Show POSSES IN SEARCH OF FUGITIVE WARDEN HINTS GUNFIGHT FINALE I J Joseph l' l Henry Martin I Desperate Desperate Des Des- pcr te Yet Served as Trusty Storrs Says r fj i had bad been hlen n a model prisoner Hl f For O t fr r two t years j he hI had been n a trusty fruity nn ON nr sary clerk Cllrk We C trusted him h of oC his JiU excellent conduct He lie hail gl en t tl If officials official o trouble shnte e e cr I 1 believe him to In lie he desperate lie He will III ili r- r 1111 likely resist nn any attempt to In arrest him A Ae Vc e must Ret get ft him lint hilt I r I It aill He n costly rodl- rodl hunt He lie lins hn n a Kim gun before and no flu Mill III lii put up n a tiff stiff fight for fur freedom I lo do un not Intend to tu let this thin affair m me me- to fO the oilier pris- pris otters It Mill rill no change In m my on un i rl oi one erie man hn proven Iron uni ungrateful for tor forthe the flat IM is no reason renon MI why h I more amenable prisoners should ut fer While widespread search by police and posses was being Instituted forthe for forthe the fugitive c Warden George Storrs of or the t Utah t h state penitentiary thus briefed his his official attitude toward I Joseph Henry Martin f highwayman burglar lar and blackmailer who escaped from the prison early arl yesterday Hope that the thc convict con would 0 bo be I quickly apprehended which had been raised b by the notoriety of ot his case was dashed wt n word was received that that a man answering Martins Martin's doI do- do I had escaped from Jail at Po- Po cateno Ida after being taken In custod custody cus- cus tod tody tOly on 01 suspicion The Information came to Joe Jones special a agent ent of oC the Oregon Ore Short Line lAne who learned that a man answering the descriptions hail hall been heen arrested a 6 G a m. m In Po Po- bi to 11 or Ho was taken en to the th jail find and showed showe the desperation of ot his case by Jumping out of a Q window Getaway lit Is Quirk If It this was vas Martin officials ex explained ex d ho must have 8 taken the time 11 5 nh I I 11 UI L au L It less than an nn ic hour after atter er he had I II slipped away from the prison I Martin dartin who was serving orving a life lito sentence sen ten tence tenca as a habitual criminal Is con con 1 the author of ot a series serica of or r crimes which terrorized the tho citizens I of or Ogden for Cor over two years The first of ot these was the tho robbing Mrs Isabella Boyle Wallin of or a a. valuable diamond ring after aCter she sho had been awakened in tier ter bedroom durin during October October Oc Oc- tober 1911 1311 The Culver er Jewel robber robbery w was w s another piece picco of ot Martins Martin's work Ho He forsook burglary for blackmail and wrote threatening letters to Mrs Irs Thomas D. D Dee Mrs Ralph E. E Bristol Bristol Bris Bris- tol tol Mrs Irs David ld Eccles Lo Roy Eccles and David C. C Eccles Successive attempts to apprehend the blackmailer proved futile On one such occasion Martin and another bandit held heM up two dete detectives thes relieved them of at 1000 nn and made a clean get got away Home la It d Several Sf months after acter this the home homo of ol LeRo LeRoy Eccles was d dynamited beca bo- bo ca cause se of ot refusal to comply with the tho blackmailers blackmailer's demands Detectives were continually seeking the elusive trail or Of Of Martin and ind finally one night I David Edwards a detective disguised as LeRoy LeHoy Eccles kept tryst with Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin in a a. lonely spot on tho the outskirts of Ogden A battle in which h the de detective detective de- de was wai severely wounded ensued A gunshot wound received b by Martin in this fight I ht eventually e served as aa Incriminating in incriminating In- In Incriminating criminating evidence c The arrest of Martin a few months later led to his being found guilty of ot assault with a deadly weapon for which he was sentenced to five lve years ears In the state penitentiary be being Ins Ins- committed committed com corn to that institution In in April 1914 The following year ho he was tried for forI the robbery of or Mrs and at that time received a life liCe sentence for rOT being an habitual criminal Martin Is said l r to nave have confessed a few new months ago noo to Warden arden Storrs that he was the Ogden Og VI- Og- Og den blackmailer Given Gl At the time of ot his escape 11 p p. m. m Tues Tuesday Martin was wearing n a straw hat light yellow shirt grayish tro trousers trous trous- sers s- s ers era and medium heavy black shoes Warden said last night that there was no distinguishing mark on his outer garments by which the lamn lay la- mn man could distinguish the criminal The warden stated that there was not even cren uniformity in tho the weight and color of or clothing worn by inmates Inmate o of th prison Martin wore no coat or orest vest est and was smooth shaven He Is 41 U years of age Although a life lite Martin along with other trusties of ot the prison wa was wua permitted to sleep in the building out the walls of the prison The wing ed d by these privileged ones w was formerly used as quarters for or worron inmates There Isa Isa is isa a stairway hat chat leads to the tho main en entrance entrance en- en trance of the At t this this- entrance an armed IA t on watch at all times Guard Xo No Harrier At tho the hour of oC escape Martin fully dressed descended this stairway His I head was bent as if It in thought but possibly he feared the guard Suard might ht read the exultation in his eyes and so averted them The guard according to Warden Storrs has haM given Iven no no reason I for tor permitting the con l convict t to J Jave ave the prison unchallenged excepting that ho he like others ot of tho prison officials