The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-05

Charles Bans, IS years old, arrested
July 81 on charge concerning gov
eminent checks and under observa-
ton to determine his sanity. 49,:
Escape Well Planned.
The escape was made apparently
in accordance with a we'll thought
out plan, believed to have been per
fected by Watson, w no is thought to
have persuaded Bains to join in
merel y because the two were cell
mates ..
.Jailers Brady and Peter Leko were
on duty at the time. Leko was on
an upper floor when a telephone call
came for Watson. Against the es-
tablished orders Of the Jail, Sheriff
John Wagner said, Brady alone took
Watson to the telephone from his
cell in tier one, on the first floor.
The phone conversation completed,
the jailer returned his prisoner to
the CELL. When the cell door was I'M
locked, Bains, who had been waiting
just inside the door, leaped out and
the two prisoners grappled with
Brady, took his keys, locked him in
the cell and walked out Of the jail. q
Bains Murders the Driver of the Taxi
and Again Escapes.
Wednesday night Bains, who had
engaged taxi driven by Henry Hoff-
man and Lloyd Best to take him to
Red Wing.
Three miles west of Red Wing,
Bains, according to the story told
by Best, requested that the car be
stopped to allow him to get out
and stetch himself. He said one of
his legs had been twisted when the
automobile went over a rough stretch
Of road. For more than half an
hour a stop was made at the road
side and when the car started, Bains
asked to be allowed to ride alone in
the tonneau of the machine. Refusal
lead to an argument, according to
Best, and it ended with Bains and
Best riding together in the rear seat,
after which Bains climbed into the
front seat with Hoffman, who was
driving. .: 49,.
Demand for Fare Evaded. ~.
Reaching Red Wing, the trio
lunched at a restaurant, where a de-
mand was made Of the passenger for
his fare. Best and Hoffman did not
know the man was Bains at this
time. The passenger said he had no
money and offered to give prom
issory note for $50, when Best sug-
gested taking him to the police sta
ton. Bains then agreed to go
"home" and get the money. ~
The two drivers, according to
and when in front of Mrs. C. F. Hill's
rociIoron OK Mo-, et,, d. 81
the two men to wait while he went in
to get the money. .
Suspecting a ruse, Best and Hoff-
man followed Bains to the back door
of the house.. Further "stalling," ac-
cording to- Best, occurred. Best re-
iterated his suggestion to take the
man to the police station. Hoffman
reached for Bains, when the latter,
according to the story, drew a gun
and shot Hoffman through the stom-
ach. .s-- .'''..
,>.. Collapses at Wheel. ~
Best said he ran but returned when
he saw Bains flee. Hoffman, with
Best's assistance, was able to reach
the automobile, where the wounded
man insisted on taking the wheel.
After driving about 100 feet, Hoff-
man told his companion that he was
dying and collapsed at the wheel.
Leads Exciting Chase.
Capture of Bains came after an ex-
citing man hunt through the hills
ravines and woods surrounding From
tenac. He was seen in that vicinity
early Thursday and all through the
day, with the temperature about 80,
he led the possemen desperate
chase.
/ Finally Bains was cornered in d
small wooded plot near the Fronte.
nae station of. the St. Paul road
The possemen were preparing to rush
the. woods when the fugitive appeared
and walked along the railroad tracks
Three Of the possemen, Clyde John
son, Raymond Allen and Frank Oh
son, all young lads of Red Wing, and
Detective James a.. Mitchell, Jailers
j. A. Todd and Peter Leko Of St
Paul, commanded him to halt. Bains
turned and see that he was coveraG
by the posse, he surrendered. HI
was marched to the station at From.
| tenac where Sheriff John A. Anderson
Isof Goodhue county and Arthur e
Arntson, county attorney, took charge
of him. Goodhue county authorities
decided to hold him for the killing 81
Hoffman. Bains had thrown his gur
away.