Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-27
CONVICT
HIT THE
TRAIL
The Attractions Proved too
Much for Him and so He
goes BacktO the Pen

After being at large for over a
month, with the authorities in all parts
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho in
search of him, e. P. Lousignont, an es.
capped convict from the state peniten-
tiary at Salem, was arrested by G. s.
Huddleston, q guard from the state
penitentiary; Detective H. stebinger
and Guard Watt, on the trail at the
exposition yesterday. Detective steb-
niger is member Of the exposition
force, and Watt is an exposition guard.
Lousignont was captured after a fierce
struggle in the Klondike restaurant.
He was taken to the county Jail, where
he will be incarcerted until the arrival
of guard from the penitentiary.
Lousignont escaped from the peniten-
tiary several weeks ago. The CON
victs were employed on improving the
Marion county roads, and Lousignont
worked on rock pile. One morning,
when the guard was looking the other
way, he quietly dropped his tools and
disappeared In the brush A reward Of
$50 was offered for his capture. Lous.
ignont at the time Of his escape, had
only served eight months Of a three
yoar sentence TO the penitentiary. His
home is in Gales Creek. Or. He was
sentenced in MultnOmah county for
horse stealing.
Early yesterday afternoon at the e1.
position Guard c. 8. Huddleston, from
the penitentiary at Salem, in Portland
on a vacation, saw Lousignont on the
trail. He recognized him as an es-
capped convict Immediately, and noti.
fed Exposition Guard Watt. Guard
Watt in turn telephoned for Detective
Stebinger, and the two started to look
for Lousignont, under the guidance Of
Huddleston. They caught sight Of him
coming out of trail attraction, evi.
IDENTIFY greatly enjoying himself.
Hello, Lousignont; what are you
doing out here" questioned the detec.
tive. Lousignont was startled, and he
responded that there was some mis-
take, as that was not his name. He
started to walk away, Detective steb.
niger in close pursuit. Lousignont
lodged into the Klondyke restaurant, |
with the detective and Guard Watt at |
his heels. They grappled with him in
a corner Of the restaurant, and, after
a struggle succeeded in throwing him
to the ground. Then he allowed him.
self to be taken TO the guard house.
During the struggle in the restau-
rant many tables and chairs were over.
turned and silyerware was scattered |
about the room. Lousignont is a pow.
erful man, and time and again he would
break loose from stebinger and Watt,
but they always attacked him with re-
newed energy and strength, until he
was thrown to the ground. Two diff.
ferent times, when the men were in
close pursuit Of him, Lousignont put
his hand on his hip pocket, evidently
as bluff, as he had no dangerous
weapons him when searched. Stebing.
er and Watt did not hesitate an in
slant, although they fully expected to
see the convict pull a revolver. Steb-
niger was unarmed, but Watt had a
revolver. He did not remove It from
It's seabbard, however.
Lousignont was very much down.
hearted over his arrest. This was the
first time that he had been aeeosted
by the authorities since his escape, and
he had become careless. He has been
In Portland only few days, being at {
iraeted here by the exposition. He
had heard so much about the fair that Z
ie was determined to attend. Yester, (
lay, before he was arrested, he visited I
nearly all the shows on the trail. He /
lad about $50 on his person when taken t
N custody. Detective Stebinger and i
Exposition Guard Watt say they viii b
livide the reward with Guard Huddle. e
ton, of the penitentiary, as he pointed Il
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