bed meals to travelers on the trail -hose who wished. “he next day was very hot, and the n heading south had made such id time that by noon he found iself on the west side of the Fraser ver, and could see the small town Quesnel across the river. He de- ed to take a long rest and cross the sy on the last ferry for that day. se beside him was a_ fenced adow, and removing the bars from one entrance he led his horse into lush grass, removed the saddle, 1 placed hobbles on the animal. en choosing a shaded spot where could command a view of the rance to the field he lay down. tually he must have fallen into ound sleep. We Have You Surrounded suddenly he was awakened by a ce saying, “Put your hands over ir head, no monkey work, we have 1 surrounded.” Quickly reaching his gun he was about to arise en two guns were shoved into his s, and seeing that all resistance was less he allowed the two men to arm him. A third man stood in the tance, armed and holding three rses Which were saddled and quietly zing. special Constable Aitken now asked »man if he was the man wanted for » murder of the Seattle policeman, | he at once admitted that he was, 1 added that they would never have en him alive if he had stayed ake. ‘Bobtail” Smith, who was none er than the son of Ralph Smith, > Federal member for Nanaimo, d the equally famous Mary Ellen ith, who later was M.L.A. in the ovincial Parliament, was highly mplimented for his recognition of > wanted man from the description 1t out. The operator at the Blackwater tion didn’t know quite what to nk, other than he had held that in’s gun, the only one the man rried, and that the man had volun- ‘ily handed it to him. It was evident at the man did not think him very ight. I hate to admit it, but the iter was the man who so keenly amined the gun — but not the mer. * * * * * * * NotTe.—This ts a true fact story. he murderer was caught in August tker’s meadow on the ridge over- R. E. Horton, Pres. H. B. Horton, Mar. W. W. Powell Company LTD. Manufacturers of WHITE PINE MATCH BLOCKS WHITE PINE LUMBER NELSON B.C. | WENTY-THIRD EDITION looking Quesnel across the Fraser River. Later the man was extradited, and eventually suffered the death penalty. Dick Smith was later transferred to Prince George, where for some years he was the telegraph agent for that town, and became well known to thousands of residents and tran- sients. Half-breed Charlie Phillips arrested by Cons. Dave Anderson and Frank Aitken (Spectal) May, 1909. CELL BARS CUT WITH STRING, WAX AND DENTIFRICE HERBERT E. GREEN, veteran gaoler for 21 years and head gaoler, Maricopa County Gaol, Phoenix, Arizona, did not believe his eyes, but there was the evidence—several pieces of string, a milk carton and a small - tube of powdered dentifrice. Re- sults: Three steel bars cut from their mountings and a possible escape in the making. It all started in May, 1949. Oliver Wayne Coursey, 31, charged with at- tempted robbery and kidnapping with intent to rob, was then placed in tank A on the sixth floor of the Maricopa County Gaol. Coursey had made a previous attempt to escape from his cell, but had failed. He decided, con- sequently, if he could not walk out, he would cut his way out. Mustering all the ingenuity at his command, Coursey removed the strings from his mattress. Scraping wax from the milk carton and impreg- nating it into the string, he was ready to attack the bars of his cell. His abrasive elements consisted of a high- grade dentifrice mixed with plaster scraped from the outside of the build- ing and small portions of kitchen cleanser. Short pieces of pencil tied to either end of the string made adequate handles for a job which would take time and _ patience. Coursey had plenty of both. He cut each bar from the outside in with his improvised saw. The effect was barely discernible and smooth as glass, bearing none of the earmarks of a cut made with a hacksaw blade or a similar tool. Pieces of bubble gum were placed in each bar in an effort to conceal the cut from the gaoler. Coursey was care- ful never to cut each bar completely through. Eventually, three of the bars had little to hold them but the bubble gum. Twenty-five days were devoted to his escape endeavor. Later, Coursey bragged to the gaoler that he could cut each steel bar in a matter of hours.—(Garda Review.) * * THE “MERC” Trail’s Leading Department Store P.O. Box 530 Telephone 977 P. P. 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