Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-22
NM balf-tones printed IN IN

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co,ps Of bloodhounds attached
. ~ ,Ne Utah state Prison pre-
" 10 take the trail OF an
p pa' convict with neat,
\ and dispatch, and lana
" "or' in a tree VITA due celer-
aars ave grown dogs-'hree
~, , l1s,, hounds and two Beagle
I'' wy ana then there are four pup
hounuS ,,.h were Christmas presents
PEI ~" of freddy" and TRAILER
lo' O u, ,he three thoroughbreds The
wv ., ,he latter Is lady dog named
u,'' va well trained animal Trailer
's' crescent from Warden Arney OF the
.,' a o. state prison at Boise and 1t Is a
very fine animal
o,,,aDounds proper are of the or
,,.1o, dun color. and the best there 49,
",,s me- BcagIes are white black ana
,go The pups are the genuine article
'" ,,y valuable. Up to Is months
'.' me prison had no regular sworn
anime attachment, except the or
"'nnory watchdogs which could catch
An. far better than escaping cohVicIs'
~, n'r v.peputy Z, S. Marshal II.
Franks had at the Territorial penl-
,s,,lary. several bloodhounds during
N. rordenshIps Of Arthur Pratt Van
\ ,..,op and Alfales Young under Ter
's..,.l Marshals Dyer and Brigham
i ,,n,ng period Of about three years
pm hey were taken away as certain
.e,als claimed that the cost Of their
\ t,spng exceeded the value Of their
\ services. Per contra Mr.. Franks says
\ a. oresence Of the dogs at the prison
n van, tbe conycts from trying to es-
II ,..a and the light Of events immedi-
n ,,.y subsequent to their withdrawal
q moved the truth Of what he claimed.
\ m, dogs aid good service several
X TINES IN tracking escaped convicts. ON
n ma occasion when two prisoners got
n away In the dead of winter the dogs
Il tracked them across Jordan to the
"A house Of one Denote, but as Denote
H thought me escapaders we're tramps,
4 he threw the officers off the scent, and
\ ,b.s was aided by the representations
4 Of a guard that the men wanted had
n zone south One Of them was after
"A wards found frozen 10 death in Davis
A county and the other escaped to the
4 north
N These dogs on another occasion,
IA tracked hre escaped conyicts over IN.
TO Summit county and while one did
Al eventually get away, the other two
were captured by the dogs after a most
exciting chase Of three days; and but
for The hounds all three men would
have escaped The hounds gave excel
I kn account Of themselves afterwards,
n h Wyoming, where they were sent,
A The urgent need Of dogs at the Utah
3 iule prison was made patent to War
t'n Dow in 1887 when Frank Hamil-
ION a breezy young convict, made his
escape and remained escaped for keeps,
lhl' enterprlsIng artist crawled into
NE ash box that was carted out every
morning and was thus conveyed to the
cump II was the cheerful custom
Of The guard in charge OF this perform
ahce 10 prod the ashes with a long
non rod for possible absenters, but
'ne trusty who attended to the func-
uon Tor this time was careful as to
'h're he prodded Hamilton's alb
'ence was noticed at dinner when he
lsDed 10 materiall2e at the feeding sta
uon His cap was then found on the
"n dump, tender "reminiscences OF
Nna' once was but then was not A
thorough and exhaustive investigation
v" Immediately on and the brush was
.e''en Ike cavalry beating the bush
!" mexican marauders down on the
D"uN But neither hide nor hair %
I' man was ever located, though 1t
!" SINCE been reported from Califor-
a' mat he died In that state War
wa DOW Is sure that had he had dogs
~~e 'lme' they would have run Ham
A'O0 down and caught him.