Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-02
PRISONER
BETRAYED
BYACAT
JESSE POMEROY. NOTORIOUS
LITER MAKES ANOTHER
ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY


Western Press
BOSTON, Dec. 3l-His score or
more of daring but futile attempts
to escape probably have been crowned
with successful dash of liberty had
not Jesse Pomeroy, life prisoner in
the state prison at Charleston, been
betrayed by the prison cat. Pomeroy
has spent thirty-seven years in prison.
He was sentenced to death in 1874
when but IA years old. for numbering
two boys. but his sentenced was com
muted to life imprisonment in solitary
confinement.
The boldest of his many attempts
to escape was allowing his cell to fill
with gas, which he ignited in an eff
fort to blow out the walls. He mar
rowly escaped death.
Pomeroy was only l3 when first ta-
ken into custody, charged with tortur-
ing boys Of from to years of
age. Very soon afterwards he killed
II 5-year-old girl, torturing her with
barbarc cruelty and hiding the dead
body in the cellar of his fathers store.
Inside of few months of his first
crime he killed 5-year-old boy At
all his trials his defense was insanity.
County Assessor John Glanville of
San Juan county is between trains
visitor from Silverton. This Is hrs
last chance to show his Appreciation
of the ID. & r. G. past annual com
pliments. Like the other has-been
pass riders Mr.. Glanville received "a
pretty Christmas card from the heads
of the road
The Misses Edna Smack and Har-
riet Mule, are scheduled to depart
for Denver Thursday morning. Mics
Smack will be iained at Arholes ny
her aunt who IL to undergo an opera
tion at one of the Denver hospitals.
During her absence Oren Frary will
act as deputy in the county treas
urers office. Miss Muller is return
ing to her office duties after va
cation of nearly a months duration.
C. o. Dunagan and w. w. Nossa-
man have purchased 1000 acres Of
the TERRA Amarillo grant in New
Mexico which will be created into one
immense stock ranch. Both Mr.. Dun
aRan and Mr.. Nossaman are cattlemen
whose interests in Archuleta county
are large. Their branching out in
the way of additional territory for
their herds OF fine cattle is a sure in
dication of the success and present
prosperity Of those who are fortunate
enough to own bunch of beef and
the wherewithal to feed.-Pagoss
Springs Sun.
Mrs. Firmin Hamor and little
daughter Gladys departed via the
eastern this morning for Kansas City
where they will attend the family re-
union. Twelve years have elapsed
since Mrs. Hamor visited the old home
or had the privilege of seeing any
Gladys has never met any of her
mothers family and the prospects to
her seem quite as wonderful as though
fairy tale were coming true. Be-
fore their return the travellers will
spend some time in Hutchinson, Kas.,
Springfield, H., and st. Louis.
Yesterday F. A. Tycksen of Bay
field purchased tract of land be-
longing to James Butler from the
conservator of the estate, George
Lane. 1t will be remembered that
Butler is in an insane asylum, his
trouble dating back to the purchase Of
the land that was yesterday disposed
of by the conservator. After he had
paid S7O0 down on the property he
decided that he had been victimized
and the matter so preyed upon his
mind that he became insane. 1t is
interesting to note that Mr.. Tyckson,
who knows perfectly the land values
pay the same price for the property
that Butler did. so the trouble which
he thought was his, proved only to be
hallucination.
i The Archuleta store has been closed
at least temporarily, by ]. NJ. Archu-
leta acting for the Archuleta Mercan.
tile company. 1t seems that the com.
pany is the owner of the building, bu'
that Genevieve Archuleta, Ross wife
claims the stock. ]. NJ. claims that
: the owner or owners of the stock ha,
never paid him any rent, so he watch
ed his opportunity, closed the store
and put F. A. Byrne and Buck O'Nea