The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-16
cARRoLL's SHERIFF a SLAYER.
His Prisoner Jumps From flowing Train
and Mr.. Sheriff Jumps Too

His Prisoner Jumps From flowing Train
aud Mr.. Sheriff Jumps Too.
Hearld-Y esterday's Cedar Rapids
Republican started a column article by
saying:
George S. Nestle, the Sheriff of
Carroll county, is hero in the eyes of
the Cedar Rapids police force, and if
the people Of Carroll and Carroll county
do not give him reception when he ar
rives home, they need never seek any
Rapids when they come to this city.
Mr.. Nestle showed pluck and determina-
ton, and faced dangers Monday after
noon that few men would, and succeed
ed in recapturing one of the worst Grim
inals that ever infested Iowa.
1t seems that the innocent looking
Mcdonald who stole the goods from q
car at Glidden and sentenced to six
months in the penitentiary on the plea
of guilty was in fact one of the worst
crooks of the state. Sheriff Nestle left
with his man for the Anamosa penlten.
tary Oh the Colorado Special Monday
forenoon. The boy like fellow seemed
all submissveness and the sheriff did
the train pulled out of Belle Plaine
when Mcdonald asked permission to
go tic the water closet. and the same
was granted. But Sheriff Nestle went
back with him but did not go in. AS
soon as the prisoner was inside he lock-
ed the door which act did not escape
the vigilant sheriff. He was on the
rear Car and went to the back door to
await developments. Only an instant
after he saw his man tumbling off at
the side while the train pounded along
at rapid rate. Nothing was left the
sheriff, it he captured his man, but to
slide OF from the rear, for the side rail
was not accessible on account of the
door to the vestibule. So off he threw
himself and minute later was rolling
along the ballast as if shot out OF gun.
He gathered himself together as soon
as ne could, but too late to see his t1av-
cling companion. The fellow was clear
out of sight George was not sure which
way to go. But he started back toward
town as fast as his legs could carry him
and he is some what of a sprnter him
self. He asked a farmer ne l. bv if he
had seen the man who escaped from
. the train. but the farmer thought he
and the prisoner were pair of festive
tramps and refused to take any hand
in the sport. But soon Nestle located
his man outside thu right of way, hid
ing behind telegraph pole and some
thing else, motioning to the farmer not
to give him away. But George leveled
his gun on the object of his search and
commanded immediate surrender.
He srasped his man and soon had him
!. on his way down the track for town.
. Arriving there he showed him into the
g city Jail, where after SONS search for
It the marshall he secured a pair OF hand
4 cuffs and placed him in cell. There
! he waited till No. 8 came along in the
evening, when he resumed his journey
to Cedar Rapids. He was expected
there by the police who had heard of
the escape and recapture. And the in
teresting part OF it was, that the police
at once recognized .'sMcDonad" as
Freddy Graves, a noted crook who
; had escaped from the Jail in that city
I; less than month ago. They told
sheriff Nestle that he had been dealing
with one of the worst crooks in the
/; state and congratulated him on the
; pluck and courage he SHOW ed in jump
irg from the train and coming back
,, with his prisoner, especially such not
ed character. The sheriff. the Repub-
lican said. was one of the worst torn
,, up men seen in the Rapids for many a
j day. He looked as though he had been
run through a threshing machine, and
!; it took some time to get himself sewed
!; together and patched up so that he
= could be of any use to ANYBODY. He is
spoken of as one of the gamiest little
men ever seen in Cedar Rapids.
Yesterday he departed for Anamosa
with the man and got him safely landed
within the walls of the pen. AS soon
. as he serves out his sentence imposed
by Judge Elwood he will he re arrested
\ and brought to trial for grand larceny
for which he was incarcerated when he
made his escape month ago.