The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06


forgery, for escaping from the police,
for horsestsaling, and was suspect
led Of the murder of Belt, yet he d
the nerve to go within a few rods of
the Northwest mounted police bar
racks
| He finally came west in the di-
rectiun of British Columbia. At
the Anthracite, on the Canadian
Pacific railway, he attempted TO sell
a diamond ring which be had stolen
from the G. P. R. sec ion7 foreman
ct Kananaskis. He was arrested
and taken back to Calgara. H,
was tried on the two ch rges of
horse.tsaling and robbery. pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to two
years in Stony NJ ,untain peniten-
i tiary.
/ Meanwhile the police were hunt.
ing for the remains of B 1t. They
bad their suspected murderer in
! jail, but they had to produce the
hodv of his victim. Late in June,
1908. the body was discovered by
cowboy in branch of Red Deer
rivet. A bullet dropped cut of the
remains. The coroner's jury brought
in verdict of murder against Cash.
ei. A ,emarka bic chain of circum-
s;antial evidence, was secured by the
mounted police and presented at
the assizes. Cashel was found gull
ty and sentenced to be hanged at
Calgary on Dscemner Is. He was
PLACED 10 the barra ks. On Decsm-
Der 10 he came Of age. He celebrat-
ed bis birthday in remarkable
way by making the most sensation
al eecape from confinement that
Calgary had ever known. His
, brother John had been early to see
, HIM that day and succeeded in
. handing him two revolvers when
, the guards were not alert. Towards
], evening when Csshel was ordered
. from the Jail corridor 10 his cell, he
!. flashed these revolvers in the faces
of the three unarmed policeman
/ who were supposed to be guarding
, him. He made the trio step into
. his csll, locked The door upon them,
q secured q key with which he un-
3 IIpcked his irons and with q hlithe
i 'good-by, boys. be left the bar.
n racks unmolested.
The etory of his capture, like a
4 rat in trap. after be. escaped from
q the barracks at Calgary on the eve
:. of the day fret set for his execu
d ton, is not the least exciting chap
o ter in his history.
e "Aod, boys; I don't want to b.
a hanged, bu: don't want to xii
e any Of you, 20 guess I'll have t,
( give myself up" These were tn
q murderer's words when he surrend
l. cred to go the to the scafold afte
, his six weeks freedom. He cam
II out of cellar with his hands higl
~ in the air and started again on hi
1t way to the gallows.
Of Early in the morning of the fata
1t day to Cashel, party of 40 ma
is assembled determined to captur
" the murderer. Cashel saw then
le coming and retreated from his lai
D. in the haystack to the cellar of th
So house. Constable Biggs jumpe,
at down the cellar after him. As tb
policeman bearing a lamp, appear
el ed st the f,ot of thu cellar stairs,
at bullet whizzsd past his head
e. Biggs scrambled out of the celia
y shut down the trap door and Cast
IN el was virtually captured.
be The house was surrounded In
w rifles covered the cellar door. II
a. spector Duffus called out to th
NJ murderer to drop his revolver an
come out quietly, or he would /
N shot. Cashel's reply was revolN
e. er shot. Then Biggs went back
as the cellar and duel took plac
i'd Cashe1 fired two shots, both ,
he which went unpleasantly close
b. the policeman. The latter return
w ed the fire and the murderer lost
lis piece of his boot. Biggs retired an
=. the police informed Cashel thu
Is. ItDey lntendeQ 10 Durn nlm Ou
a The hunted man determined to Tu
g. bluff.
W Boys" he called out, "I'm goin
to kill myself. You'll find lett
ed on the floor to my mother. Con
90 and get it before it is burned, an
v for Gods sake put out the fire,
IL don't want to be roasted" True I
be their word the police fired tt
iy bouse.s sThe inspector again calle
he to him to come out. Cashel decide
lr- not to kill himself. He slowl
Vi. came forth from the cellar with b
en- hands held above bis bead. As
IN reached the door be dropped b
to hands and peeled off his coat in O.
nj IL 70 II.