The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-27
TIPS OFF
PURSUERS;
RIDICuI.ED
Escaped Boy Burglar Be-
Iieved to Have Returned
to Seattle Il
BY RALPH BENJAMIN

IEl&M, sept. If.--LepUty oneJWkU
and bioodhounds failed where NJ
Lena Thompson. former Yeim schoeo
teacher. succeeded. when she found
Albert Hall. the alleged boy burelnx3
who escaped from Deputy Shefif1
Brown last Wednesday evening ~
leaping from q moving train. ana
who eiuded pursuit by hiding In tho
rain-drenched woods on the edgo e
the Cnpen farm one mile from herr.
Had the officers needed the tnfoe.
nation Miss Thompson gave them
they might have captured the youth
full fugitive. They were searching
the woods not more than three-qunSs
fers OF mile from the boys hS1img
place. They didn't find q tynco e
him or dig ~ his tran. ThGy
laughed at the Up Nis Thouzpssn
gave them
Three hours later they save Up
and left Yelm. Now II 10 admitted
the boy crawled out Of the forest and
eluded his pursuers. Miss Thomp-
son first saw the boy Friday evening,
when she went out to the harm On
tit VI HGI UfOtlfEE-tnsIAWa
George Colmer. TO get her automo-
bile for drive. She saw him
crouching in the woods. He held hts
hands together as II they were stil1
handcuffcd. She does not belisvo
the boy saw her.
SEES Roy AGAIN;
HE SEEMS WORRIED
She Immediately left the farm In
her machine and proceeded to inform
the deputies.
They listened tosher and then slaoo1E
their heads. On her return to the
colmer farm later In the evening.
she again saw the boy. She said
he appeared to be worried. ana kept
scanning the woods and listening for
the noise OF pursuit.
The story was told late Friday
around Yelm. after all Of the dep
uties had left for their homes.
Its cinch that that boy snealxct
out of the woods" declared Sheriff
Clifford. OF Olympia. Monday. Tho
Chehaiis deputies claim that they
got to the bridge before the boy
could have gotten away. think
they are mistaken. The boy has
probably found a way to get rid Of
the handouts by this time. and he
probably Is in or near Seattle. He
wouldn't 60 south"
At Yelm II has been reported that
nothing has been stolen from any
OF the farms. an indication that tho
boy has not been foraging. II Il
believed he made his getaway late
Saturday evening under cover Of
darkness after the deputies bad
gone.
MAY BE WANDERING
IN WOODS, HALF STARVED
The boy is wanted in Chehalis a
a charge Of robbing a poolroom. He
holds the record for escapes. Ho
was first arrested In Tacoma. ana
sawed his way out Of the Chehalio
Jail He was arrested later in Seae
tie and escaped from Deputy Brosvo
by leaping out of a train window
one mile from Yelm. He was seinod
by Sidney Key. Yelm farmer.
He broke away from Key and f1ed
into the woods and officers were
near him Friday.
Fear is expressed In Yeim that
the boy may be wandering. half
starved, thru the underbrush, and
suffering from his SO hours OF ex-
posure, for II Is believed he has had
nothing to eat save what he could
find in the forest. He was still hat.
less when last seen.
Sheriff Clifford said no more efforts
would be made to locate him in the
woods. but that notices had been
sent out to all county and city Of
ficials to keep on the lookout for
the boy.