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Show Ernest Empey Escapes Kidnapper Himself Kidnapped Tho many Lchl friends und relatives rela-tives of Ernest Empey, who win kidnapped kid-napped near his ranch cast of Idaho Falls last week und held for u U,'jun ransom, were delighted when a telephone tele-phone messago came announcing hn escape nnd telling of tho capture ot tho kidnapper, Leonldas Dean, formerly former-ly a resident of Salem, In this count). Mr. Empey s story rends like u romance. ro-mance. After being captured nnd tho boys being sent back, Dean marched his captho over hills und canyons for six days, chaining him to trees nt night and locking tho chain with n padlock. Dean generally trcnted H captive with consideration nnd stole provisions from sheep camps with which to feed the two. Finally ou the sixth dny Empey bogged to bo permitted per-mitted to rest without tho pndlock, aud when Dean, from sheer exhaustion, exhaus-tion, foil Into a deep sleep, ho lied threo mllos down tho mountain to n cattlo ranch. Dean followed In hop.) of overtaking his prlzo, and tho wlio of u rancher, after firing a shot through Dean's hat, took him cnptlve. Tho cowboys delivered him to the, officers of-ficers nnd tho highwayman Is now snfoly In tho Ulnghnm county Jail. Kmpoy was thoroughly exhausted and was taken In an automobllo by way of Montpollcr to his homo, Dean, who was a former shecp-hord er for Ephralm Kmpoy, says thnt ho never had a fair chanco In llfo and wanted tho $0,000 with which to se-cure se-cure a fnlr start, but If tho $0,000 was not paid ho did not Intend killing Em-pey. Em-pey. Kmpey's parents had tho money secured nnd wero on tho wny to deposit de-posit It In tho lonely designated spot when the news of tho escnpo reached them. |
