The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-22
CHARLEY GATLIFF
THE ESCAPED MURDERbh AT
MONTHS OF LIBERTY
Is IN JAIL.
He WAS Brought In On Last Night :
Train and Is Now Safely In
-Iail-He Has Had va
ried Experience.

'srhe readers of The Statesman VIII
.1ophtIess remember the wholesale jail
delivery of several months ago at the
Travis county Jail. They will also re-
ynember that upon that occasion Charle
Gatliff and his partner, Hammond, VINO
.ore under a life sentence for the murder
.,f Treasurer Dunn of the LlanO mines,
skinned with the gang. The pursuit OF
these two gentlemen was puShed Elsorrrc
ouSly from the very start Dy oheiitI
White. and he has never let up on II;
He was partially rewarded several
weeks after their escape by securing
Hammond up near Lano, put uatlIh
was too nimble and maze MS eSc"p'
safely. 5
Time rolled on, days, weeks ana
months skipped by as in dream, ana
rhe busy world had almost f0Tgotten
f;atlif and the Jail delivery Not so
with Sheriff White, however. Eyer
since the Sunday night Gatliit MADE ms us
escape the sole aim and Object OF oherill
White has been to- get him BACK again
He has been constantly in communication
-rith all narts of the United States and
wen with parts Of South America. lie
mas caused Gatliff's picture and descrlp-
zion To be posted from one end OF thls
country to the other. Not satlsned WIN
his he has constantly used the telegraph
wires TO remind his friends III other sec
.tions of the country that he wanted uul.
Tiff. Truth to tell, Sheriff Whlte 5 every
I liz bad Gailiff on the brain and his cap
f,,ro coon became n part of Sheriff
Whites very existence. He has said
y;,Ia hiring all This time save to his CO.
onerators and his trusted newspaper
friends, but he has nevertheless been
5hnsv His efforts have not been in vain,
howcyer, for last night when the south
lbeund international and Great Northern
rain rolled into the depot Sheriff White
.nnshed through the crowd and proudly
embraced Charlie Gatliff, the long lost
,or;soner Yes. it was Charlie and no
,m;stake as was evidenced by Charlie
h;mseIf NV Sheriff White and by Sheriff
sImnnineham of Mills county who stood
nuietly aside while Sheriff White and
charlie told each other how glad they
were at the reunion after so many weary
months of separation. Charlie was ia
Ken up to the county Jail Immediately
md consigned to cell on the second
door. A Statesman reporter was on
hand within few minutes after the ar
rival of the distinguished guest ana our
ing the course of a brief conversation
with Gatlilf learned something OF ms
experiences during his months of wan
.dpriuE Upon his escape ne ana 1lhHi-
mond struck out for the west through
the mountains along Barton Greek. On
tho third dny they separated, each strik-
ont for himself. "If l had the time"
said Gatlff. 81 could tell you a most in
seresting story, one that would in all
probability make your hair stand on
and but won't do it." Continuing he
stated that during his wanderings he
had been in both Old and New Mexico
and in Arizona. That he had had an eX-
tremely hard time of it taking every
hing into consideration, and that he
was really glad that he was back in
iail and relieved of all the oppression at
Sendant upon being a hunted man. He
added that he gave himself up to the
sheriff at Goldthwaite, Texas, but this
assertion is not corroborated by Sheriff
White who says that his real motive in
hank n EoluthWnitp WAS TO get
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