The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-30

boarded, arriving here yesterday
morning at 1880 o'clock.
7 Day and PerroIaz Also.
Near the same place where West,
Griffith and La Pont were caught last
Monday, Custer station, Frank Day
and Louis Perrolaz were recaptured
Tuesday afternoon. Like the other
three, they were endeavoring to get
east and were taken in by deputies on
guard at the railroad.
La Pont was the last of the first
tn, ee to be recaptured. On the way
back to Billings he told his guard that
Day and Perrolaz could be found a
short distance from the station, sew
eral miles, where they were in hiding
in the brush. He said that he ard
they had been travelling together since
their escape, but had had quarrel
AMI he had left them, concluding
henceforth to travel alone. Acting on
this information, some of the men
who had been looking for them went
to their retreat and found the two in
the place described by La Pont
Not In the Secret.
Tie men so far recaptured deny all
knowledge of the plot which resulted
in their temporary restoration to l!b-I
erty. They say the first intlmation
they had Of a plan for a delivery was
Friday night, when they were told to-
get their clothes and come along, ii
they wanted to escape.
La Pont, who is larger and heavier
than most men, had an exciting ex-
perience in getting away. Because OF
his size and the smallness of the hole
made by cutting the bar Of the win
dow through which he and the others
who were in the same cage with him
were compelled to crawl, he had
great difficulty in getting out and be-
came wedged. Some of the men had
preceded him, while others were still
waiting to follow. Seeing that he was
unable to extricate himself, those on
the outside combined forces with.
those on the inside and while some
pulled and tugged on him the others
pushed. Finally their combined ef-
forts prevailed and he landed ON the
ground underneath. In describing the
escape to the Jail officers after his re-
turn La Pont declared that at times
he feared he would be pulled into
pieces and rather regretted what he
had done. His clothing was almost
all torn from his body and he was in
deem in light marching order when at
last he found himself beyond the
walls behind which he had been con-
fined.
Have No Tidings.
Up to last evening nothing had
been heard concerning Grady and Mo-
sier and it was feared that they had
succeeded in getting beyond recap
ture Last Wednesday it was believed
clue had been obtained which would
be productive of good results and
Sheriff Hubbard was inclined to be
hopeful that the men whom, above all
others, he is anxious to have in his
custody once more would soon be be-
hind the bars again. OF course,
he declined to make public the nature
of the information he had and re-
Trained from saying more than that
he had reason for believing the chase
SO far as they were concerned would
soon be over. While still hopeful yes
terday, he was less sanguine and adj
mitted that the prospects were less
cheerful than they had been, but that
the efforts making would not be re-
laxed until it became absolutely cer-g
tain that further work was useless.
A belief is prevalent that as soon
as they reached the outside Mosier
and Grady struck for the south and
then turned east and began working
in that direction, hoping to get far
enough away to make it safe for them
to attempt to reach the northern part
of the state, where Grady at one time
lived and where he is believed to have
friends who would aid him in getting
across the border and into Canada,
where the likelihood of his recapture
would be greatly lessened. Some
think that they separated and each
went in a different direction, as by
doing so they would be less likely to
attract attention than if they were to
travel together. # they really did
this, then, many think, Mosier made
his way southwest and into the Big
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