Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-04-26
ROllER GA URfD !.
grit T Tanner Rounds I sUp the fs-
capped Prisoner.

[pIg burtrum, lastSaturday afternoon
about three 8 clock The prisoner
I, ||!Nas brought to this city Saturday
|lnnii night and aiken to Sc. Cloud Sum
EEday, & =5..3 . ...:.
[ Roller had an awful experience.
For nearly q week he walked throog
eFamps and#marshes, footsore and
almost |lll starved, in snowy and rainy
Reather, and exhibited endurance
nth which would have been more
creditable to him in another cause.
Roller ie not all the desperate in nap-
[pearance, and bis mild looks rather
surprised those who expected to see
~ murderous looking person.
81 The Monday after escap ping Roller
saw, while lying in the brush, Sheriff
ESchilplin cross the river OF Smart's
terry in Benton county. He slept il
EDan Fosters barn, near Royalton,
Tuesday and Tuesday night, and
Wednesday morning traded off q
lack knife to #the farmer for q cap
|and ehoes. That day he got as far
Las the Dobie farm near this city and
[stayed around, the cemetery till
might. Then he crossed the upper
wagon bridge, where Pine Tree
Ewatchman sized him up, but he got
across and went into the engine
room Of the mill. where he rested and
dried his clothing. BE didn't catch
the freight train, but got the west
bound passenger. Roller \ claims
that he passed between Officers
Morrison and Roble, and said good
evening to them. Sheriff schilplin
and ex-cLief Of Policd Osgood were
on the train. At Cushing the train
men recognized Roller. but he ran
away The officers, hearing the noise,
ran out but Roller had got under 9
box car on the siding and they took
Ehimsfor a tramp. When they began
speaking to him, he ran away They
inset SHish hed q
question him, and did not think 5iit
was Roller The officers went up
the track some distance and saw q
man standing on the draw bars Of a
passing freight train. They went
back and found Rollers &overcoat,
proving that he had been there.
They went on west Thursday after
noon and while going from Winni-
peg Junction to Detroit on Friday
received a telegram saving Roller
was south Of Gushing. They started
back, got on the trail and were not
far behind when Sheriff Tanner got
the man.. e.. =.ss e@.5 s..' =
After Rollers close call at Cushing
he got into swamp. and had q bad
time getting through. He Gays he
talked to the marshall a, Randall
Thursday. Thursday night he
stayed at Mr.. Bentler's place. and
Friday night at. Simon Bedean:a.
where he shaved the farmer and 'ut
offhis own musuasche. The farmer =
paired his shoe for him. Saturday
he was nearly played out wLen q q
caught. z q. y. E... :s...5:= -..ss .=
Sheriff Tanner had been on ';e
trail since Friday night accompanied
by Mat Parks, and later by Deputy
Sheriff Clarence Stith of Swanvilie.
Roller had bsen located pretty we'll
and the officers knew he wasn't +. lar
from the track. The officers ran up
the track on . hand car, but saw
not hing, and then. revolver il hand
they began to search the brush. A
|grayish msss was noticed. It was
Roller crouching on his face. As
Tanner and zStith came closer and
compared nott ssas to the descrip iption
Roller yelled Don't shoot. !" He
vas ordered to throw up his hands,
but said he couldn' I, and that De
Ecouldn't stand He was lifted up
and hand dcufed and taken to Swan
su; ;Ilo /, hove Sheriff s9nhilnlir1 and Mr.