Show Ben Tasker No word has yet been received regarding re-garding Ben Talker wlo escaped from the jai at Beaver on Monday last and the chances are that he has made good his escape At the time of his escape there wero four men watching the jail and though there is no evidence of the guards affording any aid it is remarkable that with two persons ineiae and two outside tbe wily Ben should be able to make his exit unknown Deputy Marshal Mar-shal Pratt had remained with the guards till after 1 on the night of the esoape and had contemplated watching all night himself when the guards told him there was no occasion occa-sion for it and he left He bad gotten got-ten irons fcr Tasker but tbey ware to I i all and it being Sunday he could no get them fixed He started out after tile runaway himself and set three Indans on his trail and some white men promising the former three horses and tbe latter 20 i tbey secured him but so far as known they have been unsuccessful I in their search Mr Pratt is expected ex-pected up shortly with eome otber prisoner The guilt of Taikor for murdering the German has been questioned and the existence of proof denied but the following from the Watchman may throw some light en this matter As loon a tbe court cptned for business busi-ness on tho morning of the e cape Judge Boreman issued a warrant for the arrest of Bens colored mistress who for the last four weeks has occupied a house in close proximity t the prison charging her with being accessory to the breaking of the jail and aLso perjury Attorney Christian immediately sued out a writ of habeas corpus and at thu hearing the prosecution placed a fellow known a One armed Reid on the witness stand who testified to facts which if true testfe t fact whic tro prove beyond a doubt that not only was the crime premeditated by Tasker but that with the exception of the unfortunate Engleking all the people at the ranche knew of the proposed murder several days before occurred |