The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-25
CAME INTO TOWN
TO GET SHAVED
Convict Woods Took Chances
and Lost His Liberty.
ROPE WAITING AT FOLSOM
MURPHY TALKED OF THE TRIP
THROUGH NEVADA.

u EMO. New, Aug pa. W. Woods.
one of the escaped convicts from
Folsom on July p, was arrested
this morning by Constable Wilson and
Officer Leeper while being shaved in a
barber shop.
Constable Wilson was standing on
Second street at II O'Clock this mOen-
ing when he noticed a man answering
the description Of Woods come around
a corner from Center street and enter
the barber shop. Wilson crossed Ch@
street and started to enter the shJp,
but seeing an ugly looking revolver IN
the mans belt decided TO get help.
The officers entered the shop, covered
Woods with revolvers and put the
haudcuffs on him while he sat in the
chair. Woods offered no resistance. as
both the officers are very determined
looking men with 2 nerve eC-al to his
own. After the bandcJffs were ad-
justed the shave was completed and
Woods was taken to the. Jail and
turned over to Sheriff Hayes. who gave
a receipt for him.
Prisoner Talked Freely.
Woods talked freely on the way to
Jail. He said:
II knew YOU were an officer speak
ing to Wilson. "the minute YOU looked
in the door, but I had started to get
shaved and there was no use 10 stop
as Il would have declared who was.
After being put I'm cell he said:
don't want 10 talk with anyone.
lave nothing to say"
You certainly can have no objec-
ton To telling where you left Miller
or when you came to RenO2' queried
the Associated Press reporter.
mo, not particularly. / left Miller
shortly after we made our escape from
Folsom. and have not seen him since
/ came TO Truckee Saturday night and
was there about twenty hours. I came
TO Reno on a freight train last night
and was i'm town when Murphy was
captured. but Miller was not. Don't
know the route 7 took to reach Truckee
as 7 am a stranger"
You look like you had had plepty to
cat and had not a very hard time,
suggested the reporter.
ooh. ] have lived all right but the
grub here is pretty bum" said he.
Wanted to See Murphy.
He asked Deputy Sheriff Maxwell to
let Murphy occupy the same cell with
him. For" he said, you should treat
me well as long as 1 live ] know that
hanging awaits me. and il cannot pos
sibly do any harm 10 let me see Muir
ply"
How came you to go into barber
shop this morning." inquired the re-
Porter.
well. I left az though I wanted
shave. and went in and took it. That's
al J care to say now" said Woods.
and his bright and cold gray eve sought
the floor, IS il he had said too much
already.
Joseph Murphy was comfortable
seated in. his cell In the county Jail
this morning when a reporter entered
TO talk with him. He said:
Murphy's Story.
81 am tired out from a hard trip AMI
came to town to rest up, I knew it
was foolish. but we decided TO take the
chance. I put my gun inside of my
Cveralls before 1 came upon the street
to get out of sight Sheriff Maxwell
took an awful chance. as L tried to get
my gun. but he was too quick for me
and too strong when he took hold OF
me. I was taking no chances and
would have certainly killed him If he
i had been a moment slower.
When Sharkey fired I thought Vii
Ter was killed. You all know that Mil
Ter has been with me. / met him at
Lake Tahoe. When Maxwell opened
up ] thought at first he was shooting
at me, and told him then he was a bad
shot. But I think his second bullet
hit Miller I have had hard trip all
the way through The first week out
] only had one meal and the food has
been scarce all the time. I quit tn"
gang three weeks ago and struck cut
alone. It was hard travelling and
was glad when I met Miller at Lake
Tahoe. We came to Carson together
last Saturday and spent the day thee.
We drank at the bar and were with the
officers OF the town.
Officers We're Easy.
ct remember one fat fellow. deputy
constable. who was pointed out TO me
in a saloon. one officer talked with US
and he must have Dcen on as We
couldn't disg Iise ourselves. We got 10
Ophir Sunday morning and from there
kept going 10 Steamboat We took the
train there and rode one stop. to Huff
takers. and IS we We're getting into
town we left the train. Craig has
crossed our path several times and L
was tempted to kill him once. but was
afraid he was an innocent man looking
for work. so did not shoot. He met us
ut Steamboat and would have got US
had Il not been that the train and an
cmbankment protected us
1T is all up with me now, guess.
did not do this to get notoriety, but ]
wanted 10 get away from Folsom. I
want to give you my correct age. I
am "a years old and came from Phila-
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