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Show SHERIFF LOSEST I Colorado Official With Bride Conies to Ogden After W. V. Vernon, Who Quietly Slips' Away and Escapes at White Water Station. W. V. eVrnon, alias Adams, arrested arrest-ed In this city at the Reed hotel about ten days ago on a charge of forgery, Is ngain at liberty and owes, freedom to the propensity of a bridegroom sheriff ol Colorado to devote more attention at-tention to his newly annexed better-half better-half than to his prisoner, ..Vernon when arrested hero was badly wonted by the authorities of Battle Creek, Colo. When the officers of that city were notified of the man's capture. Sheriff Kreutzer promptly began be-gan preparations to come to Ogden Part of these preparations was to wed his fiancee, and to kill two fowls with one missile by making his ofliclal visit vis-it to this city part of a honeymoon trip. In committing the prisoner to the love dreamy officer. Detective Pender saw the danger of th mans escape and warned the sheriff that he had better p"t the captive in Irons, Kreutzer Kreut-zer smiled sweetly to his wife who always al-ways accompanies him and rejoined that there was not the least danger in the world of the man making his escape es-cape en route. The wifo frowned at the local officer for even suggesting the possibility, of a prljohr getting away from her husband, whose star she had polished ouly a few hours before. be-fore. While (he entranced couple were billing and cooing and attracting the attention of other passengers on the train, the sly Vernon wJs planning his escape. The oppoi tunily came at White Water, and while the sheriff and his mate were absorbed in their whisperings about a vlnecovered cottage cot-tage the prisoner stepptu from the train and disappeared behind the station. sta-tion. Vernon Is a one-armed man and it is likely that this fact will make- his recapture more easy, but be is con- sldered by the local police to be a smooth criminal and It is possible that, he may be able to evade a second arrest. ar-rest. In the meantime Sheriff Kreutzer Kreut-zer must bear the pmiles and sarcasms sar-casms of Rattle Creek. . |
