| Show PAROLED PflHVSPT uUFmbi MAKES DESPERATE 1 DASH fOR l BERTY BERTYI I Guard Ure Fires Three Shots I at Fred George CHASE ALONG CITY STREETS Convicted Murderer Begs Officer cer to Kill Him Young Accomplice of Couglilin Prefers Pre-fers Death to Hetuming to Prison Prson Preferring death to further confinement In the State penitentiary and L grasping at any means that offered temporary freedom free-dom Fred George under life Fcntcnce at the Slate prison and out on parole made n desperate attempt to cnuapc from two guards about 820 last night lie had been released on parole und was found on Second Sec-ond South street by the officers The streets were crowded by pedestrians at the time and an excited howling mob Joined In the chnse which the officers at once begun Three idiots were fired by Guard era at the escaping convict but none were effective None of the dcnso crowd were Injured by the UrinE The convict was finally overtakin by tIme guard and begged that the officer end his life rather than take him buck to prison BEGGED FOR DEATH Shoot me kill me but dont take me back to the pen pleaded George when at last ovei taken and thrown to Urn ground by i Guard Uiv t m Kill mo now and right here but dont take me buck to Hint place I have lived there till It Is unendurable unen-durable and cannot live there any more Kill me plcaso but dont make nw go back to that place George was completely exhausted when captured and when taken to police headquarters head-quarters he WIB covered with mud hut the Idea of goIng buck to that place would have made me do anything he aald 1 would rather lie dead rather be In K In any place that you can think of than to lie contlnrd there the rest of my life I Is I awful and the mere thought of having to go back thorn amid llvi after 1 had a row months of freedom made mo wild 1 would have done VmS1 timing to avoid It But what a oolr 1 was I wouldnt have dOle It If I had thought I I t was an Impulse I did not think but simply ran when they I told mo that I must go back I begged the guard to kill me because I would rather he dead than to go out there on the hill again DANGER TO CROWD Guard VIC was also exhausted after tho chase At pOll < headquarters he wan NO completely overcome that he was 111 for a time and time assistance of friends was necessary for his recovery When tioorfio first made his dash I took deliberate aim and started to shoot he said But that was on Second South where tho streets wero crowded all though I had a perfect head on him tums t-ums afraid that I would mlss and might possibly hit some one < > Iso J did not hull till ho had turned In tho I alloy ami then t I knew that no ono lull be hit for there was no one In the place When he was finally caught he begged me to kill 1 him for he said hv would rather die tlmn go 1 back t that place Tin chase started on Second South street near the Oulleii hotrl and ended In an alleyway In the t rear of the Knuts ford itt Third South and State George was uapturid and taken to police headquarters head-quarters and later returned to lie penitentiary peni-tentiary None of the shots fired by the guard Irrmed was ufTccllvo and George was im OlT ON PAROLE George who was sentenced to life Imprisonment Im-prisonment In i the t State prison for murder mur-der was released on parole two moutlw ago He i hud served nine years uf his sentence luii I petition was mvientcd the Board of Pardons ln to 10ur PILol asking for a parole The parole was granted and the I convict was released during the latter part of January Tho slaUniunl of H VV Mayo In charge of tho trouble de tl ce partmiiit of the Hooky Mountain Bell Telephone conpuny that he would give George a position was largely Instrumental Instrumen-tal In securing the secmIn parole WENT TO PARIC CITY While on parole a prisoner cannot change his address nor his occupation without the consent of the I warden of the penitentiary He muse report regularly each month concerning his work and his hiiblts and I closo and constant surveillance sur-veillance Is I kept upon his actions George worked for the Telephone company until two weolcs ago when ho went to Park City to Join a brother He failed to notify no-tify the wardiii of his departure and as soon fis I was learned oifleera were Instructed In-structed to locate him FOUND ON STREET Assistant Warden Wright amid Guard I Andrew Ure were In the city searching I for George last night when