East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-25
How SHERIFF TAYLOR CORRALS JAIL BREAKERS


ture is an interesting one. The three
and J. NJ. McCormmack made their
getaway one Saturday afternoon aft
er they had dug through fourteen in
ches Of brick with some improvlsed
tools. Their escape was discovered
soon afterwards but it was two hours
before their trail leading to the
mountains was struck, that is the
trail Of the three for Mccormack
never staid with them. For nine
days Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Es-
tes followed every clew they found
but the fugitives had used unusual
caution 1t was only when the es-
capped men began to underestimate
the persistence Of the sheriff that they
were run down.
Sheriff Taylor and Fayette Mettie.
a camptender who had been robbed
two days before, overlook the men,
Deputy Estes having returned to Leh-
man Springs, the last stage point, to
secure a bloodhound that had been
sent out to them.
The point where the persuers came
upon the jailbreakers was on one
prong Of Big creek, about eight miles
south Of Lookout Mountain. The
sheriff and Mettie were following the
main government trail and as they
came up over a point, they saw their
quarry not thirty yards ahead of
them. The escapes had not been on
the same trail but had intersected it
at this point and had stopped at Big
creek to take a drink before climb
ing straight over the ridges and drop
ping down onto the John Day.
Sheriff Taylor caught sight of Peale
and Raymond first and Peale saw him
almost at the same instant. The %
rifle which they had stolen from the
Dodson camp was standing against a
tree nearby but Peale made no et-
fort to get it. The guns of Taylor
and Mettie were upon them and,
while Mettie remained covering the
two, the sheriff walked few feet
and saw Gray. The rifle stolen from
Mettie was at his feet and the mo-
ment he saw the sheriff, he grabbed
the gun Before he could get it to
bIs sbonlder the sherifrs rifle was
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rallod MIN nv ran,a and ordared him
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did eo after tba second command
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