, 1905-01-19
UNDER SHERIFF kNADLER AND
DEPUTY SHERIFF JONES RE-
TAKE ESCAPED WYO-
MING CONVICT.
Wanted at Fort Collins for Frauds Of
Glaring and Peculiar Nature and
Wanted at RawIins to Finish Term
Worked Citizens of Two Counties
With Worthless Checks.

The most important arrest made by
the present administration of the sher-
ifs office, Inc one of the most i'm
portant in recent years. was that last
night by Under Sheriff Morgan Knad-
Ter and Deputy Sheriff A. J. Jones of
escaped convict from the penitentiary
at Rawlins, and wanted at Fort Collins
for several frauds and at Tie Siding
and Laramie for obtaining goods and
money on worthless checks. Taylor
arrived from Tie Siding late yesterday
afternoon, driving a team of horses at
tached to a buggy and believed to have
been taken from a livery stable at
Fort Collins, and having a good deal of
valuable property, including weapons,
clothes and other things. He was at
the Johnson hotel cafe at the time of
his arrest and claimed he knew moth
ing of the cause of his arrest. He is
now in the county Jail, but will prob
ably be returned to the penitentiary at
Rawlins to serve the remainder of his
sentence before being prosecuted eth,
er in this County or at Fort Collins.
Taylor, or James, as he is known on
the records Of the penitentiary, was
sent to that institution from Rawlins
June u, 1903, for two years for the
theft of a pair Of mules. Sentence was
pronounced by Judge Craig of Rawlins,
who is now in this city n who recog-
nized James as the man he had sent
enced. About a year ago he escaped
from the state prison, it is believed by
the c%onnivance of one of the guards,
and was not seen again by Lessee
until after his arrest last night,
His time would have expired on the
18th of June of this year., with the
benefit of some time off for good con |
duct, had he not escaped. Mr.. Gramm
heard of him after his escape in Old |
Mexico, he believes. There is a re-
ward of $50 for his arrest.
He is wanted at Fort Collins for OBJ.
tanning goods under false pretense and
also for defrauding the Poudre Valley
of that place out of $75. The
is one of the most peculiar in
the history of western criminality, and
marks James as a shrewd schemer,
able to beat people without mucn
On the 18th of January he presented
the counter of the Poudre Valley
bank at Fort Collins an eastern draft |
for $4,000, placing it on deposit, receiv-
ing a deposit book in the name If Ray
S. Taylor and getting a book Of blank
checks from the bank. The cashier
was not sure of the draft and would
allow Taylor but SIS, cashing his
check. payable to self" and dated on
the 18th, for that amount. He then
left the bank, and on the same day
wrote three other check, one for IS,
payable to w. A. Harthone; one for
$25.S5, payable to A. w. Horn, and one
for $129.75, payable to C. J. Spere.
1t is believed that for these checks he
received some goods purchased in the |
regular way n the balance of the
amount of the check in cash.
On the 18th he arrived at Tie Siding.
where he gave a check for $25 to Mr..
e. E. Woodland and one for SO to Mrs.
A. F. Richardson. These were in pay
ment for bills contracted and part
cash. He anne to Laramie yesterday
and went to a prominent
business house, buying a few dollars
worth of merchandise and giving a
check for SIS. He took the merchan-
disc and left the check, saying Ibis
man" would call today and order some
supplies to equal the amount remain
ing. Before the man" could come
James or Taylor was in the county
jail, and Sheriff Reals had recovered
and returned the purchases made. How
many other killings" he would have
made but for the tackling of the Of
fcers, it is hard. to say. The bank
book. showing the deposit, was unques-
tionably genuine, n Taylor had only
to show that to convince his victims
that he had plenty Of money and more
when that was gone.
The Poudre Valley bank at Fort Col.
Inns, it was learned this afternoon, tel
egraphed east and found hat the S. 900
draft was bogus. and forthwith started
the officers on the trail of the scoun-
drel. The sheriff of Larimer county
telephoned from Greeley to Sheriff
Reals last night to arrest the man and
hold him ho oxnonfinn 10 .aa 49,