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Show "SPOT" KING IS LANDED IN JAIL After, a Desperate Besistanco and a Long Cliase, Officer Mooro Rounds Up His Man. tefl POT" KING, the s ox-convlct W .whom the police have been searching, for for -months, was landed In the clly jail, after an . exciting scuflle, by Patrolman George Mcore last night. While being taken to the station King made a deBpcrate attempt to get away and was only prevented from do-lngiso do-lngiso bj;a timely shot from the ofllccr'B gun. Striking the policeman' a vicious blow "In jttho mouth, King broke away and ran up the street. Tho officer gave pursuit and an exciting race ensued for half a block up West South Temple ntreet. It was nip and tuck while t lasted, but the policeman, realizing that ho was not overtaking his man, drew his revolver and brought him up standing stand-ing with a shot between his feet. Patrolman Moore was inquiring after some stolen property In the Corianton saloon, 1C3 West South Temple street, when King brushed up against him. Resenting Re-senting the man's Impudence, Mooro turned him around and scrutinized his .face. He susplcloned that It was King and his suspicion was confirmed when he ralswd tho convict's hat and paw a white spot upon his head. From a peculiar pe-culiar white spot In the man's hair he Is known in police circles and among his pals as "Spot" King. They had not gone far when King wrenched himself him-self loose and smashed Mporc In the mouth with his fist. After being recaptured recap-tured the prisoner was handcuffed and taken along without further trouble. The true name of the prisoner is Frank W. King and under this name he served a two years' term from February, Febru-ary, 1806, for burglary. At the police station he gave the name of W. Baker. Other aliases are Davis and Barker. He was booked on a charge of forgery, but Is also wanted for three or four cases of chicken stealing. He Is considered a bad man and has been known to the police for several years. The officers have been on the look out for King since last February, when he managed to escape from Officers Williams and Lincoln, Lin-coln, after they had him cornered in a house in the northwestern part of the city. Hearing tho policeman In tho place King Jumped out of bed and with nothing on but his night clothes clambered clam-bered out of a window and ran away through several Inches of snow that covered the ground. Tho officers did not get him and from the fact that he has not been seen since that time It Is believed that he has been out of tho city. |
