The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26
The Outlaw Is Found Engaged
on the Top Of a Stack
of Hay.
YIELDS WITHOUT A STRUGGLE
He Describes His Escape From Blood
hounds by the Use of Cayenne
Pepper.

RED BLUFF, CAL, June 25.-Sheriff A.
Bogard of Tehama County to-day cap
tured W. A. Laverone, the notorious
young outlay, who some months ago broke
jail at MADEIRA.
About a week ago the Sheriff had an
intim mation that the fugitive was In Tehama
County, and he has been on the alert since
then to locate him. He wrote to Sheriff
Westfall os MADEIRA several days ago. max
ing inquiries, but had received no answer.
He wired for an immediate answer this
morning. and received in reply full de-
scription of Laverone. Sheriff Bogard had
suspected certain person, and when this
description was received he at once went
to the ranch of Frank Miller, about two
miles south of Corning. There he found
the man he supposed to be Laverone. The
fellow was at work on the top of a hay
stack. The laborer was told ITO come
down from the top of the stack.
On reaching the ground he was at once
placed under arrest. He cheerfully COM
piled with request of the Sheriff that he
should bare his arm, and with the assist
ance of ]. ]. Donovan his shirt was re-
moved and vaccine marks were discov-
cred. He then admitted that he was the
man wanted, and became very taIkative.
Laverone gave a full account of his
escape; how he sawed off the bars of the
MADEIRA jail, and the details OF his travels
since then. He said he had caseknife in
his cell and procured file, but he would
not say where the file came from. The
knife was converted into a file, and the
work was then easily done. He and his
partner, Roberts, got horse and cart as
soon as they got out of jail, Laverone get.
ting the cart and Roberts remaining to
see that the jailer did not awaken until
Laverone's return. They drove about
eleven miles, when the cart broke down.
They then went up on to the mountains
east of MADEIRA, where they got something
to eat at sheep camp.
At this point the bloodhounds were
placed on their trail. To throw the
hounds off the scent they sprinkled cay
enne pepper over their shoes, and the re-
suit was all they could have hoped for.
The next day they were so close to the
hounds that they could watch them, but
they felt safe, as the hounds would not
follow the trail. They went to small
town on the railroad, where they stayed
for four days, sleeping in a barn. Then
they boarded boxcar and went northward
for some distance, when he and Roberts
separated.
Laverone went to the town of Tehama
and secured work at the sheep ranch of E.
H. Ward. Next he went to John Rob-
bins ranch, where he worked for a time.
He came to Red Bluff, but soon departed
for the country. Then he went to his
uncle, a rancher near Thomes Creek,
northwest of Corning. After staying
there short time, he went to Miller's,
where he was captured.
Laverone refuses to give any informs-
ton regarding Roberts whereab bouts, al
though Sheriff Bogard has closely ques-
toned him.
Tehama County has a Sheriff who never
tires when on the chase. In many re-
spects he resembles his brother, J. J..
Bogard, the Sheriff who WAS killed by
Jack" Brady at the time of the Wheat
land train robbery.