Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-08-16
LAWRENCE ESCAPES.
The Suspected Hazen Postmaster Re-

gains his Liberty.
FALLON, New, August 15-Thisl
morning when the Shelf of Churchill
went to the cell of Lawrence the sus-
pectedpected murder, he found the cell
empty. 1t appears that when the eel!
was locked the evening before the
Sheriff supposed that his prisoner was
lying on his bed. 1t turned out, how
ever, that it was only dummy figure
made up Of some blankets The man
had cut his way out of the Jail by the
aid of a saw made from a bed spring
and trOwel The alarm was at once
given and some indians put on the
trail of the escaped man. His tracks
led toward the river and me possee
of Indians tarted out some on foot
and others we'll mounted
There was a reward of $1,000 offered
by the county authorities for his re-
capture. The Indians went in the Ill.
rection of Leetville where they r..
tlldl uc VI OSScu luc river.
Lawrence Re-captured.
FALLON, August 15-News has pust
reached here by an Indian rider that
Lawrence had feen retaken about
fourteen miles from here and that
he is being brought in bound on
horse. He was overtaken by the In
dams soon after he had crossed the
river. He made a showing of fight
but when covered by their guns he SUI
rendered. His act in breaking Jail
is taken as a confession of his guilt
There is considerable excitement here
but no talk of interfering with the
law which will Result in speedy
trial for the accused
The Churchill Standard has the fol-
lowing regarding Lawrence and the
shooting of Garrison:
Yesterday H. c. Lawrence, the Haz-
en- postmaster, in Jail awaiting trial
on charge of an attempt to murder
]. D. Garrison aroused from his sill
ence regarding the part he played in
the affair and became quite laxative
Heretofore he has emphatically de-
MED any connection whatever with
| the shooting, but to Sheriff Shirley
and Standard reporter he yesterday
, acknowledged that the bullet which
nearly sent Garrison into eternity was
fired by him. He pleads selfdefense
and with the cunning of fox tells a
story, to say the least, sounds plaus-
ible. If the story he tells is true, lie
| is indeed in a very sad plight. IT, on
the other hand, he has concocted the
tale out Of whole cloth, his name
should benumbered with Sherlock
Holmes, ct al, for he has certainly
| neglected the talents Nature gave him
His story is couched In clean-cut ex.
preston and his little drama is not
| devoid of properties. When he has
aroused your interest and touched
) your sympathetic chord, he produces
q nat III WHICH are ploT'eU lWO uOlSS
, caused, he relates. by billet fired
at him at close range by Garrison
And then the thumb Oh his right hand
bears blood blister, the result of that
member being bruised by the hammer
! of Garrison's pistol in the tussle that
ensued between the narrator and the
william in his story. Thus runs his
monologue:
81 was compelled to shoot him IN
order to save my own life. We were
some distance out of Hazen, in a gull.
when Garrison, who was about three
feet in front Of me, whirled and point
ed a pistol in my face saying, wan
my sixty-five dollars and right now
I'm from Missouri and you've got tc
show me- l told him that his money
was alright and that he could get
it any time. WITH that he shot at me-.
the bullet piercing my hat, (produce:
hat) l grappled with the man ant
succeeded in twisting his right arm