| Show IS COOK AND WEBSTER CONFESSED ROBBERS LET GO disagreement among reno authorities over expenses of sending them Is cause prom fridays standard notwithstanding the fact that they had confessed to burglarizing two different stores in reno two prisoners named webster and cook were liberated from the county jail yesterday afternoon ter noon where they were being held for the reno authorities several weeks ago the men were arrested in evanston by sheriff james after they had been driven from here by the authorities who were hot on their trail the men had pawned a number of guns and knives in this city and then skipped to echo where they disposed of some more of the plunder from echo they went to evanston where they were arrested shortly after they reached that place in their possession were found knives and guna that matched the description received from chief of police leeper of reno that official was promptly notified of the capture and at his request the men were brought to ogden and held awaiting his arrival there was a disagreement between he vity and county authorities of reno i it is stated that while chief leeper held the warrant according to the nevada laws he had to appeal to the county commissioners to authorize the expenses attached to the bringing back of the men but the sheriff had the commissioners ranged on his side in the controversy so that after several weeks of wrangling chief leeper was forced to advise sheriff bailey to liberate the men as the commissioners would not authorize the expense thereby defeating the ends of justice the prisoners had confessed to sher lit james to the robbing of two stores and they were looked upon as being bad characters cook one of the men while a prisoner here made a daring but unsuccessful attempt to escape from the jail by secreting himself upon the top of the cage when the prisoners were allowed to be out in the corridor he was discovered and the water cure was brought into play to dislodge the fellow cook also roasted deputy sheriff allson who was formerly a police sergeant when cook was arrested telling him that he ought to get onto on to hla job and learn to hold on to a man when he got him upon the receipt of chief telegram sheriff balleys Baj leys only course was to set the men at liberty about 5 the men walked from the aalt free men after confessing to hav ng committed a felony |
