Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-01-22 | Page 2 | [Illegible] of Utopian Gardens Revoked by City

I- I cense I of Utopian Utopia Gardens Revoked by City I Pi TELLS ON lA CR I f Foil 6 0 MONTHS Fondness for Having His Photo Taken Taken- Proves Undoing Undoing Undoing Un Un- doing of Fleeing Man Is Brought Back Today IS weakness for having Iii his hi H HIS picture taken takeJi has cost the liberty of Thomas La Crosse Crease 5 55 years old an escaped convict vict from the Utah state prison La LaCrosse LaCrosse LaCrosse Crosse was captured in Callister Okla after enjoying more than half a ayears ayears ayears years year's liberty and was returned to the state prison today La Crosse was convicted of or a 4 tnt stat offense and sentenced to f nC eighteen years in the state prison 01 on ba l February 18 18 1909 He was working wo-kins with th the Carbon county road gang the night of July 1 1917 when he ho decided decided decided de de- de- de to escape About midnight La Crosse tosse tosse a large stone atone into some seine bushes sev several several sev se of ni the eral yards ards from the deadline t camp When the tIie guard ran to in investigate investigate in in- the convict made a dash das l for liberty and although be he left a af large largo portion of his lila clothing and sonic some somi flesh on the barbed wire of the fence surrounding the camp he lie made his escape S Several veral shots were fired after him but they only lent speed l to his legs Nothing was heard from rom La Cro Crosse Crose S e for more than six months but his Ills d description de do- and picture were sent bro broadcast broad broad- d- d 1 cas cast The escaped convict was never nc rated a handsome man by br his best friends who were mostly ins inside hie the prison but he lie had a fondness for his own likeness and before his sentence to prison was fond foad of patronizing every picture gallery which attracted his attention At Callister Okla a deputy sheriff sherif was observing the pictures in a cheap photograph gallery when he lie spied the likeness of La Crosse He at once made inquiries as to the original nal and was informed that he was waa working in the vicinity The arrest of La Crosse foll followed followed- and extradition papers were soon obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed for his removal from Oklahoma to Utah