Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-05
SHARP'S RETURN.
Landed IN his Cell After Four
Years. Absence.

III OF Tehama county, California,
landed at the depot with Milton
Sharp, the stage robber, who escaped
from the Nevada Penitentiary about
four years ago.
A large crowd was at the train to
see the noted convict. He looked
cool and unconcerned and climbed
| into the prison wagon along side Dep
uty Warden Brown. Ee was not
hancuffed, as he had given his word
to the Warden that he would make
no attempt to escape, aud Sharps
word was always good. He was
| leg-ironed, however, and in about
| half an hour was back in his old
quarters at the prison. His arrival
| created considerable excitement, as
he was regarded by the inmates as
the king of the convicts; a sort of big
| fish in the puddle.
Besides he had made a successful
escape and had been away nearly
four years.
He nodded to those with whom he
was acquainted, and took his lunch.
He accepts with quiet resignation
characteristic of him, the fact that by
reason of his break he loses his cred
it's and will be prosecuted for his
escape; for it is a crime to break out
as well as into a building IN this
State. He has over eleven years to
serve before he will have completed
his sentence.
HIS CAPTURE.
Sheriff Bogard tells this of his
capture:
"Not long ago | was hunting
horse thief and met Sharp on the
road. He was riding in wagon and
heavily armed. He answered 20 the
pictures and descriptions [ had of
him, and | concluded he was Sharp,
DGl sui Il w as llOL SSI Idliis
Next day | found a man named
Randall, an ex-con., who knew
Sharp, and said he could identify
him. We found him next day in a
shoemakers shop. He came in town
with an old hunter named Turkey
Tom,' to whom he paid So for ride.
They got off the wagon, and Sharp
had unstrapped brace of six-shoot-
ers in his belt and left them in the
wagon, throwing a guunv sack over
them, When / arrested him in the
shoemaker shop as Sharp the stage
robber, he merely turned to the
shoemaker to whom he had given the
order, and said: You needn't mind
about those shoes; l won't need
EN- felt sure that l had my man,
and not long after he admitted it.
che hired some lawyers to make
habeas corpus fight but it was no use.
We found $3.50 in a sack in the
wagon. OF course there were plenty
of lawyers ready to stand in when
they heard of this. He said TO me
after the arrest: IF l had been with
my guns you would have had to kill
me to have got me, l guess it was a
good thing that he had no gun. for l
hear that he will fight at the drop"
THE REWARD.
There was a reward of $3.50 offered
for him four years ago, but it lapsed.
When the report came that he was
captured the Governor telegraphed
that the State would pay $3.50 for
him delivered in Carson and Bogard
will get this.
The $3.50 found on him will be
placed to his credit at the Prison for
him to use if he needs it. When he
left there was $3.50 to his credit and
this has been in the hands of the
state ever since.
Three days before his capture the
Governor called the Attorney Gen
erals attention to the fact that it
was there and the question of having
II escheat to the State was discussed,
Soon after came the news of his cap
ture.
Warden Bell says Sharp is the
most tractable of all his prisoners,
and well disposed man in every
respect. He kept the hooilum ele-
ment in the Prison in check and
was always giving the young men
good advice and warming them
against law breaking of all kinds
Sharp said he had intended to lead
a new life and settle down to honest