The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-08-17
Sheriff's Office Gets Word
That Fugitive Has Not
Departed.
SEARCH IS STILL ON
Much Speculation as to
What Quinn Will Do
When He Returns.

Rodgers was seen in town last night"
This statement was made in the sher-
IFS office today by Under Sheriff Nc
Garvey, and it referred to Pat Rodgers,
one of the three former prisoners who are
so energctically and vigilantly sought by
the sherff's officers, the regular deputies
and special deputies.
Felker was not seen in town last night
by anybody who has taken the trouble to
report the fact. That he was in town and
was seen by more discreet people who
did not mention the fact is not for an in
slant doubted in many quarters.
Albert Ginsberg Talks.
Albert Ginsberg, who offered to return
Felker to Jail, insists that Felker would be
in Jail now if his offer had been accepted
by the under sheriff.
The under sheriff says there was moth
ing in Ginsberg's talk, and that there will
be no attention paid to the latter's offer.
No other cews had been found by the
officials this morning. The search is still
going on, and every clew is followed with
tenacity.
Nothing has been heard lately about
the plan to search the hills north Of here
with bloodhounds from the state prison,
Lennox the third unrecaptured man, and
it is understood the idea has been aban-
doned.
The 5000 reward for each OF the fugi-
tivcs still stands.
Concerning Sheriff Quinn.
Where is Sheriff Quinn?
Does he know what is happening at the
county Jail during his absence?
When is he coming back?
These are questions that have been
asked by number of persons lately. The
recent jailbreak and the death of Frank
Ortoff, one Of the escapes who was recap
tured will, it is believed, interest him ex-
ceedingly, and they may be the means of
Fastening his return home.
Quinn is on the ocean. That is the
news given out at the sheriff's Office con-
cerning him. He is on the ocean, bound
for Nome, where there was a man wanted
here on a charge of embezzlement at the
time he set out from Butte.
"When will the sheriff be back?" was
asked of Under Sheriff McGarvey this
morning.
Il don't know" was the reply "He is
on the ocean; on his way to Nome
No Word Received.
ton had been had with Quinn by the men
in his Office concerning the jailbreak and
the highwayman's demise, although let
tiers had been received from the sheriff
on other subjects, letters written prior
to the events named.
When Sheriff Quinn left Butte the pro-
gram was that he would be gone perhaps
as days, but it was thought the time might
be extended to two months by the cxigen-
cies of the trip he was TO take. He left
here about two or three weeks ago. and
therefore il will be some time before he
will return.
Rodgers Writes Letter.
The Inter Mountain is in receipt Of
letter from Pat Rodgers, one of the es-
capped prisoners, in which he says he wishes
to meet City Detective Jerry Murphy face
TO face. Detective Murphy said today that
il Rodgers or his friends would fix place
of meeting he would go out and bring in
the jalbreaker
Suicide Verdict Is Returned.
The Ortoff inquest was held Saturday
night at Sherman & Reeds undertaking
rooms. The jury returned verdict of
suicide
Under Sheriff McGarvey, Deputy Wy
man, the three jailers, Harrington, Baldi-
sero and Dolan and Louis Gosslin, pris-
oner, were the witnesses.
Coroner Egan asked each of these If he
had ever seen the prisoner abused. None
had.
The jury was closeted about five min
utes when verdict that the deceased had
hanged himself Friday August "a, was
brought in.
Public to Select.
Coroner Egan requests the public to Sc
lect two doctors to hold an autopsy on
the body OF the late Frank Ortoif this
evening