The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-19

ish-looking fellow to be the same indi-
vidual on whom he had turned the
great iron key the night before. At
I the trial which began on the next day
and lasted four days, the witnesses,
who had positively identified Carey as
the man who murdered President Good
win, we're unable to Identify the prison
er. The case fell fat. A few from
Shreveport were present and testified
that Carey was in Shreveport in Feb
ruary, 1896, on the day the bank rob
berry occurred. Young Carey's father
lives near Shreveport, and close by lives
a young woman to whom Carey is en-
gagged to be married. It was largely
through her testimony that he was ac-
quilted. An alibi was established and
Carey was discharged.
He was arrested at once on a. warrant
from Van Zant county, Tex, on the
charge of burglary and was placed in
jail TO await the arrival of the Texas
officers He was not handcuffed. The
officers had learned that there was no
use in putting handouts on the pris-
oner
Carey is said to be the only criminal
in the United States who cannot be
! held with these instruments. He has
big, bony wrists and small, soft, fiex-
ible hands. A ,handcuff placed tightly
on his wrists can be slipped over his
hands as easily as one can remove a
ring from the finger. So Carey was
placed in manacles. Irons were placed
on each ankle and he was chained to
the cell floor.
During the night he broke both man
acles from his leg, wrenched a powerful
lock from his cell door, and was soon in
the outer corridor. The noise he made
aroused the jailer, who rushed in to see
what was going on. AS he entered the
corridor, Carey felled him to the floor
with a murderous blow over the head
with one of the broken manacles, took
the keys from him, unlocked the outer
door, and was soon in the Jail yard
with nothing between himself and free
dom but high rock wall. He was cap
tured by a. force of deputy sheriffs just
as he was scaling this wall. and was
again ironed, placed in a straight jack
ct, and heavily guarded, until he was
delivered to the Texas officers. II re-
quired seven men to transfer him to
Texas.
According to CaIey's own story. which
is fully corroborated, he is only % years
old and has been in Jail in % states.
Twenty times he has broken jail and
has knocked 80 men insensible in Jail
corridors. He has been tried on the
charges Of murder, bank robbery and
burglary, and has served but one term
in prison, having done 49, months time
/ in the Louisiana penitentiary He is a
muscular fellow, possessing an abnor-
NAL, viselike grip in his delicate-looi-
( ing hands. He is man Of moderate
education and is a good tallzer when
he is supposed to talk, but is usually
very quiet. During his recent trial he
| laughed a great deal and at no time
seemed to be concerned about the out
come. His villainous deeds committed
throughout western Texas in the last
three years are almost beyond belief.
He associated With a gang of cowboys
and is said to have completely terror
lied the people Of the parts & the state
| that he frequenteS. He would lead his
freebooters into the small towns and
capture everything in the place On
! leaving town he would shoot indiscrim-
inately into the crowds on the streets,
wounding and killing recklessly before
speeding away.
Like stories of Carey come from the
Indian Territory, where he held sway
for a year or two, and where he made
his headquarters at the time of his ar
rest. He is believed to have been
member of the Cook gang of train rob
hers which was recently broken up,
and the Garland county, Ark, officials