The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-25
FITZGERALD MAEE|
QUICK GET.AV|
Smooth Prisoner Hoodvy
Sheriff From the I,ons
Star State.
JUMPS FROM WINDOW \
OF THE DINING
Reward Is Now Offered for
Recapture; Local Officer
Laughing. 4

Aeeofulhe 10 letter and telegr
reports received from Pneblo coi,l
II. Fitzgerald, alias ". Il. Feenc,
slick newspaper advertising solicit
rested in this city on the night
ycmber II upon adyieos from 4
charged with forgery, ESCAPED fra,
custody of Sheriff j. Z. Hughes !
Lone Star state, who left Salt
with Fitzgerald on Saturday for,
at Pueblo on Sunday by leapin,
Of a dining car window. At latr
Wednesday morning no report had
received that the prisoner had
rccaptured. b
Fitzgerald, VINO was we'll kuo,
this city, was as smooth a priso,,
has graced a cell in the city ia
many n day, Without question 4
ms maJter.of-fact manner and cas-, ,
that put the Texas sheriff off
and gave the prisoner chance (
cape. 4.
An Associated Press Dispatch
Pueblo gives the following inforu
about the escape of Fitzgerald: Z
PUEBLO. Colo. Nov. PA reu
in circulation today that w. III. n.
aid. who was arrested at Salt I.ar,
on u forgery charge aud who al
from Sheriff Hughes OF AmarIlIo1
sunday, by ieaping out OF a dInlf
| window. was aided by four Pueblo
who We're fellow lodge members. n.
According 10 the story. two a
men were on the train and two
were outside at stop where Fitz
was 10 make his jump. II Is sam
| a handcar was secured and Fitzr
was brought back 10 Pueblo, "a
change OF clothes and left for %.
Ills destination is supposed TO havt'
! Chicago. II
Wanted in Texas. j
AS told in The Tribune az the "a
the arrest of Fitzgerald, he was "
! In Texas TO answer TO a CHARGE a.
gerry of two checks, amounting 10
thing over 5000. He was takef I
custody by Detective Schulze a.
local police department at the H.
hotel bar on the night of Novemt
After being taken to police head
teTs Fitzgerald tried to run the 7
that mistake had been made a.,
was not the man wanted AT thai
he said the ''jOke" about his ara
gone far enough, and he wanf'
stopped. He was assured bv the =
that the matter was no Joke. :.
gerald maintained the bluff that u
rest was all a mistake until s.
Hughes arrived from Amarillo, ~
and confronted the prisoner, ans
recognition OF the officer and d
| gerald was mutual. E
The Texas officer arrived y
Thursday morning November l9i
the requisitiop papers did not Il
until several days later. In thcE
time habeas corpus proceediUgs| y
attempted. but not substantiated. d
district court. The prisoner then,r
ised TO leave for Texas withou
papers, and go peaceably. So q;
/ Saturday forenoon Sheriff 'HugheE
with his prisoner. \,
Sheriff Is Warned. "A
Before leaving police beadguar
"tip' was given the Texas offlce,
ne would better bandcuff the N
him, rs he surely would attempt
awav. The Lone Star state oftica
looked wise and replied that he n
. he would get along all right. p
Before starting on tue t1p TOT
Fitzgerald evidently had won t1e
Ger bv his talk, telling him Of ~
had rich relatives in New forf
would come TO bis aid and that II
not doubt but that The trouble
be fixed up satisfactorily to all q
concerned. p.
The local police say now tn
sheriff evidenced every sign OF r
afraid of Fitzgerald, inasmuch as B
. haudcuffed him or used him as n
oner Fitzgerald s dignity mlgnt "
lured in such q way as 10 reliee7
credit on the officer accompanying
Before leaving Salt Lake q
Hughes telegrapbed Chief OF Pohei,
Cafferty of Pueblo, Colo, that ns !
have quite a wait over Tor w
that city, and asked HIM 10 pe n.
railroad station during the lnteI n
waiting. Chief McCafferty wa 1
as requested, entertaining tne
and prisoner while IN the .lunSuo'
Sheriff Hughes left Pueblo spou<
SUNDAY. and when a rev nii.o -
the city Fitzgerald jumped tuf0'@ q
window and made his escape
Sheriff Hughes notl1leo ~. Y
crew of what had happened, ~ 4
train was stopped and he go. o
went hack TO hunt for the snsA !,
er. His hunt brought him pscl pl
Pnebio where he notified me poh
that civ and a reward OF slVu /
fered by him for the apprenens-
ihe man he was TO take 10 4eass Is
Pueblo policemen were tuihsa ,
ooo6Iy numbers and thorougnn 4
the surrounding country, ~" Fii
a clue was discovered no " ii
aid s whereabouts. ~.
Writes TO Pitt NJ
Chief McCafferty wrote 70 IT ~ \
letter. which was recelveu IL :
,norn;ng about the escape, put !,
90 into anv details. ne s1so fs'
picture of Fitzgerald ana h sh,
that tho papers he wac D.oG;ssiud !,
tempt TO get clue OF tuc sew 4
fitzgerald only had a. bsai1:,
v;rb him when ne lett ponce s,er1t
ters INIT IL is understood ~ Ia
- The depot and there nnnueJh n9n,1te,hsr 4,
him a good sized roll. W hS;
geTald had friends 70. assisS aon,es
-sn@na &c is n matter of mucn oo' = !,
While confined in tne his I. in /.
took life as easy as posIhio.' ph;s meals.
place, sending out lor H's -I
,,ann fGQHfN. ~
4 number OF women came amber sg d y
V %hcn TlSii news Ha' was received a. S,i ins IL
ibsre there was a good laugh. alIDIut ,Sst - =