Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-11-11
ALLOWED TO ESCAPE.
A Nice (?) Reno Deputy Con-
stable Allows La ROuche to
Escape. A Dirty Job.

Eugene La Rouche, the fellow wh
skipped out of town last week owino
several persons and who beat tbe
doctor and the nurse who ATTENDED
his deceased wife during her last IN.
ness, and whs was arrested al Reno
as mentioned in last Saturday.
BONANZA, escaped from the custody
Of Constable Wilson's deputy in Reno
last Sunday morning and is now
safely over the State line.
A. 7. Mckenzie, the able. com.
petent and very efficient Chief Of
Police OF T%onopah, who went TO Reno
to get La Rouche aud bring him back
to Tonopah did not even have j
chance to get a look in, for the Reno
constable and his deputy. who eyi
IDENTITY belong to the same CLIQUE and
class as La Rouche, STOOD in with the
fugltlve and according to the Reno
papers, allowed him to escape
Tue Chief was acting in conjunction
with sheriff Terrell, who extended
every courtesy and privilege TO the
popular Tonopah official. but thew
could not get jurisdiction over tbe
person OF La Rouche as long az he
was IN the custody and charge of
Constable Wilson.
The Reno Gazette covers The mat
ter fully. 1t saws:
Eugene La Rouche. who has heen
m the custody Of Deputy Constable
doc Wymau in this city. for me-
past few DAYS on "A charge of on.
deaYorlng to leave the state for tho
purpose Of ~defrauding his creditors
Pike d Jones, and some Tononah
parties, succeeded in escaping from
the deputy constable Saturday niobt
ana IS now out of the country.
Attorneys Pike a. Jones who had
sworn TO the warrant against him.
aud sheriff Ferrel, who was 10 Det
nm when the constable was through
win hlm, are very much excited over
his escape and are anxious TO under.
stand why Wyman allowed him to es
from his custody.
attorneys Pike aud Jones are
no" drawing up papers to begin a
SUIT against Constable Wilson and his +,
bondsmen for damages for the amount ,
La Rouche owed In this CITY and
Ionopah, aud will file the papers as
0 as they are finished.
In speaking OF the matter Chief of a
Mckenzie, who returned to P
Lonopah Tuesday evening. says that t
Ihe people OF Reno and Sheriff Fer. a
rel and his deputies consider il one of q
ne On test Jobs ever perpetrated in u
ne state. They both examined the !
ock which La Rouche. is said to have :
OH OF his bedroom door. which =
vas occupied by himself and his al Q
eyed wife, Miss Kate Barton Of u
layton, and both "a the lock had Il
been disturbed. The way il
ooks to a man ''up a tree, i was a b,
loo pure and simple between the a,
beat prisoner aud the cor. a,
stable and bis deputy. Constable =
wilson and his deputy should be made
lopay dearly for allowing their prison. "
er TO escape. The sooner Reno is free 81
rom such officers as Wilson and his 3
Wyman, the sooner it will
prosper. nj
Wednesday a judgment was taken II
the Tonopah creditors in Judge N
awIe court and forwarded to Pike
Jones OF Reno, who will commence !.
ult against The bondsmen of the '
esplsed Constable Wilson for the %
mount OF the judgment and costs. n
Keno is TO be congratulated that in tn
$ sheriff and deputies, the finger OF an
corn or suspicion has never been of
olnted at his office. But Wilson, pr
old your nose-it is too nauseating.
even write. !,