Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-04
ROBERTS KEEPS MUM
As TO ACCOMPL|CES
TO GO TO REFORMATORY FRIDAY
-GILLIES EN- ROUTE TO
WALLA WALLA.

Henry Roberts, the escaped pris-
,ner from the county Jail who was
brought back from Brighton, Colo,
~ Sheriff McCorkle Monday, was
scheduled to leave Olympia Friday
afternoon for the Monroe reforma-
.ory in the custody of a travelling
guard, to serve his four years SEN
ence. The commitment papers were
made out Thursday, after several ex-
Of the prisoner by Prose-
cutting Attorney Geo. F. Yantis and
Sheriff McCorkle had failed to
divulge from him any substantial in
as to those who assisted
him in the escape.
Friday, also, the two travelling
guards who went to Key West, Fla,
to bring back ]. F. Gillies, Roberts
in the jail~break, who
was arrested there Thursday of last
week, we're due to start on the return
with their prisoner, who will be taken
direct to the Walla Walla peniten-
tiary. Gillies' motion for appeal was
formally dismissed in the local supe-
rior court Friday.
For the present at least, neither
Roberts nor Gillies will be prose-
cuted, though the investigation to
learn those who may have assisted
them in their escape will be carried
on and the two prisoners may be
brought to trial in the fall term of
court. Likewise the charges of COM
plicity under which Chester Bateman
and Mrs. Gillies are held under
$1,000 bond each, will be held in
allegiance, pending further investiga-
ton.
Practically the only information
Roberts gave. according to the
was that friends Of q third
prisoner. who was released before the
furnished the keys and
saws which made the escape possible.
Severe questioning Of Roberts. how
ever, failed to obtain from him .
- to the identity Of the
persons who aided them. The result
was that, after he had been confined
to the local jail three days. prepara-
tons were made to send him to the
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About the only comment Roberts
would make when he arrived In tho
city in the custody of sheriff Nc
Corkle Monday evening, was: 'T'm
glad to get back and I'm glad Gillies
is caught" Roberts attributes his
capture to the fact that the town
was too industrious and
called the Brighton Official another
Ben Hall-one who knows everything
that is going on" Hall while chief
Of police of Olympia originally caused
the arrest Of Roberts. who was con-
victed of a statutory charge on the
Of q girl.
A newspaper story gave the mar
shall his first clue. Then he wired
for instructions. Before his message
was answered he received q circular.
knowing the marshal was
planned to leave. but was
arrested before he got away.
Roberts had been travelling under
the name of Harry Roland and says
be almost talked the marshal into re-
leasing him. All Olympia identifica-
ton marks had been removed from
his clothing, but in his suitcase the
found book containing the
addresses Of a score of girls who live
in this vicinity. as we'll as u clipping
telling of Roberts ability as roller
skater.
An interesting feature of the case
developed after Sheriff McCorkle's re-
turn, when it became known that
when he reached Brighton to claim
Roberts. McCorkle learned that Mar
shall Ton of that city was &c. o. D."
person and had to pay him the $3.50
reward before he took Roberts away
from Brighton on the trip back to
Olympia.
When Roberts and Gillies escaped,
Sheriff McCorkle announced he would
pay a reward Of $50 for Roberts in
he event the county did not. The
next day the commissioners met and
,aid that II the reward were paid
hey would reimburse McCorkle. Rob
srts was captured.
Upon reaching Brighton, Sheriff
McCorkle explained all this to Mar
,hal Ton. The latter did not seem to