The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-29
Frank Lang, Sentenced for Murd
or but Favored by Pardon
Board, Makes Escape
sTARKWEATHER REMAINS
AMONG THE MUCH SOUGHT
General Bad. Man Has Covered
TraeAs-Milko Flick Returns
CT His Own Accord

Frank Lang, alias Long, alias Lang
kowske, sent up FOR life from Hettin,
ger county upon being convicted of {
particularly heinousM murder, but
whose sentence was materially re
duced by the pardon board in it's re
cent secret sessions at the peniten
tiary, is missing. Lang was engaged
in hauling sand within tie walls of
the penitentiary His absence was
first noticed after the attention of q
guard was attracted hyE his team stand.
ing tied near the pit for an unusual
length of time. The pententiary au
thorities are unable to state how his
escape was effected. They know that
he is gone and thatsa a careful search
is being made for him. Why the par
don board cut down the sentence OF q
man such as Lang, k,,nwr to lie q
dangerous character, is nrt explained
His case was one of many on which
the pardon board acted recently, bat
Of which the public has heretofore
been given no inklings
Still Missing.
Jesse Starkweather. Mercer county
man killer and highway robber, who
walked out of local dentists Office
last week while his guard was escort
ing another prisoner to a second den.
tist, is still at large. When Stark
weather escaped three years ago, he
remained fugitive until he had, il
is alleged, killed man, when he was
identified during his trial as the con
vict who had made his getaway while
serving sentence for highway rob
berry. Because he is not regarded q
safe citizen to be at large, and be
cause he faces upon the completion
Of his present sentence second trial
on the charge of manslaughter very
diligent search is being made for
Starkweather.
That Starkweather's escape was
framed is generally aumitted. He
timed his visit to the dentists so that
it accorded with that of another dan.
gerous criminal, who is believed to
have been in the plot. After Stark
weather had been safely deposited in
plice made up his mind that he want
cd his work done by another firm Of
''"-''"+s. two blocks away. and the
guard, one Of the oldest and most eff
= s'>"+it"+inr. annarontly re
garding Starkweather safe, left with
.w' "''wea+her, leav
ing his coat and hat behind, then calm
.,Ir eu OUT OF me ONCE and, it is
believed, found car and other cloth
ing awaiting him outside In any
event, he has very carefully covered
his tracks, and not hint Of his where
abouts has been obtained to date.
Paroled Man Back.
Frank Call, sentenced for three
years from Foster county for burglary
paroled about IS months ago. and who
within two months after leaving the
local prison, was convicted in the fed
eral district court at Minneapolis of
hurglarizing postofFice somewhere in
Minnesota, was brought back last
night from Leavenworth, where he
served a 10 months sentence in the
federal prison, and today he entered
upon the completion OF his three
years term in the North Dakota peni-
tentiary. Call has from IA months to
~. years yet to serve, and he will lose
all of the good time which he had ac.
cumuated previous to his parole. OF.
ticer Dopking escorted Call from Leav.
enworth to Bismarck.
Comes Eack.
Mike Ulick. a truS'y. who took MS
leave from the state prison June II,
1916, is. back behind The bars of his
own volition. Mike endeavored to en-
list in the United States army at varl-
Gus times and in different parts or the
country during his years liberty. but
was always rejected This fact and
the constant fear of detection, so
rreyed upon his mind that he surron'
dered himself to Jailcr Max Richards
at Fargo last week. llick was com
mitted from Ramsey county In 1910
for il years on statutory charge
He escaped while herding cattle near
the penitentiary.