Seven Again Behind Bars

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ALL BUT FOUR OF ESCAPED PRISONERS RECAPTURED

TWO WORST STILL OUT

Mosier and Grady continue to Elude

All Efforts at Their

Apprehension.

     Yesterday morning tow 
more of the escaped 
prisoners were returned to 
the county jail, making in 
all seven who have been 
recaptured, leaving four 
more at large as 11 
instead of 10, managed to 
break out last Friday night.

     The couple brought 
back yesterday were the 
Parkinson brothers, whom 
Stock Inspector J. T. Webb 
over hauled at Parkman, 
Wyo. a station on the 
Burlington road.  As 
published in last Tuesday's 
Gazette, Mr. Webb struck 
the trail of the two , which 
led south, in the direction 
of the Big Horn river.  Last 
Monday he was so closely 
upon their track that he 
could distinguish them by 
means of his field glass.  
They were then on foot.  
As his horse had given out 
on him he was unable to 
close in on them and 
remained all night on 
guard at the bridge 
crossing the river.  They 
failed to show up and he 
doubled back on his track 
and secured a fresh 
mount.  With this he 
continued the chase, but 
without success.  
Becoming convinced that 
they would attempt to get 
out of the country by 
boarding a train, he acted 
accordingly and enlisted 
the cooperation of the 
railroad officials.  He was 
given a permit to ride on 
the eastbound freight and 
instructions were given to 
the trainmen and agents at 
the different stations to 
make a search of the 
empty box cars, as it was 
believed the men would try 
to conceal themselves in 
one.

Walked into his Arms

     Wednesday morning 
Mr. Webb was at Parkman, 
waiting for a freight train 
from the north.  A short 
distance this side of the 
station is a steep grad and 
all trains are compelled to 
run slowly.  Thinking that if 
the men whom he was 
seeking were on the train 
they would leave it there 
and walk around the 
station.  Mr. Webb 
concluded to do a little 
pedestrianizing himself, 
and walked back toward 
the grade.  When the train 
began to slack its speed 
he observed two men 
leaving a freight car and 
alight.  They alighted 
almost in front of him and 
proved to be the ones for 
whom he had been 
looking.  The argument he 
brought to bear upon them 
could not be resisted and 
they gave in as gracefully 
as possible under the 
circumstances.
     Mr. Webb look his 
prisoners back to the 
station and there sent a 
telegram to Sheriff 
Hubbard announcing the 
capture.  He kept the men 
in charge until the arrival of 
the passenger train from 
the east, which he 
boarded, arriving here 
yesterday morning at 7:30 
o'clock.

Day and Perrolas Also

     Near the same place 
where West, Griffin and La 
Pont were caught last 
Monday, Custer station, 
Frank Day and Louis 
Perrolaz were recaptured 
Tuesday afternoon.  Like 
the other three, they were 
endeavoring to get east 
and were taken in by 
deputies on guard at the 
railroad.

    La Pont was the first of 
the last three to be 
recaptured.  On the way 
back to Billings he told his 
guard that Day and 
Perrolaz could be found a 
short distance from the 
station, several miles, 
where they were in hiding 
in the brush.  He said that 
he and they had been 
traveling together since 
their escape, but had had 
a quarrel and he had left 
them, concluding 
henceforth to travel alone.  
Acting on this information, 
some of the men who had 
been looking for them went 
to their retreat and found 
the two in the place 
described by La Pont.

No in the Secret.

     The men so far 
recaptured deny all 
knowledge of the plot 
which resulted in their 
temporary restoration to 
liberty.  They say the first 
intimation they had of the 
plan for a delivery was 
Friday night, when they 
were told to get their 
clothes and come along, if 
they wanted to escape.

     La Pont, who is larger 
and heavier than most 
men, had an exciting 
experience in getting 
away.  Because of his size 
and the smallness of the 
hole made by cutting the 
bar of the window through 
which he and the others 
who were in the same 
cage with him were 
compelled to crawl, he 
;had great difficulty in 
getting out and became 
wedge.  Some of the men 
had preceded him, while 
others were still waiting to 
follow.  Seeing that he was 
unable to extricate himself, 
those on the outside 
combined forces with 
those on the inside and 
while some pulled and 
tugged on him the others 
pushed.  Finally their 
combined efforts prevailed 
and he landed on the 
ground underneath.  In 
describing the escape to 
the jail officers after his 
return, La Pont declared 
that at times he feared he 
would be pulled into pieces 
and rather regretted what 
he had done.  His clothing 
was almost all torn from 
his body and he was 
indeed in light marching 
order  when at last he 
found himself beyond the 
walls behind which he had 
been confined.

Have No Tidings.

     Up to last evening 
nothing had bee heard 
concerning Grady and 
Mosier and it was feared 
that they had succeeded in 
getting beyond recapture.  
Last Wednesday it was 
believed a clue had been 
obtained which would be 
productive of good results 
and Sheriff Hubbard was 
inclined to be hopeful that 
the men whom, above all 
others, he is anxious to 
have in his custody once 
more would soon be 
behind bars again.  Of 
course, he declined to 
make public the nature of 
the information he had and 
refrained from saying more 
than that he had reason for 
believing the chase so far 
as they were concerned 
would soon be over.  While 
still hopeful yesterday, he 
was less sanguine and 
admitted that the prospects 
were less cheerful than 
they had been, but that the 
efforts making would not 
be relaxed until it became 
absolutely certain that 
further work was useless.

     A belief is prevalent that 
as soon as they reached 
the outside Mosier and 
Grady struck for the south 
and then turned east and 
began working in that 
direction, hoping t get far 
enough away to make it 
sage for them to attempt  
to reach the northern part 
of the state, where Grady 
at one time lived and 
where he is believed to 
have friends who would aid 
him in getting across the 
border and into Canada, 
where the likelihood of his 
recapture would be greatly 
lessened.  Some think that 
they separated and each 
went in a different 
direction, as by doing so 
they would be less likely to 
attract attention than if they 
were to travel together.  If 
they really did this then, 
many think Mosier made 
his way southwest and into 
the Big Horn region and is 
presumably now headed 
for the Union Pacific, 
intending to escape in that 
direction.

The Billings Gazette
Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, Friday,  September 30, 1904