The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-21
Wanted Dead or Alive.

frogI routine duty. many of the off-shift
officers md every available deputy sher-
in were pressed into tho nan-hunt. with
orders to bring in the quarry dead or
alive.
Parry's picture has been positiy ely idcn-
| titled as that of the assailant by the
Almstedt child and by three other persons
who saw the little girl in company with
a man few minutes before the crime.
This, together with the cX-convict's roc
ord and his desperate escape yesterday
morning, has convinced the authorities
beyond all doubt that he is the guilty
man.
Parry was released from the state pris-
on in September. 1910. by the state board
of pardons. after serving nine years OF
a twenty-year sentence imposed for the
commission Of crime almost identical
with the deed for which he is now sought
Knowing his record. Detectives Cleveland
and Seaser began searching for Parry
Tuesday night They learned that he was
residing with his mother and sister on
Ninth East street between Ninth and
Tenth South streets. Going to the house.
Cleveland entered the rear door while
Seager stood guard at the front door.
Pales When Arrested.
Cleveland found Parry at the breakfast
table aud placed him under arrest Pale
and trembling, the eX-convict asked to be
allowed TO change his clothes before go
ing to Jail. This done. he asked to pe
allowed To- kiss his aged mother, who lay
i'll i'll the front room. Knowing the front
entrance was guarded, Cleveland granted
the request.
Realizing the situation Mrs. Parry be-
came apparently hysterlcaI screaming
and crying frantically. Detective Seagcr
heard the screams and what he thought
evident sounds of struggle. Believing
his partner was In trouble, he dashed
quickly around to the back door, gun in
hand. The instant Seager quit his post
at the front OF the house Parry leaped
over his mothers he'd. threw open the
door and dashed out into the street. The
officers caught one glimpse OF their man
as he darted into back alley. and al
though they searched the neighborhood
for hours they found no further trace
of him
Pursuit Quickly Begun.
spread to the Poplar Grove district that
the criminal had been arrested and had
Scores of men and boys armed
themselves and Joined in the hunt
Threats of lynching wero freely voiced.
Having lost their quarry. Detectives
Clev eland ard Seoger called the police
and the sheriT's office. and within half an
hour nearly hfty armed officers were
beating the ueighborhood where Parry
Every avenue of exit from the
city was placed under immediate guard.
a detachment OF police WAS sent into the
railroad yards. Another crossed the river
into the vicinity where the crime was
To search among the swamps.
others guarded the roadways and the
trails leading To the hills. Officers In
every town In the county. and NJ Ogden,
Provo Park City and other points In the
,tntc. were apprlsed of the man-hunt
md furnished with detailed descriptions
II the fugitive. This was possible be-
,nuse the full record and personal de-
,crlptlon was gained from the prison
,ooks It is not believed possible that
Parry can successfully elude the posse
At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon lit