The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-20
DEIIO nam WELL
COrpnIent Detective Makes Rec
ord as a Splinter
Captures Jail Bird Dupree, who
Had Escaped
TWO LEFT STONE PILE
One Who Had No Belts After
Him Got Away.
Richard Mullis, White Man,
Dodged the Officers.
WO LEFT STONE PILE.

Having tired OF pulverizing rocks for
paltry three square meals a day. some
of which have exceedingly round cor
ners, Bill Dupree, negro of unenvi-
able reputation and Dick MuIlis. a
white man, whom the police say is real
bad, made a successful dash for liberty
from the city prison yard this morn
ing.
Through the heetfootedness of Oficer
Paddy Belts, who shyly admits that he
weighs 200 pounds. Dupree's freedom
was short lived but Mullis made good
with his getaway The police ex-
pect to pick him up before many hours
have passed unless he has boarded a
freight train and is en- route for parts
unknown. If he has got out of town
the police won't worry much, for he is
one of those characters to whom con-
siderable distance lends most enchant-
ment.
Dupree is now wondering why he was
so foolish as to try and run away, and
the scene of his CONCENTRATIONS is the
bull pen" where his solitude and his
companionable thoughts will not be
disturbed for some time. He was do
ing so days sentence in the city
prison for carrying q concealed weapon
and this is his second break for liberty
since his arrest When he was being
carted to the lookup in the patrol wagon
he jumped over its side and hot-footed
speedily captured. MulIis was doing a
so days penance for resisting the auth
ority Of the law as represented by Po-
liceman Jaynes when he went to place
him under arrest for committing some
sort of a nuisance on the street. On
this occasion Mullis felt the force of
Jaynes' club on his head and got con-
siderably the worst of fighting with an
officer which was the charge he was
sentenced on.
This break for freedom today on the
part of Dupree and Mullis occurred
early in the morning as Col. Boyd, care
taker and general guardian Of the eX-
pert rock crushers gathered at consid-
cradle expense to the city from its
highways and byways, was taking them to
work. The present force under the care
full care and tender mercies of Col.
Boyd is small. He started with them
to the rock pile at the usual hour this
morning. At that time a trusty was
cleaning out the stable and had the
door leading from the stable to the jail
yard open and the street door of the
stable was open also. Dupree and Null
lis must have been laying for just such
an opportunity, for they Simultaneous
ly darted for the door and got into the
street and started down the alley be-
tween Jackson and Van Buren streets
in less time than it takes to tell about
Colonel Boyd let out the yell which
is peculiarly his own and which he
gives with great proficiency through
constant practice when prisoners es-
cape. It startled everybody for blocks
around as it always does, but it an
swered its purpose of notifying the
officers In the police station At that
time Chief Donovan Jailer Woodruff
and officer Belts were the only ones
around. They got busy in a minute,
found the direction taken by the flee
ing prisoners and then Belts started
down Jackson street with a speed that
would shame the efforts of hundred
yard sprinters. Dupree had turned
from the alley east into Fourth street
and was some distance ahead of Belts
when the latter reached the corner of
Fourth and Jackson. Belts had some
thing up his sleeve as regards to
speed. He heightened his stride. turn
ed on a little more steam and with
bounds that would make an antelope
sit up and take notice, caught Duprsc
before he reached the Hotel Throop.
Mul1is had gone in an opposite d.
rection and made good his escape.
When Belts got back to the jail with
his prisoner Chief Donovan gazed on
him with admiration and commented
enthusiastically on his running abili-
ties.
''That wasn't going very fast; you
ought to see me run when somebody
is chasing me- remarked Belts, but
it's hard to imagine Paddy Belts run
ming away from anybody or anything,
and if he can run any faster than he
did this morning he is the champion
two hundred pound runner of the /
world and a lot of medals properly be- !
long to him that are being worn by
supposed champions