Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-28

Two Of the uonvicis. who escaped
from Folsom prison in California. and
have been the terror Of isolated places
Tor some weeks, spent Saturday after
noon III this city, took dirner at res.
iaurant, nmd Tor three hours or more sar
! upon bench 'n Main rect and were
seen h! hundreds = no rl ssed along the
walk.
Saturday ahnut noon the two men ar
rived in this city and ,oun scraprd up
nn acquaintance with wild Bill" of this
city who prOf'sscs in bc mn cX train
robber Of Arizona. They sat upnn the
bench i'll frout of Tndd's enlonn for some
hours. and took dinner at AuGcrsun's :
restaurant. Finally II citizen, one Nc
Donald, called az tho shcritT's u,lirc and
gave il us his opinion that they were the
tw" convicts wanted. from the photo.
graphs, and he felt sure that nnr Of
them was Murphy. and tie other, Mil
Ter. The officers wat tched them care
fully Tor some time, but the men appear
eel tu court investigation rather than
avoid IT, 10y remaining on the main
thoroughfnrr. Finally Deputy Sheriff
kn0hlock examined the one supposed
to be Murphy, md found that to some
extent he seeEIcd tO tally with the de-
scription sent out by by the California
authorities. but the man in this city had
large blue star taitOoed on his right
hand, whIic according to ndviccs from
Folsom, the real Murphy had no such
marks. Tins seemed to be conclusive
proof that the man WIS not Murphy and
the men left this city about four o'clock
in the afternoon without being modest.
ed. They took the road toward Reno
Yesterday morning one Craig came in
from the Valley with additional and
somewhat startling infOr nation. The
News The other day gave an account Of
a man who was Oh Woods trail for
vengeance. wood having killed his bro.
'hcr III the Philippines. That MIN was
Craig, and he arrived in this city on
bicycle. coLiidcpt TINT he was but Il
few hours behind his men. lie brought
the information that two men had been
working on Carson Valley ranches for
week, who were b, licved to be Murphy
and Miller. One Of them worked fOI
Drrsslcr II few days and then wOrI ed for
Senator Martin two days, rs did his
partner. They had sold two rifles To
Indians at the latter place, one Il VIM
al a II.
binc. Thoy received s5 and 81 30 for
the weapons which WIS Il suspiciously
low figure. Mr.. KnohlOck telegraphed
n description OF the guns together with
their numbers to Folsom prison and
after several hours received merely the
laconic reply: "Both rifcs belong here"
but nothing more showing that the Cal
itOrEia people took any further interest
in the affair. Craig took to lns bicycle
and was soon again on the trail, and
Knoblock Immediately tclcphoned to
the sEcriiT'H Office in Reno, TINT Muir.
ply and Miller were trying to make TINT
town. The shcriiT's office replied tha:
they had been on wiidgoose chases
enough md would have to pHss this ono
up. Knohlock then begged them to
notify officer Ferrcl, but they did not
know where Ferret wns. rnd SO mn ut
tempt was made to leave word Tor him
nj several places III Reno.
Just before noon today in response 10
n telegram Mr.. Knoblock received from
Warden Wilkcrson Il statement TINT
Murphy indeed ind u 20-roiDt star on
his right hand. II was II serions
omission in the description sent out hy
tl" warden. ns both mon could have
been captured in this city without, oven
n struggle.
After leaving this city Saturday after.
noon Murphy aud Miller kept 10 the
rond 20 Reno and Mt G:3O ycetcriay
morning had breakfast at Ophir, where
they were again recognized us having M
unfortunate resemblance to the men
wanted, When making the station Oi
Stcambnai, they bonrdcd the picnic
! train returning from ilowcrs' Mansion.
and Mr. CrPig on Ina wheel got there
| Just in time to acc them get away from,
him. lie immediately notified the
Wnsloc county officers by phone, how.
| ever mud sct or after the ,fnin, resolved
to he IN at the finish.
Tho couvicis left the train nt lIuT
uhcrr. icw miles this mdc ~ Reno. md
took the road short diHinncc toward
Virginia city, hut changed their minds
aud rctraccd their steps toward Reno.
Aftcr the repeated warnings, the Reno
officers wcrc on the nlcrl aud were
guarding the two bridges leading over
the river. Ahout II o'clock last night
n Jnrty Of deputy ehcrilTs eaw two mor
coming over the bridge, ono about TWEEN
ty foot behind the other. 1'hoy capiur
! cd ono ut the othor mndo n run for il