Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-03-08
HE COULDN'T KEEP AWAY.
LARRoN, AN ESCAPED CONVICT
FROM THE PEN, HAS LIVELY
CRIMINAL CAREER.
EkEruRNs, sTEAEs HORSES, ,ls:
!. tiARsED, AND eDucHER WILL
GET NM AGAIN. mi

.sAssED, AND DucHER viii
GET NM AGAIN. d.
The tendency OF some people, aftsr
starting out in certain lines Of Grim
sinality to continue Ii that deiectabls
and particular occupation, and to- re.
turn to the scene OF their operations,
after safely getting away, is illus
trated by the career Of Alexander
Larron, who escaped from the peni.
Tertiary here in August, 1901. A dis
patch from Aberdeen, s. D., tells the
story as follows: 5|
The identity OF George Turne-, the
desperate who was captured at Hecla
on the night OF December %, 1904.
by Sheriff Howard w. Cole ana Nc
CURE, Canadian officer. has at last
been discovered. It has developed
that Turner's correct name Is Alex
iander Larron, and that he escare,i
from the North Dakota penitehtiary
at Bismarck ins August, 1901. Larron
was sent up late In 1900 for hose
stealing, and was SO orderly AM veil
behaved that he was soon male i
trusty. He took advantage Of the sr-
portunity afforded by the conAdeace
shown in him by the penitenttiary
officials to make his escape, another
convict NAMED Evers, accompanying
him. The men crossed the Missouri
river, and stole two horses near
Mandan. Turner, or Larron, says he
then went westward through Montana.
Idaho, Washington and California.
working on ranch In Montana for
six months, and remaining wese al
together about year and q half. He
then returned to North Dakota and
Joined q gang Of horsethieves which,
he says, Is operating On an extensive
scale through North Dakota, Canada
and the northern part OF South Da-
kota. He tconfesses that he. left q
stolen horse at sBurch, in Marshall
county, the day before he was cap
tured at Hecla BY sheriff Cole. tA'i4'
Larron ever since his capture has
maintained an obstinate O. silence.
When the Brown county oficers tried
to- have him photographed he resisted
50 vigorously that the attempt was
abandoned. His identity was dis
covered by means Of a. postal card
containing his photograph and
description, which was issued by
Warden Boucher Of the North Dako.a
penitentiary at the time of his escape.
Sheriff Cole readily recognized Lar
ron's picture as that Of Turner, and
when the prisoner was taxed with It
he admitted the correctness OF the
sheriff's surmise and gave the above
details concerning his career. He
was a cowboy before he got into
trouble in North Dakota, and says he
was riding across the country and
camped for the night near d horse
corral. When he woke up in the
morning his horse had disappeared,
and he helped himself to another
animal from the corral He admits
being a desperate man, and says he
had sworn never to be taken alive
At the time Of his arrest by Sheriff
Cole he pulled gun on the oficef
and was just ready to pull the trigger
when the Canadian officer seized his
hand and prevented him from Shoot.
ing, undoubtedly saving the sherisf's
life, as the mans gun was pressed
tight against his body, over the heart.
Larron says he was riding on a train
in North Dakota after his return
from the coast when Warden Boucher
entered the train and walked down
the aisle. Larron's cap was pulled
over his face and the warden did
not recognize him, but the prisoner
told Sheriff Cole that he was ready
for the warden II he had been recog.
nized.
Larron processes to be deeply re.
pentant over the past, and says Ne
will return to North Dakota without
q requisition and will be glad to serve
out his term and resume an honest
life. He says his only regret is thai
he viii have again to be placed III
charge Of Warden Boucher, as the lat