The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-25
CONvICTS
HAVE BEEN
IN CARSON
Spent Saturday in Resting
Up in Capital City-They
We're "SpOtted"
NOT "CALLEO" AT THAT TIME
Evidently Did Not T y to Keep
Their Identity From Being
Known

Two of the convicts, who escaped
fromFolsom prison in California, and
have been the terror of isolated places
fer some weeks, spent Sunday after
noon in this city, took dinner at
restaurant. and for three hours or
more sat upon a bench on Me in street
and were seen by hundreds who pass
cd along the walk, says yesterdays
Carson News.
Saturday about noon the two men
arrived in this city and soor scraped
UP an acquaintance with wild Bill
OF this city, who processes to be an
eX-train robber of Arizona. They sal
upon the bench in front of Todd's sa
loon for some hours, and took dinner
at Anderson's restaurant. Finally a
citizen, one Mcdonald, called at the
sheriff's Office and gave it as his opin-
wanted, fiom the photog raphs, and he
felt sure that one of them was Murphy
and the other Miller. The officers
wotched them carefully Cor some time,
but the men appeared to court inves-
tigation rather than avoid it, by re-
r4aining on the main thoroughfare.
rILai.y Deputy Sheriff Knoblock ex-
amined the one supposed to be Muir
pay, and found that to some extent
ut seemed to tally with the descrip-
tion sent out by the California auth
olities. but the man in this city had
a large blue star tatooed on his right
nand, while according to advices from
ro.son, the real Murphy had no such
LA KS. inns seemed 10 be conclusive
proof tat the man was not Murphy
aAu tne mel left this city about
U-ooK Ii the afternoon without being
luo.ested. They took the road towai d
Reno.
Aes1erLay morning one Craig came
in from the val4ey with additional
and Somewhat startling information.
lie "a. son >ews the otner day gave
al account of a man who was on
SoAvi.t Woods' trail for Vengeance,
'. .oous naving killed his brother in
tie Philippines. that man Was Craig
AID lie arrived in this city on BIZ
cyc.e, confident that he was but lew
Loins beuiad his men. He brought
the Information that tie two men mad
beea wo. king ON Carson Valley
ranches for a week, who were believed
u De .4ulpny and Miller One of tham
worked for Dressler a few days anu
then worked for Senator Martin two
days, as did his partner. They had
sold two rifles to Indians at the alter
place, one a Winchester, and the 9TH
er a Winchester carbine. They re-
ceivea So and $3.50 for the weapons,
which was a suspiciously low figure.
Mr. knob.o.k telegraphed a descrip-
tion of the guns, together with the
numbers of each to Folsom prison,
and after several hours received mere
ly the laconic reply; Both rifles be-
long here" but nothing more showing
that the California people took any
further interest in the affair Craig
took to his bicycle and was soon
again ON the trail. and Knoblock i'm
mediately te.egraphed to the sherilf's s
Office in Reno. that Murphy and Mil
Ter were trying to make that town.
The sheriff's Office replied that they
had been on wild goose chases enough
and would have to pass this one up.
knoblock then begged them to notify
Officer Ferrel. but they did not know
where Ferrel was and so an attempt
was made to leave word for him at
several places in Reno.
Just before noon to day in response
to telegram Mr.. Knoblock received
from Warden Wilkerson a statement
that Murphy indeed did have a 20
point star on his right hand. 1t was
a serious commission in the description
sent out by the warden, as both men
could have been captured in this city
without even struggle.
After leaving this city Saturday af-
ternoon Murphy and Miller kept to
the road to Reno and at $50 yester-
day morning. had breakfast at Ophir
where they were agin recognized as
having an unfortunate resemblance to
the men wanted. When making tie
station of Steamboat, they boarded
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