I trusted Martin Charlie Longston was the tho guard on watch Tuesday night Warden arden Storrs m said ald last night that an Investigation In I wc would uld probably lead to r e I dismissal l from the prison force as orders had hall been given KI that thal even oen the trusties should not leave lea their quarters during during- the night Despite the tho early hour of or the es escape escape es- es cape no notification was sent out until 3 a. a a In rn Wednesday when tho the poll police c of oC Salt Lake were Informed of ot what had transpired NO o explanation was offered of or- for tor this delay dulay excepting that the prison officials wanted to make sure I that an escape had been effected be before beI be- be fore raising tho the alarm I Track Are Arc The theor theory of or tho the prison officials ls Is Js that Martin had hall friends waiting In nn an automobile to help him get Jet away avay Yos- Yos morning his tracks were traced I through tho the peach orchard to tho the west of ot the prison lie He came out Omit lit of ot tho thu prison grounds rounds near th the Intersection of oC Fourteenth East mind and Twenty first South streets evidence Indicated Tho street cars run along this street but J inquiry as ns to a passenger r answering Martins Martin's description brought no rio re results re- re suits According According- to Warden arden Storrs this Is the tho seventh man who has hot not yet et ct been returned after escaping from the tho prison since the Inception of or the present present pres pres- ent reformed system m of ot prison keep- keep Ing A l. l reward of ot Is offered by h Warden Wardon War War- arden den don Storrs Stoma for tor Information leading lending to the arrest arnst of or Martin News Newa of or the tho escape escape es es- es cape capo with descriptions of ot the tho fugitive have ha b en sent broadcast throughout the countr country T Two n o Other Besides Martin Martin two other prisoners prison era ers undergoing life lite sentences are In Included in- in eluded among the the- trusties sleeping outside the prison walls These are Frank and James son f h was y to to-a to a killing while tJ Sh Shockley killed two men in a street car up hold-up several years ago 30 Chief of or Police J. J Parley White last night characterized the dola delay occasioned occasioned occa occa- between n the escape of Martin and the giving of or that thi information to the police as deplorable Martin got away either cither by automobile or I street car If lf the police had been notified im immediately im- im mediately It would have been possible to establish a guard that might have hn effect his apprehension lon while lille the prIsoner oner wa wall still seeking an avenue enu to escape from n the tho city said Chief White Detectives Larson and Patten of tho the Halt h L L. fi pu vert er following fol tol fol- fol lowing a n m nt at 14 Hi a 1 m nt yesterday esterday whom they to have been beon Martin Mar far fartin tin The two to detectives cs were returning from a c cull call ll to lo the west vett side of oC town The They er j passing the Intersection of or Fifth South and West West- cst Temple lo streets when they thy noticed n a koking character West Vest To a n little south of ot tho ti-ia corner vorner 11 Mait lou nil i Alley T The IThe man turned west on n Fifth Firth South The turned tho ti-mo In which thc they WIC vt riding With the In Intention In- In intention of l C following him A r hout out I yards yard ard from tl tic the corner la Is an nn old building build build- ing InS and anti when he hOe arlI arrived cI at this point tho the man mm turned NU aside and darted Carted down in lr alley He lie md had consid- consid headway and ind got gt It way avay W although tho detectives searched search d the lot lor or h him in- in Both of ur tue tho detectives defectives arc aro familiar with Ith Martins Martin's lIk nc w fhe They said ll l lust night that thu tho they rhoy v ere positive e Marin Mar liar tr t tin in was the wan man th they followed H He Ite was ca r ng a asack sack and kept his right rig hand over o his hip when running as ax 3 though hough t he ho might be gripping a n. weapon n Notice olle Slow Iov It was wag not until ono one and one hall r hours later that the detectives heard I of or Martin e escape cape The police stated last night t ion tion had bC been 11 furnished them that Jim Jin- McGivern who 1 hI said to have been a n i pal ot of Martins Martin's while both were con con- fined d In t v S state prison purchased a n I suit of ot clothes yesterday that dill did not nol L fit tit him It Is said that McGivern ord ord or- or d r red d tho the clo clothes hes for for- about his size sUo I o only longer longor In the trousers 18 i Is s said sald to tobe tob be noarl the time same sized man as ns Martin excepting that he Is fiat w-fiat Sat shorter I pardons and too man many are allowed to escape declared T T. B. B Porter Martins Martins Mar far fartin's f tins tin's escape Is on a par with a n father leaving lea his home to go down don town and anil amI I tolling a n child to remain rem in until h ho returned Warden arden Storrs gave ae Martin Martin Mar Mar- i tin entirely too much liberty I understand understand under under- stand that ho he has been a trusty for tho the thoI I past two years ears I cant can't understand tho the attitude of ot the warden sarden In making a trust trusty of t a man with Martins Martin's record There certainly should sh-ouId bo be an investigation investigation Invest Invest- gation made Members of the sheriffs d department as well as ns of ot tho the police department were of or the tho opinion that Martin f should have ha been closely guarded from the moment that he hens was ns turned over o to the tho state authorities t. t |