The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-20
BOY TELLS STORY OF
CAPTURE AND ESCAPE
By Associated Press.

BOISE. Ida, Nov l0.--Harry Garrett
related mis- story TO the Associated
Press representative, while his iaIlcr
lay dying in an adjoining room. lie
exclaimed:
''The first saw Of tho man he came
to the house about 6 q clock YESTERDAY
morning. Leonard Shaw, \ ncighbor,
was in the kitchen with me, My Sis
ter, Edna. was in the front room, and
any brother. David. at the baru feeding
thc horses. Mother and father arc in
Canada.
owe gave him his breakfast. and
while he was warming his feet bY the
fire ! asked him what his rob was
He replied hv shaping his hand aS n
pistol and pointing at nc. y few MN
utcs later. he whipped n revolver from
under his shirt and demanded that Mr..
shaw and myself hold M our hands,
while he searched us. lie took nothing.
lie wanted to find out If we were
armed. Then. turning the gun on Mr..
Shaw, he ordered him To leave the
house. We could not understand much
he had TO say. but We could under
stand enough. We knew what uc want
ed by sign.
''lIe then turned upon me, compcI-
ling me 10 20 upstairs ahead OF nun
and TO the room mt the right-hand side
of the house He explained the best
he could. that if the other fellows start
ed to follow us, he would kill mo first.
Fear and Caution.
"Whcn dinncrtime came, ! asked
him if he would like to have something
TO eat He nodded his head. had
them send up some things through the
sloycpipe hole. He made me cat some
of cvcrvtbing before he would touch
ii. The coffee came UP in two cups,
one OF which was told 10 take, but
not 10 touch the other. He took a
sin OF his cup and set 1t aside, rcfus-
inc to drink, suspccting that IT con
tanned dope ] tasted II and told him
1t WAS nothing but sugar. but still he
refused to drink.
.sHc gave mc to understand that hc
would not harm INC so long ms they did
not harm him. and gave mo this ring. |
CHarrv cXhihitcd his hand, ON which |
he wore II plain gold band ring Ne |
time did he treat the cruelty. although |
he always carried bis gun in his hand |
and watched me closely. He suggested |
that he intended TO stay in the room
for week. and told me TO have them
send IN provisions. and also ia get 100 !
rounds Of ammunition, stating there .
would hc kings and queens 10 kill.
,'iIe said he had come TO this coun-
try to kilI presidents,
Nailed Up the Door
Last night, at his suggestion, | had
lhcm send up bedding through the hole
in the floor. lie made me sleep on the
outside. next 10 the wall, Before lay
ing down ho had ne get "a hammer and
nails aud he uuilcd all tho doors to
the room securely. He did not attempt
to fnstcu the windows, All night long,
when / would be awake, would speak
10 him. aud every time until the last
limo. received 4 reply.
II slept two or three times; | don't
know how long. II was daylight when
| asked him for the last time IL he (
was asleep Receiving no reply, | slipped
along the wall 10 the window and raised
it slowly. There was Il mos
mlto bar screen nailed on the
outside ! did not wait to remove
hat, bat jumped through, | think thc
loisc woke him M. for when ran into
.hc house downstairs. where the guards ;
md my brother were waiting, 10 give
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