The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-09-27
CHARLES BAPTIST
CAPTURED IN WOODS
eSAPED CONVICT AGAIN IN
MARQUETTE PRISON
SAYS HE WILL SHOOT NEXT TIME
Officers Captured The Man At DeMongo's
Shack in Bates Township After
failing The Owner


Iron River was convicted in the circuit
court Of this county and sentence TO
term of years in Marquette prison for
his misdeeds Attys L. w. Byers OF
Iron River and M. H. Morisrty of this
city were active in his prosecution and
Baptist has harbored grudge against
them ever since.
He escaped from Marquette prison
last summer and immediately sent
word to the two attorneys that he
would shoot them on sight.
His threats caused great deal of
uneasiness on the part of the friends
OF the meu, for Baptist was known to
be bad man and it was believed that
he would do what he said he would.
Search for his arrest has been pro-
secuted vigorously all summer bat IL
was not until last Monday morning
that he was captured at the homestead
of Victor De Mongo, away up in the
woods north of Iron River DeMongo
had evidently been feeding the man
ever since he escaped, at least tnat Is
the general impression, but il is doubt
ful il Baptist slept in the shack.
Some time ago some of the woods
men from Iron River, whom Baptist
knew when he lived IN that town.
were In that section of the county
looking over some timber lands and
they ran across Baptist who came out
of hiding and talked with them. He
sent message toMr. Byers by these
men and when they came down they
reported the fact that Baptist was in
the vicinity OF DeMongos place.
Gene Moser and John Andrews. two
deputy game wardens. got pretty
good line on where Baptist was and
when he could best be caught so last
Saturday they got out search war
rant for DeMongo went up there dur
ing the night and took him into custo-
dy. placing him in an auto and hustl-
ing him off to Jail unknown TO Baptist.
The two men then waited until Sun
day night when they quietly returned
to the DeMongo place and hid inside.
About four o'clock IN the morning
they heard Baptist coming down the
trail He noticed the tracks and walk
ed along past the shack for quite dis
tance He must have been thrown off
the scent, however, for I'm short time
he returned TO the house and knocked
/ NJ "a
the door while the other covered Bap
tist with his gun so quickly that he
didn have time TO get the rifle he
was carving into action. Andrews
grabbed the rifle. Moser keeping him
covered all of the time and after he
saw that resistance was useless he let
go Of IL and the hand cuffs were slipp-
ed ON his wrists.
His rifle was found to be loaded and
the magazine full Of cartridges. He
claimed at first that he was DeMongo,
not knowing that the latter was then
on his way to Jail. Finally the man
gave in and acknowledged that he
was Baptist He claimed not to have
been maintained by DeMongo but the,
officers claim TO have evidence that he
was and will probably make 10 very
warm for DeMonRo for IL Is prison
offense 10 assist escaped convicts
The officers and their man started
through the woods with their prisoner.
They bad TO walk nearly TO Iron River
as their car failed 10 return for them
and no conveyance was at hand
Arrived at Iron River they got car
and took their prisoner TO the county
Jail and on Tuesday morning the
brought him back to Marquette.
Baptist got quite talkative after a
time. He said that he has been with
in twenty feet Of Mr.. Byers and would
have shot him but for the pleading of
his wife and children. He avows.
however. that IL he ever gets ont OF
prison again he will make il his life's
aim 20 get Byers and Moriarty.
He has several years more TO-
serve at Marquette and 10 not liable 30
get away again. He behaved very
we'll while he was at the prison and
got TO be trusty He had great
deal Of liberty but last summer be
broke faith and ducked.