The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-09
CAPTURING AN ARMY
DESERTER IN OZARKS.
A Federal Deputy Marshal Tells of
His Thrilling Experience.

Kansas City, March 9.-lt was the
morning story hour in the office
of the United States marshal in the
federal building A. ] Murray,
deputy, five feet six inches tall, felt
called upon to furnish the daily
thriller
II was sent down in the Ozarks,"
he said, ''for an army deserter from
Leavenworth. When I got into the
mountain village the lone officer
said he had attempted the arrest
once and had been put into dream
land for five minutes. Regular wild
giant, that deserter, he said
THAT put a scare into my five
and a half feet, but we started out
that night to get our man by STRAIT
egg, if possible I had been told
that the fugitive had been sleeping
out of doors for months so that he
couldn't be taken by surprise. But
it was so cold that night that | fig
ured he would be at home. Sure
enough he was and we got in his /
room and covered him with revol- /
vers before he had time to pull out [
the shot gun he had by him between !
two mattresses.
We'll. that fellow made just
about two of me, He looked as
fierce as a wild man. too. He had
lived in the woods for months. His
dirty red hair hung to his shoulders
and he had a four months beard on
his face. And he was Irish, too. He /
could endure anything. Think of a
man who could sleep in the open s
woods in zero weather with very Il
little clothing on his back Then +
contrast to him myself, midget be- I
side him, and sitting in a hot Of +
flee here in Kansas City most of the a
time Fat chance 7 had in case of y
a fight. ~
THE town police force offered to f,
accompany us back to Kansas City
and I accepted his offer in hurry. b,
lust before We boarded the train OF
slipped the handouts on the big fell III
ow. He offered no objection. az
shortly after we boarded the train ST
nd had entered the smoker I no. D;
iced my fellow guard drinking from ba
bottle. He got drunken and drunk 'tel
r as the miles slipped by. Up to re,
hat time my prisoner had been do in.
lie, but | saw he was becoming rest Of
,ss as passengers filed through the
assageway and glanced at his da-
ands. III
See here he finally growled. Lo
f l wanted to | could break that mn
skull. But if you'll sta
axe these handouts off so those WI
eople won't be looking at me all on
he time I'll promise to be good ba
II rolled that implied threat ovec hi
~ my mind while and Concluded nc
hat had better mind the prisoner ii,
took the handouts off But | al
never took my eyes from those big
bear-iike hands Of his II
When we drew into thc union -
,epot the of1ssr guard sfIgy s....a y
idn't dare leave the train, be- no
eved, without putting handouts on di
~ prisones. Still, the truth was i
didn't dare attempt it because I al
'as afraid | wouldn't succeed.
so l did the best l could-just ~,
ut on a bold front Trotting along
eside my giant-like prisoner,
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