Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-24
AN ALLEGED HlGHWAYhAN
said 10 Have Escaped From the
Canon City, Colorado, Jail,
CAPTURED IN THIs CITY.
An Account Of His Arrival, Career
aud Arrest.-llis Couieiera'e'
al Large.

There was a Jail delivery Of three
prisoners at Canon CITY, Colorado, on
August gnd Of the present year. The
..caped convlcts were william Parry,
ayoung welshman awaiting arraign-
ment on the double charge Of burglary
.nd assaultiug n woman; Robert
EIdridge, alias Tom Watson, charged
with housebreaking and petit larceny,
and q. W. Boyd, charged with burg
larry. The Colorado officers made
every effort In their power TO recap'ufe
the convicts, but In vain.
shortly after midnight on the morn
ing Of September let passenger tram
No. 4 Of the ID. & X. q. railway was
held up near Texas Creek, Colorado, In
the Royal Gorge, by gang OF masked
hlghwaymen. The robbers forced
their way into the express car where
they secured between three and four
thousand dollars IN money. They
then went through the sleeping aud
passenger coaches and relieved the
terror-strickcn travellers Of their valu.
ables, after which they left the train,
mounted and put spurs to their horses
and decamped.
IL was believed that the robbery was
planned and executed under the dircc-
ton Of the Canon city jail breakers,
and a posse Of citizens headed by
United States, county aud express OIL
GERS secured the county In search OF
the fugitivep hut their hiding place
could not be found.
GA september 9th, u little more than
o week after the robbery had oc'
Cured, young man who gave MS
name rs William Payne was brought
% this city from Green River,
over the Union Pacific. lie was
suffering from severe wound Ia one
OF his feet, which he said had been
accidentally Inflicted by tho discharge
OF his own piHtol--a large Colts 70.
volver, which he carried. He went To
1T. Marks hospital 10 have the injured
nirmber treated. Gangfenc set In and
nmputatlOu was found necessary.
After the operation Payne remained at
the hospital for several weeks. On
emerging thercirom lac declared
TINT amputation was not neccs'
sary aud engaged tho setv-
Ices Of the law hrm OF Richie
and Ritchi. 10 bring suit for recovery
Of damages for alleged malpractice by
the hospital surgeons. While waiting
the outcom. Of the damage suit Payne
made his headquarters at the Paragon
saloon opposite the post office and
being possessed OF n fine baritone voice
he attracted many idlrr- 10 tho place
and became quite popular among the
FALCON if,quontcrs.
About a week ago Sheriff Stuart Of
Canon city, Colorado, arrived Ia this
city ia search VI the three jail breakers,
having received information which
led him 10 believe, that they were
here. lie held u consultation with
Sheriff Hurt aud other local officers
aud furnished them n good description
OF the men. This resulted In the arrest
~ Payne who N said 10 be william
Parry, the young W-lshman. IL was
believed that boyd was la Ogden. The
officers accordingly went 10 Junction
City la search 0f him but returned
empty handed.
sheriff StdaIt len with Payne last
night Tor Canon City, Colorado. In
the meantime the local officers are
keeping u close watch for Boyd anu
Eldriige.