| Show TO CELL counterfeiter RESUMES IM AFTER 25 YEARS TO WIN AN HEIRESS BRIDE TO BE TO WAIT A YEAR texan breaks pr son before sentence exp res but G ves 11 1 1 myself up to author t es what the records show leavenworth Leaven woith kanin prison at huntsville i ader the name of charles L tompkins is a man who has surrendered himself bof love of a woman who is heiress to a rich es tate he appeared before the warden and stated that 1 e had escaped 25 years before having still a year to serve the pilson records showed that charles L tompkins had been sent to arlson from county at the time mentioned and that the man had escaped before he had completed his sentence the waiden ordered his visitor to be shaved and put in stripes and he was assigned to a cell an easy berth was made for him he wis assigned to clerical work for which he was well qualified it is doubtful if the maid Is fully aware of her lover s history for dur ii g the 25 years he had been outside of the texas prison he had served two terms in the federal prison at fort leavenworth Leaen worth each time having been sent up for counterfeiting under a different name it is said that bis decision to sur lender to the texas authorities was brought about by his love for miss catherine cartwright the beautiful heiress to a million dollar estate in pecos county fearing that he might be recognized and torn from her arms should he marry her he d aided to confess tp her that he was an escaped convict having been sent to prison for forgery ot a check which he said had been done while he was under the influence of drink it is he gave H myself up to the warden after 25 years of liberty said that miss cartwright after hear ing his confession told hini to give himself up serve the remainder of his term and promised him that she would be waiting for him on bis re lease the entire story of the 25 years between his escape and return to the texas prison is probably known only to himself but the records at uncle sam s penal institution at fort leaven worth show that he was received there may 25 1896 to serve two ears for the crime of counterfeiting hav ing been sentenced under the name of J mckibben alias will scott in the united states court at waco sentence having been passed on may 14 1896 he was released on january 13 1898 on october 4 1899 be was sen fenced in the united states court in el paso to five years in the federal prison at fort leavenworth for counterfeiting and was received at the penitent ar en october 23 of the same year and he served until decem ber 3 1903 when be was released during his term at Leavenworth Fort he made an effort to escape but did not succeed however he started a counterfeiting plant in the prison and had succeeded in waking a air imi tation of greenbach green bac s before his rascal ity was discovered while in the prison he was employed in the photos eapher s gallery and having succeed ed in getting bold of a good b 11 made a photograph of it and started to 1 rint the bills the necessary es for doing the work were procured the assistance of the driver of the wagon which delivered groceries to the pris on from the city the identity of charles L tomp kalns with J mckibben alias will scott was called to the attention ol 01 the prison authorities by a convict now in the prison who had seen an account of the surrender ot the man to the texas authorities records have been looked up and the didenti fl cation clerk of the federal prison fully recognized charles L tompkins as tre man who served two terms in the prison here under the name ot J mckibben |
