Show BOB MEEKS AT LIBERTY idaho desperado makes escape after mar many fut ie le attempts bob meeks one of the most hotori oua ous criminals in the west connected with the famous hole role in the wall gang in wyoming who was convicted several years ago and sentenced to thirty five years in the boise dolse idaho penitentiary for robbing the bank of montpelier her after two sensational ronal es capes from the jail of bear lake county before being transferred to the penitentiary and who was recently adjudged insane and removed to the state insane asylum at blackfoot has effected his escape escape and not withstand ing his crippled condition has so tar far eluded his pursuers meeks is unquestionably one of the most desperate and ingenious crimi nals known to this country while confined in fie vie jail of 0 bear lake coun ty tor for the bank hold up in montpelier he scaled the walls surrounding the jail in broad daylight in the presence of fifty people in and about the court house at paris parts all trace of his where was lost for months until he turned tip up in the deer lodge mont penitentiary where be he had been sen sell fenced from butte for one year in con section with a minor offense upon the expiration of his term in deer lodge he was again brought to bear lake county and tried for the offense of holding tip up the bani haul in which at fair butch dutch cassiday and other of his associates participated meeks was the only one caught by the of fibers and judge standrod gave him thirty five years while confined in boise he escaped twice the second escape was when he made a headlong leap from the top of the walls surrounding the prison vv wherein herein he suffered a broken leg and notwithstanding the difficulties under which he labored he managed to keep the entire prison force in a quandary for deverel days before being cap aured soon after his capture the broken leg was amputated and after its amputation he feigned Ins In sarty artty and was removed by the authorities to the asylum |