The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
DRENCHED,
STARVING,
HEDODCE:S
PURSuERS
Must Swim River to ESCAPE
But His Hands Are
ShackIed!
BY RALPH BENJAMIN

YELM. Sept 24.-Aibert Hall. ~
burglar. who escaped from Deputy
Sheriff Brown at Chehalis late WEI
nesday evening by leaping from The
window Of a swiftly moving train =
mile from here. was stu at larO
late this morning.
Drenched to the skin from a.
downpour OF rain that has sna1Do1
the woods in this district for tbo -
week. hatless. shivcrtng wa ~
cold and still handcuffed. be y
thought to be without food unIeO ~
has taken to eating the roots e
plants and the few remaining -
ries
With no shelter except ~
branches Of the trees. be u bollovo0
TO be creeping thru the thic1etD -
a narrow arm Of Land that tuto -
the Eisquaily river. little marc thG0
a mile-frum this lawn. -ss~ = ~
b. IOODHOUNDS F80N WA1xk0
TAKE Up 43AIL srs M
Bloodhounds from S0tf1o G~Co
brought to Yelm oo1ny - -
taken up the searcoi ~ ~ ~
heavily asned posses also stnr1n1 -
beat the woods and hunt thzu ~
hundred .ravines and guIliss TT
scar the small forest that the youlk
was seen to enter Wednesday uigh4
Sheriff John clifford. Of OIympon,
Chief OF Police Hughes Of Centra1h.
two Yelm officers and three deputies
Of Chehalis spent all day ThursdQy
going over the rough country =
search Of the boy. They found where
he had entered the woods and a.
covered an old abandoned huntessa
shack far back in the trees. but noe
sign Of the boy. Guards were stne
toned on the bridge over the Ms
oually andrfarmers were warned tor
miles around. But Albert Han =
still fugitive today.
SMALL WOODS BOYS
ONLY REFUGE
The arm Of land that = beenv
searched by the posse and houn69
consists OF about 500 acres a heavily
wooded country. The Nisqualiy nov
at the flood bounds the wood -
three sides. the Keller Logging ana
Lumber works are located near IL
edge OF the clear side Open prniroo
dotted with farms and with scarcely
any covering. graduates from IL
patch OF woods on all sidea
Sheriff Clifford declared Il impoo
sible for the boy to escape.
"The boy would be taking . ~
chance to swim the river at its pronr
ent height. without his hands
shackled. and I am certain he ~
not get away into the prairie. He
will be captured somewhere In The
woods. II he were not q determinoA
boy he would have given up lon9
before now. for he must be suffer
ing for food and shelter" Sheriff
Clifford said
He doubted II the bloodhounda
could pick up the trail OF the fuGis
tive because of the heavy rains-
Albert Hall was first arrested IN
Tacoma by Detectives Lonans ard
Miller on word from Chehahs that
he was wanted on a burglary charge
at onalaska. The Tacoma officegu
took the boy off the train here. He
was carrying n suitcase jammea
with cheap jewelry. watches and
other trinkets. which he claimed he
won on punch boards. He also car
ried a loaded pistol on his hip. He
claimed to be Is years old.
Deputy Sheriff Coyns OF ChShalts
came to Tacoma after Hall Saturday
and took him to Chehalis. where he
was confined in the women's ward
lie sawed a hole in the floor Of the
ward and escaped.
When in Tacoma he declared he
would never be taken back to Che
halls and just before he made his
last break for liberty he told his
guard. I'm get away again. you
cah't keep me-" He had been hand
cuffed because OF his threats r.
escape.
Sheriff Clifford, checking up tho
boys record. found that his home. 10
in Spokane and that he Is actually
II years old.