The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-12-10
ETLAND CAPTURED
AT GENEVA, ILLINOIS, !
BOASTS 7 ESCAPES
Made Getaway Here Year and
Half Ago; Wanted at
North Dakota
NEW AIRPLANE USED
Kise Follows Trail for Years
Believes He Missed by
Minutes Frequently

A prisoner who boasts of escaping
from seven jails including the Red
wood county Jail more than year
and half ago, was brought back to
Redwood Falls Tuesday from Geneva,
Illinois, in Sheriff L. j. Kisses new
airplane.
Sheriff Kise has been working on
several clues for a year trying to
locate the prisoner. When he was ar
rested here on the charge of stealing
parts of the Minnesota battleship
from Ramsey State park, he was
wanted in the state penitentiary in
Bismarck, North Dakota, on Jail
breaking charge. The warden wanted
Mr.. Kise to send him back there but
the Redwood county sheriff planned to
have him held in Minnesota until his
sentence of three and one-haf years
was up.
The prisoner who gives his name
as Joseph Jetland, Louie Qualey and
many others, escaped from the Jail
here April 81, 1880, the night after
he had received his sentence to Still
water from Judge Gislason. His
escape was made as Deputy Sheriff
Harry Beatty was clearing up the eve
ming meal dishes. AS he reached for
Jetland's dishes, he lodged around
Beatty and dashed through the cell
door, down the corridor and out of the
Jail into the dark.
Kise Left Monday
Sheriff Kise left Monday with his
SON, Douglas, and Jack Robinson,
pilot, for Geneva. They ran into bad
weather and stopped at Dubuque,
Iowa, for the night. While in Du-
buque, the plane was overhauled and
made ready for the flight next day.
They arrived in Geneva, Illinois, at,
$50 the next morning, picked up
their prisoner at the county Jail and
started for home.
They ran into severe snow storm
near Albert Lea and later the snow
turned into rain and the four headed
for Fairmont to store the plane for
the night. Mrs. Kise was called and
drove to Fairmont from where their
trip was continued by automobile.
Geneva Sheriff Arrests
The arrest OF Jetland was made by
the Sheriff at Geneva on suspicion Of
stealing chickens and selling liquor.
Iceland had changed his name many
time during his stay at Geneva and
when picked up his fngerprints were
compared with those on the poster
of the escaped prisoner from Red
wood county. He made confession
and said he was wanted in seven pri-
sons. The Geneva sheriff notified
Sheriff Kise after holding Jetland II
days trying to find out where he be-
longed.
LELAND will not answer many ques-
tions but Mr.. Kise believes he trailed
him down to Wisconsin a year ago.
Jetland denies having been there. The
sheriff believes he has followed him
to many other cities during the year
and missed him by few minutes, al
though Jetland denies them all.
Jetland has been Minnesota man
all Of his life, moving from
one place to another. He admitted
during his trial here April 26, 1880.
that he has been arrested several
times in Minnesota and North Dako-
Ia on charges of selling liquor, hav-
ng it in his possession and for theft.
he also admits having Jail sentence
If two and one-half years left at
North Dakota. He is still
wanted there with an additional sent
.nce for breaking Jail, and will pro-
,ably serve an additional sentence in
saltwater for breaking the Redwood
county Jail. Contrary to reports in
papers, Iceland was still
lere Wednesday and not in Still
vater. The ship mentioned was the
Minnesota" not the Minneapolis"