| Show TOR HORNS LATEST MAKES DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL he and a companion overpower jailer and make their escape only to be recaptured tom horn the condemned murderer of willie nickell the ranch lad who was assassinated two years ago last month and jim mccloud r 1 the big horn county desperado who Is a al lebed to have murdered ben den minnick the big horn county and committed other crimes for the cattlemen of that section for pay escaped from the laramie county wyoming jail at 8 30 0 clock sunday morning but were recaptured near the jail within a fe minutes after they reached the outside mccloud was slightly wounded in the left thigh and horn was badly beaten on the head and neck aeck by the men that captured him under sher iff R A proctor was beaten up by the desperados but is attending to duty A general fire alarm was sound ed which brought thousands of people into the and the news that horn had escaped spread like wildfire men and boys hurried to the I 1 jail with rifles and pistols and joined in the pursuit ot of the outlaws horn was captured by theodore aldrich who fired several shots at the mur derer horn as exhausted but re calved a terrible beating at the hands of aldrich mccloud was trailed to a barn and compelled to surrender attempts were made to get the pris boners away from the officers but a de ter mined stand by the latter and the influence of the conservative men prevented mob violence horn has been planning for several months to over power jailer proctor at feeding time in the morning and sunday morning the long waited opportunity arrived horn asked proctor to bring a cup of water and as the officer opener opened the door of the corridor of the cage in which horn and mccloud were con fined they threw their weight against the door pushed it open and sprang out upon the jailor and bore him to the floor after a terrible struggle with proc tor in ili which mccloud was shot in the thigh the two men escaped from the jail only to be recaptured |
