Outside the o OF his cell ON a slate is
written: Charles z. Tasker. Forgery.
May I. Sessions
AN INTERVIEW WITH TAsKER.
A Daily News reporter visited Tasker
last evening. The returned trave'er wore
a natty suit OF light mixed cashmere, a
dark blue and white necktie, and fanitless
linen. HIS red mustache VAS daintjly CURED.
and his dark blue eye didn't drop worth a
cent. lie is a tall, we'll made, INTELLIGENT
man, about thirty years OF age. He would
neither admit nor deny his forgerles.
Il lost money, as any IN III might do, in
be said. The papers have
printed lies without number about me.
There was no Baltimore womaninthec case.
did not seuander any none in dissipa-
tor at FL Paso or anywhere else. Why, I
did not have it to spend.
so lar as the notes are concerned. thew
will De explained in a short time. Why
Stephen NJ. Tasker's is genuine. He gave
1T when he wanted money in his bushes,
lie gave another at the same time and paid
that ~
Tasker then thanked his visitor for call
ing, and spoke OF his Mexican life. He is
enthusiastic over that country.
Detective Randall was hired by the banks
who suffered from Tasker's iorgeries and
Wenzell Brothers who were also victimized.
The indictment now standing against Tasker
is on a note for $4,000, with the alleged in
OF Stephen NJ. Tasker and Thos.
i. Tasker, Sr. 1t was discounted TO-. Wen. |
zell Bros. by the National Bank of the Re-
public. Among his other sllegedforgeries is
q note for 49, on the First National
Bank, one for $1,S56.1O on the Philadel-
phla National Bank, one for $2,175.5O on
q Reeves, brokers, and one on .
William Wilson for So,
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