, 1892-01-05
The Fearful Seven Mile Walk Made
on Friday Night.
Johnson Finally Leaves Them to
Their Fate on the Roadside.
MilIer's Long Rest in the Arms of
His Dead Companion.
Did Kinqen Have Money and Was
Succor Near at Hand7
A Marvellous Story of Varied and
Tragic Experiences.

When William Kingen, Charley Miller
and the colored man. johnson. escaped
from the county jail on New Years eve,
they started up Ferguson street and
finally headed in a northwesterly direction.
They went out on the Fort Russell road
to a point about mid way between the fort
and Camp Carlin and then suddenly
changed their course to a little north of
east. In all the time that they we're out
they did not strike the railroad. Contrary
to general expectation they did not separ-
ate. Kineen was the pilot of the party
but it soon became apparent that johnson
had more capabilIty as a pedestrian than
night they were out Kingen and Miller
suffered considerably from the cold.
johnson was not nearly so badly off, as
he had been confined in Jail but a short
soft or thin blooded. The thermometer
fell to zero. The men were warmly clad,
particularly Kingen, who wore a heavy
wooden unders hirt and overshirt, a black
silk scarf about his neck and ears, a coat
and an overcoat. His Jail slippers were
of leather, coming well up on the Instep,
were firmly soled and were tied to his feet
with strings. he, like the other two,
wore heavy wooden socks. They were
plentifulIy supplied with matches and
had with them enough OF food Saved out
of their Jail allowanoe) to carry them
through Friday evenings supper.
TIL ON TIL MARCH.
During Thursday night they reached
the stable of George Poulson, which
stands some distance from his house,
about two miles east of Archer and
eleven miles from cheyenne. Here 1t Is
now quite certain they stole a horse.
Miller told r. s. Van Tassell Saturday
night that they did not take the horse,
but Sunday morning he acknowledged to
Sheriff Kelley that they had taken it.
This horse was found at the Hillsdale
ranch Or. S. Van Tassell) so that it is
'hSlciOIt piOudDlt Iutl NlllltT lOlu Tue
truth in his second story. The horse in
question is a very old one and so sedate
and m~ethodical in his movements that he
probably did not cover more than two
miles an hour. Even at this time Kin
gen showed signs of exhaustion and re-
quested the other two to stay with him
and see him through. After resting
some time at the stable and eating a lunch
they slowly started forth. They alter
nately rode the horse. By Friday fore
noon the weather had moderated a very
great deal and the men had reached a
wooded point on Pole creek in the Hills
dale ranch enclosure. Here they rested
during most of the day and turned the
horse loose. The place was beautifully
supplied with wood and they probably
built a little fire, but this is not positively
known. They were by this time in q
section the geography of which was per-
tectly familiar to Kingen. Just a year
g on the 9th of last October kingen
escaped from Jim Zandt when be was
first arrested. He made his way in the
midst of a warm storm for thirteen miles
to this immediate neIghborhood, where
he was recaptured by Billy Lyklns and
taken TO the main or Fl d Hlllsdale ranch.
He had his toes frozen even in this adven-
ture. He naturally wished to avoid this
ranch as he knew it was constantly occu-
pied and 80 steered his course to the east
of 1t. At early dusk Friday the men once
more started forth. Kingen directed the
movements but the colored man led the
party SO far as walking was concerned.
They struck down the windmill draw
which at one point brought them within
two and a half miles of the lower ranch
OF the company, which was not occupied
at the time. After going three or four
miles kingen began to show such signs of
exhaustion that his companions were
obliged to constantly urge him forward.
Miller, while feeling the severe effects of
the exposure, was not yet so badly of,
although even he was weakening. The
point aimed for was the windmill. Built
about the well Is a 12xl2 structure which
Kingen knew would afford them shelter.
All their food was at this time exhausted.
KINGEN PLAYED OUT.
To show the extent OF Kingen's fatigue
it may be mentioned that it was at the
windmill that Kingen expected help, as
will be shown further on, and he had
only four miles to go. Alter the first
four miles of travel down the draw the
halts became very frequent and johnson
began to lose patience. He urged and
threatened. The unfortunate Kingen
YEARLY dragged himself along a quarter
OF a mile at a time to begin with. then
progressively less with each halt, until
hnally he announced hat he would 20 no
further. This was some time after mid
night Saturday morning. The point
was about a mile from the windmill and