Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-18
BANDIT has no LOVE FOR BEE
ShsreliEe Does Not Have Ihis Paper
On HIS Friendly Last
co.'s 10 COLORADO STATE PRISON
Praise. EIRer Thon.@ Whs Get Hfn
Out 81 Iewa Pcn, ana Densuaees
Ts@ Deusison In vtgor-
sus Terms.

Sherman Morris, alias Frank Sherciiffs.
the notorious Pollock dianu,d robber. high
wsyman and murderer. was deta1ned IN
the Douglas county Ssil the greater rar
Of Wednesday on his way 20 Colorado 10
gerve a tuenty-five-year term for murder.
He was being taken from Minneapolis
where he wss recently acquitted Of CON
plicity in the Northern Pacdnc train rob
bery Of a few wears sgo.
Ehsrclffe vas tried on the murder
charge In Colorado before the Minnesota
trial. but the Minnesota officials rasned
5ur1sdirjon over him when he suuFsd OF
the train which was taking him 20 the
Colorado peniisntisry and ESCAPED TO Ten
nessee-
He was brought 20 onaha from Mime
apoiis over ths Northwestern and srr4veo
about 8 o'clock He vas hs1dcuffed and
on his right ankle vas placed q thirty
pound weight. which effectuaIly prevented
him from running away The officers took
this extra precaution o. account Of the
desperate individual they are handling.
Sheriff Dryer Of HenDspan county and his
deputy are IN charge OF the desperate.
They lsff Al SD o'cIock with their pris-
oner for Colorado.
Kept An steel Solitary.
While in Omaha shsrcliffe was kept IN
one Of the steel solitary cells in the county
Jan ana Il was there that he was inter
viewed BY reporters The prisoner said
he oi3 not love The Bee and refused 70
tank until its reporter had Withdrawn from
his sight Before tins. however. he an
swsred one question u--opounded. and this
was about Elmer < Thomas
Elmer Thomas is All right. a straight
forward upright man salah." he said
IN compliment Of the mar wbo got him cut
q the Iowa penitentisry. but refused 10
80 TO Colorado 10 defend him
To the reporters Of the other papers,
who were admitted 10 the friendly presence
Of the bandit. ShsreIiffe Set loose the walls
Of his wrath On Tom Dennisoa. .Denni-
son went out there 20 Colorado and un-
bosoned himself Of q confession he sale
ne had kept ocked IN his bosom 10. these
many years Seaah. There is a streak Of
yellow in Tom DennisonL selshi" sa1d
shercline.
Sherclirfe seemed TO have formed a
strange attachment fer the word 'selzh,"
and used it frequently.
Does Net Expect 10 serve.
He asked whore Tom Deunisou could be
found an6 said he wished one Of the re-
p0r7srs would Sc him ans ask him to send
up a box OF lR-oent OF thrse-for-a-ouart=r
cigars
THAT'S the only III ] sneke.- h. said
ID you expect 70 serve out your entire
termr he Srss asked. and quick AZ q flash
came the reply
Il would be q Rip Van Wrinkle n ! did,
intinstirg that he yet looks fer escape.
Shercliffe carried n pocket tUn Of news
paper clippings and letters which he
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men Many Of these referred TO his ae-
ouittxl Of the robbery charge IN the Mn
nesotz courts. though ne called II Wind
cation" not ~scquittaL Another well worn
clipping was from n sunesy -newzpaper
containing an acc0unf o. IDS Saving IRON
death by freezing q numbsr OF people IN
a railway wreck At shsleurDe. Ia. in De-
cember. 1914
shercIif1e's wife and two chndren are al
Des Moine and will remain there until he
sends for them he said
The prisoner lookp much older than he
did when last seer In Omaha some three
and four years ago, though he said he II
as strong AZ ever. and he chuckled over
the way IN which b escaped from the
moving train IN Colorado last summer
Thomas Does Not Call.
There was q nutfsr Of expectancy NJ the
county jail during the time Of the handr's
visit dns 10 the belief that Elmer Thomas
might call on kim II viii be recalled that
when recently ARRESTED IN Colorado and
placed On trial Sbercliffe bemsaned the man
who once secured his release from an Iowa
penitentiA-y IN severe terms But II Shsr-
clffs OF the 5ail officials thought Nr.
Thomas would take any notice Of this they
were disappointed Sbsrelffe's wrath in Col
orado WAS provoked because Thomas. HIS
former bensfactor. did not 20 20 his rescue.
When confronted AZ the train on hls ar
rival by Sheriff Bradley. shercliffe, who il
OF 4 fresh" dispOsitian. addressed the
sheriff in this way
who are you. q new ny copper, ]