The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-11-19
JUMPED FROM TRAN
DOC SKELETONS EscApr
OFFICERS OF THE Law 'A0'
With Irons on Hands and r.
Lsaped from Window ~ sandt
peared-Woman Would Ma. .'ap
In Recapture. " ASST

About fifteen years ago" s,,a =
Harriott, II was gobbled in au ,u +
a deputy sheriff to help rearras, u'ade
who had robbed the Deadwood nsl
killed the driver and one ~ ~ s'ase
sengers. "e pas
Il was out with my theatrical :.
pany at the time, and we had iu.. '0a
ceeded in loading our bargaaa QUO
Omaha, when l saw coming ,o.
me on the platform a motley o,
In the lead was a man with hans s.Oav
behind him the sheriff and an aus,a
looking clerical gentleman, md h.'a
ing up the rear a man in rod st,
high top boots and a SLOUGH hot ,.
ing two bloodhounds. Nv cu,,o saD
was excited and after we had tsh.
our places in the passenger co.oh
sought out the man with the doc.
learned from him that the man linda,
arrest was the notorious Doc Sbel,os
who, about six weeks before had ,os
bed the Deadwood coach killed "A,
driver and one Of the passengers sns
made off with the contents of a.
Wells-Fargo box which contained n'
treasure
1T seems that in making his esc,,.
Shelton had left fragment Of bh
coat. which had caught on mai, !,
the stable where he changed his ho,ss
and. with the aid of the bloodho,nd
the sheriff and the man in the rod
shirt had trailed him through ths
county to Jasper, Ia, where he b.i
taken refuge in the home Of his fatha,
who was minister. The sheriff wa,
taking Shelton back to Cbevenns
where he expected to meet his fate
While We were iourneying throush
Nebraska, a nice-appearing lady ask
ed and obtained of the sheriff permis
sion to talk with the prisoner.
In the course of their conyersatiO,
as she related it afterward Shelton
related to her that the cause of hi,
straying from the path of rectitud.
was the loss of his mother, who had
passed away to her reward. That hi,
father was one of those austere. over
bearing men who found fault with hi,
every act, and followed it up when Ne
was a boy by administering severe
punishment. He said that his mother
made intercessions for him, and that
when she died his home was no Longer
endurable. and he had left it to be.
come an outlaw. His only 10y. be
declared. came from the thought that
he would soon be with her in heaven
Shelton did not look like the des.
perate character that he was. He was
most amiable, good talker and an
entertaining person. The train stop
per for dinner Shelton was hand
cutfed and his feet were ironed and
the woman went out to her dinner
When the train started up again the
prisoner asked for permission to go to
the toilet room, which was granted
We were running at the rate OF about
twenty miles an hour at the time
stood talking with the sheriff, near the
door, and after lapse of about fifteen
minutes the sheriff called on Shelton
to come out There was no response
and after waiting a few minutes
longer the door was forced and the
place was found to be empty He had
made his escape through the window,
Notwithstanding he had the irons on
his legs and wrists.
THE train was stopped. | with sew
eral others were made deputies. and
the bloodhounds were brought out
There was call for something be-
longing to the prisoner, and with this
the lady hurriedly left her seat, open
ed her valise and placed something in
the bottom Of it. The prisoner had
taken all his belongings with him and
there was nothing with which to start
the dogs on the scent. After looking
about for about an hour an order came
for the train to go on, and | jumped
aboard.
When got to San Francisco !
learned that the lady who had held
the conversation with Shelton had OBJ
tanned his pockethandkerchief, and
when the call was made for something
belonging to him she hastily placed
In the bottom of her valise, for fear
II would be discovered and made use
OF to put the bloodhounds on the tran
and lead to his being captured
That was the last ever heard Of
Doc Shelton. He never was brougn'
TO justice. In fact, he seemed to drop
off the earth" -Milwaukee Sentinel