The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-09
FORREST AND
SCOTT TAKEN
BACK TO MINOY
Lone WC'f' Brought Here
TIL, Morning From Glen
divc-Tells Of Trip


Volt" bandit. and Harry Scott. who
escaped from the Minot jail with
Forrest and five bther prisoners ths
morning of September q, left Bis
mar"k at IL 4. IN. today by auto
mobile for Minot with w. G. Rustad
Ward county deputy sheriff. and
Neil Collins, special deputy.
Forrest was captured Thursday
evening at Glendivc, Mont, and wa,
brought to Bismarck this mornin,
on N. r., train No. by the Mino1
officers, reaching here ut 1880 a. m
Scott was captured 16 miles north
east Of Driscoll MondSy aftcrnool
by Deputy Sheriff Ed. kafer Of Bur
leigh county. The two men, Scot
and Forrest, were together Sunda,
evening when first sighted by tn.
Burleigh county officers. but fled in.
to the darkness. leaving behind Al
automobile which had been stoler
Saturday night at D0gden. McLcat
county. The car contained guam.
tity Of merchandise which had beer
stolen from Dogdcn store the same
night.
Scott was taken into custody at q
farm house the following afternoon
but claimed he had seen nothing Oi
Forrest since the night before whcr
they separated as the officers up.
preached.
Was in Bismarck Wednesday
Forrest remained in the hills and
buckbrush in eastern Burleigh and
western Kidder county until Wed
nesday, he said here today, aftel
which he caught west bound freight
He passed through Bismarck late
Wednesday afternoon without stop.
ping, but stopped in Mandan and ate
lunch ut the White Star cafe. He
then caught another train west
reaching Glendivc late Thursday. He
visited the business district of the
Montana city three times before HI
was recognized and taken into Gus
tOdy, he said.
NJ had no intention of remaining
away permanently" Forrest said here
today, adding that his listeners
could "laugh at such a statement" ii
they wished. II just decided to leave
the Minot Jail because Sheriff SpicheI
did not treat me fairly. He refused
to let anyone visit me, and refused
to send m cigars, candy and food
which was brought to the jail for
me. At one time he kept me on
bread and water for several days
for no good rcas0n--simply because
l requested clean plates from which
to eat instead Of rusty pans. fully
intended to return after ] had visit
ed around for while as was salts
fled in having cost Sheriff Spicher
several thousand dollars which he
might have received for the aliens
which escaped with me-"
Barely Escaped Capture
Forrest said he was "just a few
jumps ahead" Of Deputy Sheriff
kafer several times during Sunday
evening and all day Monday. when
the local officer was searching the
vicinity where the men Had been
seen. my legs were all in from
much walking and couldn't run OF
walk far at 4 timc." he said. II
would just keep going over one hill
as Kafer's car came over the other
Forrest, when captured and when
reaching Bismarck, wore an army
shirt, army trousers, . soft hat, and
high top leather boots. He had q
weeks growth Of beard, but his first
words to Scott. when the two met
here, were "Why don't you shave p
Forrest denies emphatically that he
was in Mandan Tuesday morning, as
was believed earlier in the week, and
the description Of the man who ate
breakfast in the New Palace clfe
there. and who was later thought
to have been Forrest. does not tally
with that Of the prisoner as he il
dressed at present.