The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-18
Father and Mother of Long-Lost Cecil Brit.
tan Return to City Bitterly Disappointed
--Breen will be ReCaptured as an
Escaped Convict

lanes Breen, out of the penitentiary
on parole and under a conditional
narlon. subject to returning to it's
rarents the long lost Cecil Brittan,
vfo had promised to deliver the boy
to its parents yesterday, not only
failed to deliver the boy, but slipped
away for parts unknown, his hasty
departure being evidently due to the
fact that the Brittans had discovered
that he had lied to them when he said
that his horse had been shot from un-
der him in his former attempt to re-
cover the child.
Sold the Horse.
The Britain party, which included
the parents of the lost child. Breen.
James Cummings Of Touchet and
Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Of
Spokane. spent yesterday in the noun
tains near Toll Gate, and by the pur-
est of accidents ran across a woman
who said that Breen had sold to her,
for $50, the saddle horse he claimed
had been shot from under him.
This convincing evidence of duplic-
ity on the part of Breen weakened the
faith of the Brittans in the story Of
Breen and after waiting about two
hours for his return, they came back
to Walla Walla, bitterly disappointed.
Peculiar Circumstances.
There We're circumstances surround
ing the disappearance of Breen which
We're very peculiar and these circum-
stances lead many people to yet be-
heve in the sincerity of his motives
and the ruthfulneSs of his strange
story one fact. which stands out
prominently above all others, is that
Shen Breen left he did not take his
coat IN which was his purse contain
us about 500. this being practically
oil The money he had. Deputy Sheriff
butler accounts for this on the theory
uat Breen was thoroughly alarmed
the discovery that his story :'e-
s@ralng the shooting of the horse was
dSe' and feared that he would be
@Aen into custody for horse stealing.
breen yesterday told the Brittans
D'' ne had made an appointment with
~e people holding Cecil Britain, and
Na' lley We're to bring the boy to a
tV'H' very near where the Britain
'a'ap was. He left the camp on the
re'ext of keeping this appointment.
anu returned in about fifteen minutes
'''A The statement that the mysteri1u
'a'ues had not showed up. When
'eI' the camp the last time, he
mat the parties" were overdue,
'u was after waiting about two
'u'S that the Brittans decided to re-
W" 10 Walla Walla, arriving here
~'0'' 10 o'clock last night.
The Deputy's Story.
D'eeh Is simply one of the biggest
VINO ever lived and that is the
anu the short of the whole mat
said Deputy Sheriff William But
spokane, today, in speaking of
'alure to find the Britain boy. 81
;. N0h'Inced of that when we went
"iSton on that deal and became
>, anu more convinced of it all the
l'' His whole story was a fabrica-
w Iure and simple.
We left Wana walIa early Sunday
No.. aoout O'clock. think, and
" The Toll. Gate. where we
b.,. VI rather we camped about a
Ana '-'e this side of Toll Gate. Mr..
To,., hrlttan. James Cummings, of
h. hreen and myself made up
bro,,-, Ihe boy was to have been
les, III On Sunday, at noon. Need
~. 70 say, he was not brought in. We
~r, al mat day without a sign.
morning Mrs. Britain ex-