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Show MADE SPECTACULAR LEAP INTO RIVER Reno, Jan. 13. William Walsh, a petty offender, conllncd In the city Jail, escaped his guards today and raced toward the Virginia street bridge. There an ofllecr with drawn pistol halted halt-ed him, whcienpon Walsh leaped the railing and went headlong into the Icy waters, 25 feet below. The river was running1 like a mlllraco. but Walsh swam to to shore, where he was unresistingly un-resistingly led back to his cell. Last week Walsh escaped and fled to Truckee on the bumpers of the Overland LI m Red. He managed to crawl out almost frozen and secured passago back to Reno, where ho gave himself up, claiming the tmountain rldo less inviting than a whim cell. |