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Show FUGITIVE EIGHT YEARS; JAILED Former Willard Man Arrested After Enjoying Long Period ot Liberty A fugitive from jilstke for eight years, during which time he had married mar-ried and had become a sub-it intia' Cltlxen bf Jerome. Ida.. George Morris, Mor-ris, alias K T. Herold. former Willard man. in in jail again, according to advice ad-vice reaching Ogden .Morris, was raised at Willard, leaving leav-ing there In the fall of 10 o From Utah he went to Oregon Some time later he w as arrested on o larceny I chare, and arte, being found gitil.y Was sentenced to from one to five years in I he Oregon pen it en i it r from Which institution he escaped April 2. I'M:'. He was committed to the Oregon Ore-gon penitentiary on September 23. 19.11 Marshal George Rlneman of Jerome, received n pattrphlel of esdaped prisoners pris-oners fmni the Oregon p'ison. tho first page of i he booklet carrying a picture that was plainly a likeness Of Mo is. Marshal rllneman then communicated com-municated with the officials of the Oregon prison, receiving a clearer photo In the return mail Las! Sunday Morris was arrested at his home and drove the Marshal to Jerome, whore he vraa confined in the City Jail A: I he Jail Morris was shown the picture, He neither denied nor admitted the charges hut Informed ont Of h!s friends to inform his, Mor-rla Mor-rla . wife, that he would have lo spend his t ime lh jnil ' Morris has a wife and three children. chil-dren. Steps ;0 have Morris pardoned will be taken Immediately, according to word ret i Ivi d hi r from rdaho For j more than three years Morris has been I resident of Jerome, and has been an honest and upright cltlxen. Governor Davit of Idaho. It is stat-Cd stat-Cd will ask that Morris be pardoned, Morris since his escape front the Ore-gun Ore-gun institution has reformed, according accord-ing to his friends, and ths action taken tak-en by Idaho officials is exoectod to ! gam a pardon for him He has a number of friends in Ugdf n |