they 1 accidentally I acci-dentally met him on Second South strict near the lul1 hotel He wm In company com-pany with Mr 1 Mayo at the t time The dfllccrs at once uto > i uil Georno and In rormed him that he must accompany them to the pmiltoullary In order to eou stilt with tho warden and explain why ho had failed lo notify the authorities uf his departure George returned from Park City Wednesday night FIRED THREE SHOTS When told that I hI must return to the penitentiary ho waited I I hear no moro of the eoiiVersatlon IIke I a flash lie clashed from his companion and ran toward Main Nlr tt Guard Urn and Mr Wright nave Hume but were enully out illtftauceil 0 George ran ntpMIy down Mclu Mtroct wllh Im In close pursuit thief Hold l liln and shouting Stol tll hl1 L11 other expressions Not mine of Limo enormous enor-mous crowd which quickly gathered accepted ac-cepted the Invitation und Vro opened fire Vre fired throe I shots and Gcorgp dashed Into Victoria alloy whlrh opens lit Main street below the Kcnyun hotel I CAPTURED A FT E It I LIVELY 1 CIA m i I llrf followed hy n throng I 0 iMirlotis mm irui excited people continued the chase I Through thC alley into Stain Ktn ot they I dashed In pursuit of the t fugitive f ronvlct George ran down Slate fo Third South md turned cost Ur > was gaining rapIdly rap-Idly and Gcorso ran Into an alley In the rear l of tho Knutsford hotel I where ho was captured Ho I was taken lo police headquarters where on Oregon boot was placed upon him and he was later taken to thp piiltfiitlury WAS WITH COVGHLIN George wan aentiiicod nine years ago to lIfe Imprisonment In the penitentiary for complicity In the murder ot a deputy sheriff In Rich county In company with I Coughlln who was executed Ucurgo Is Hald to haveInaugurated a rOlgil ni terror ter-ror hi nany n the counties of Utah Two week wero ijent In tl attempt to cap turf the nlLh l unlit at hls < t they I were mivfited The chase xviis tho moM noted In Utah history Since his Incarceration Incarcera-tion George lias been considered a mtidcl prisoner and to that fact In connection with the petition oC his friends he was released on plirOlOi MAY LOSE PAROLE The authorities at the potiltfntlnry will decide today upon the punishment that will be i administered for his attempted vx cape It In likely that I Ids parole will lit ixcnllcil and that hu will again h l o confined con-fined io m his cell In company wllh twentyfive other men George was released from duty with tho Telephone company two weeks 1 ago Nr act of ni dleobcdlonco IticompitciUH mum r ni dlfobclincc ciMJNed his dlmnlpsal bill It waa merely due lo the fuet that the men were not necdud In the dtpartmoiu longer Frlcndi 01 the young man declare that his net last night wan due entirely to indiscretion indiscre-tion and fear of confinement Efforts are I being madu to secure a pardon JUDGE MMASTKRS STATEMENT I Judge Alex McMosler who was largely Instrumental In securing f parolo for the young mal and who Is deeply Interested In 1 the cast waa much grieved by Georges rash net It Is l an unfortunate thing lie Said that the young fellow ahould lose his head In thlH ytJlII1 1 cannot account fur 1L Ills offundc In going to Park City was the result of Itrroranci l purely l He win ked for the telephone I company until they laid him oft because of the completion comple-tion t of the work on which he was employed em-ployed and he hung around Salt Lake try lOg to get employment Finally his brother broth-er I wrote cu o him t come to Park City and he went up theme Aa soon as L learned of It I wrote to him to return to Salt Lake Immediately When he came down which he did In ll promptly company with his brother I I told him to go to the penitentiary at once and tel them all about I When he left me It was with the understanding that he would take the next car fem the prison to report to Mr Wright I never dreamed that he would try to run away from the officers and T 1 oCCI 11 expected nothing else than that he would go right out to the penitentiary The boy was only 16 when he was convicted and I suppose the thought of going back t the I prison possibly with the Impression that he would again be confined ran away with his reason for the time I deplore the aral more than I can say I am con vIncLil he meant to go back to the prison voluntarily last night and 1 am equally positive he did not know he was offending when he went to Paik CIty |
