The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
NECRO'S DARINGLE.AP.
Jumps Through the Car Window of
Sandstone Local at Soule's
Siding Friday forming. II
He Gives the Officers an Exciting
- Chase and is Caught Saturday
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at Elk River.

''Dar's new coon in town. and he
came by the light OBJ de moon about
2 O'Clock last Saturday morning while
the town slept. He did not larry and
went on south toward Zimmerman.
This ebony-hued- visitor was William
Saunders, alias Andrew Machlin, who
left Sandstone on the Friday morning
train for Saltwater for safe keeping I'M
til the grand jury of Pine county met.
He had been arrested at Willow River
in Pine county for stealing horse and
had been given preliminary hearing
and had plead guilty to the charge.
Marshal Gum and a deputy of Sand
stone were in charge of the prisoner
who SO daringly and cleverly made his
escape from them. All went we'll until
after the train left Milaca when the
prisoner asked permission to 60 to the
closet, and the marshal released the
handouts from the negro and went
with him to the closet and allowed the
prisoner to 60 in and shut the door,
while Marshal Gum stood guard at
the door, which however was not the
only exit for the negro, as the window
seemed to look rather tempting to the
prisoner and he had no sooner taken a
look at the scenery than he proceeded
to put his head through the glass and
alight from the train head first, making
his exit near Soule's Siding. No sooner
was the big black frame Of the negro
puncturing the glass than the startled
marshal rushed in, but only in time to
see the negro disappearing from view.
His two big feet we're just clearing the
window when the marshal came in and
he attempted to hold one of them but
was obliged to let the prisoner 60.
The coon vanished and the train rolled
along at thirty miles an hour. The
alarm was given that there was man
overheard and the train was stopped
and was run back to where the negro
had made his escape. A farmer in
formed the marshal that he saw a coon
alight from the train and start away as
though he was going to "A Coontown
Picnic" Marshal Gum and his deputy
got a farmers rig and started in pur-
suit. When the train reached Prince
ton the alarm was given. A telephone
message was sent up town for Sheriff
Claggett, but he was in Milaca at the
time and he was notified at that place.
Marshal Newton and Deputy Sheriff
Tilley rugged up with guns and ammu-
milton of war and started off for the
chase for the coon. A Milaca posse
consisting of Sheriff Clagget, Marshal
Hanson and Finlay Campbell also
started on a hunt for the coon. who in
the meantime was making his way
southeast and was treking the Bogus
Brook country. At noon he came to a
farm house at section 16 where he had
his dinner, and at 1890 he stopped at
the farm of John Widewitsch and in
quired the way to Princeton. At3P.
he brought up at the farm of Mike
Bonowski and made further inquiries.
At in the evening he came to James
Chisholm's and asked for a glass of
milk, and at 1880 he was seen bv the
children of Fritz Kunkel of whom he
made inquiries. He went on south and
ten minutes after some of the officers
came along ia search of him but missed
him. AS night came on the search
was given up, and on Saturday morn
ing Harry English telephoned up from
Zimmerman that he had seen the negro
at II A. M. crossing field near town.
Marshal Gum and his posse started off
and at Zimmerman they got particu-
lars of the route of the escaping negro
and were close on his track. They
came upon him at o'clock at farm
house three miles and a half this side
of Elk River where the negro had
stopped to get something to eat. He
was out in the rear of the house rest
ing when the officers came upon him
and the played-out coon was willing to
return with them. He was badly Grip
pied in one of his legs and some of his
ribs were fractured as result of his
daring leap from the train. He was
brought back to Princeton and Marshal
Gum started back with his prisoner on
the evening train.
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