The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-25
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AWAY HIS
SHACKl.E:!S
Skeleton win Be Found I
Spring, Says Sheriff;
May Have Escaped,
However

skeleton win BE- found up thero ~.
the middle Of the woods next spelnrs ]
He isn't the kind 70 come out nows
and maybe hss too sfck 70 81 ct
This was the whispered opinion -
IN old Yeim farmsr Saturday.
Ii Albert Hall. boy fugitive. ~
was sought yesterday By throo
posses Of armed officers with bayss
ing blood HOUNDS. sttll shivor1ng ~
the little clu1np Of woods where ~
Capen ranch 5uts into the Nlsqunl1Y
river, mile from here? Or hao -
eiuded the guards who have wntcho0
his .iiding place since Thufsdov
night? The officers don't knoW.
They have given up and gone 49,. s
The alleged boy bandit Who beooDo
away nom Deputy 8htSjH Brown -
be was taken from Seattle to Che hn11u
and leaped from = moving train ~
mile from Yelm late Wednen1nS
evening. may stiIl b sinking thru
the soaked underbrush. hiding ~
tho swampy. beamhled rAvtnes, - 4
fering with The cold. coughing a.
~s~<SsA8 WIN NV kVtCE ts1444 -
~ insvttahly v1Il follgw ~ oo-hoo
stay m ths thickst without - -
shelter.
IDUDln 0uDD1D D.s~-~.-~4.
oHACkk18 r1f&O or
Deputy Sheriff Hoags. of 0lyU1o1
who spent an Of Friday at Yo1n, -
lievcs that Albert Hall u st1ll IN ~
woods. NJ
II il known that the boy has =
tained file from somewhere. cur ~ (
had ons when he accosted 0lGne1
Key. Yelm farmer, and asked HIN - 8
remove his hardcuffs. He preten1o1
to aid the boy. but planned to h0l1
him. for the officers. he satd. sT4o
boy became suspicious. 5erked aV&X
and fled. taking the file with him
This happened Thursday even1uGs {
and it WAS the last any one has or<0
Of the young fugitive. He wao Uoll
hatless and wore only light strse1
clothing.
Careful check late Friday sh0Wo1
that nothing had been stolen M
any house or farm around YeIm- NJ
food Of any kind was reported un1nr
ing.
Deputy Hoage doubted n anV
farmer or logging camp WORKING
man would shelter or feed tn hoV
secretly. Though Il was admitted Il
Yelm that this may have hAppene6.
MUST COME OUT
SOON OR DIE
THE boy must come out a. tlso
woods soon or he will die there,
said Deputy Hoase. I'VE can't NM
any trace OF him but We believe ~
IL yet In the brush. There y ~
other place for him to hide. If ~
comes out he will be seen at once
for there II no cover on the open
prairie. He mny have gotten III !
handcuffs off. but I doubt Il.
mo, think the boy is stili in tho
woods."
Three posses. one composed q
Yelm men. led by Deputy Sheriff
Hoage. one made up OF ChehaliD
deputies and another coneisfine ce
two officers and two blood houndo<
from Seattle.w ere in Yelm Friday,
While the hunted boy--if he waD
In fact stiil in the woods-crept
noislessly into the darkest, wetteG1
halls OF the forest. these 6oattlo
deputies made q strenuous effort q
set the blood hounds on his trau.
CHILLING RAIN SAVES
HIM FROM CAPTURE
But the rain that saturated the
boys meagre clothing and set hi
teeth chattering, saved him frurD
capture for the prize mAn-huntern
failed to trace the scent
The deputies were powcrless n 8
there was no trail for the bloen
hounds to follow. Rain had obliters
ated every trace. The dogs friske6
and yelpcd. frightened Z stray chick
en- at the crossroads, but refused 70
take up the trail Of the hunted boy.
Late Friday the Seattle deputies
took their blood hounds back hom0
Deputy Sheriff Hoage left Yelm men
to watch for the youth with direo.
tons to report to him at Olympia.
The Chehalis dept Aes made ine(.
fectual attempts to penetrate tho
water-soaked underbrush. then save
It up. They have LETT Yelm.
In Yelm 4 10 now believed thaa
Albert Hall has made good his esos
away and may now b riding the
breakbeams OF freight car somo.
where In the southern part oe ~
state.
FARMER MAY BE
HIDING HIM
Or some passing motorist NAY
have helped him beyond lOympia ~
but this IL only whispered-sorno
farmer. whose heart was touched ~ 4
the boys plight. IL hiding him a4n3
and caring for hin, E