The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-15
Will Seek the COnviCts With
BlOOdhounds No Longer
lie is at Home
MAN-HUNTERS ARE COWARDS
With Assistance He Says He
Could Have Captured Five
Convicts

CARSON, New, Aug. 13.-Offeer C.
P. Ferrel of Reno, who has been on
the trail of the escaped Folsom pris-
oners for the last two weeks with the
bloodhounds from the Nevada peniten-
Ciary, arrived in this city late this
afternoon on the stage from Wood
lords, ,swhere he spent Wednesday wait
lng for assistance from other posses
and he packed the bloodhounds into
the stage coach and came into this
city, where he left the hounds at the
penitentiary.
Ferrel is worn out with the chase.
but has had the satisfaction of locat-
Ig the five escapes and yesterday was
within forty mirutes of a place they
mad robbed. Ferrel came from Kirk
woods alone and was without assist
Ince. He had to chain the blood
hounds to himself to preent them TAX
ng up the trail and dragging him into
The very midst of the desperate men.
In speaking of the late developments
Ferrel said:
Il know where the escapes are, or
at least five of them. They are be-
Dween Round Top and Hope Valley. l
was within forty minutes Of them
Wednesday and if the California posse
lad not deserted when wanted the
men could easily have been captured
When we got to Kirkwoods the Cali
fornia posse left me. They had enough
Of the country and from that point on
the roads were such that the posses
could not ride.
They never left the road and cook
ed and slept in the road. The dogs
carried me through the brush and
were hot on the trail and had the
posses stayed with the animals there
is no question that the men would
have been run to cover. After leaving
the posse l took the trail that the
hounds followed. They carried me
past Kirkwood and when there
two Of the original posse and myself
found a campfire left by the conTicts
thai was still smoking and the hounds
were fairly wild to follow. here the
two men deserted me and i came OF
alone.
When I arrived at RufaeI S. a
place between Round Top Mountain
end Hope valley yesterday l fIunG
the family terrified insGe the house
with most of their clothes taken. The
lhouse had been cleaned cut OF gran
of every description. The people told
me that the eonvicts had left forty
lninutes ahead of me. They told the
Ruffners that the posse had been with
in shooting range on a number Of oc-
Icaslons. They said that the day they
were at Kirkwoods and l was ahead
tAey had bead on me and only re-
TRAINED from firing when the rest Of
the posse came in sight. In speaking
OF the hardships the convicts COM
planned to the Ruffners that the
hounds had caused them most OF the
worry, as they had kept them NOV
ing most OF the time. They also com
r'. ,:ped OF being exceedingly tired ana
leXhausted.
lone of the men was almost shoe
less and had a piece of rope wound
round his shoe 80 keep his foot from
injury on the rocks. The men that
dld the robbing at the Ruffner place
are Heron, Woods, Murphy. raLey
land Eldridge, ard as Fahey knows
the country u, is probably the sue
cessfrl pilot that carried them '.rnigh
the wilderness. AS near as I can low
locate the men would be in Upper
Hope valley or aear Round Top With
all kinds OF hiding places. AS soon
as located the men came to Wood
fords where l telephoned to Marklee-
vile and the surrounding country for
help. AS no one came TO my aid and
it was a useless fight alone l conclud-
cd to come home with the dogs. l
am going back to Reno on this train
and if California wants the dogs or
my services in the future she will
have to furnish men that will stay
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