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Show IMSOK TRY IB jET AWAY Guard John Koyle had the most ( strenuous day of his life yesterday while gvurdlng city prisoners In Og-c?n Og-c?n :an-n. All lour men made ' their escape and were recaptured at I Intervals during the afternoon and evening. On the return trip to the j Ja.l one of them cucceeded in sllp- ping his chains and escaped again, j He Is still at large, i The gang which Rolo took out i with hlra yesterday morning conslst-I conslst-I eci of Monroe Guy, the young negro I who had been giving the police and j jail guards no end of trouble dur.ng I the past week; H. N'ichols alias Ixe ' Mason who is serving forty days for I stealing a bicycle; Frank Williams, ' sentenced to ten days for vagrancy ! and a prisoner by the name of Wilson Wil-son These men were working In the shale of the mountain side not far from the lime kiln in Ogden canyon when Wilson collapsed apparently from the heat and rolled under the wagon. Ho was revived and Royle allowed him to rest in the shade for a time. Prisoners Make a Break. 'ot lonir nflerwni'fl Ihp follow sud- deftly leaped to his feet and ran off down the road at full speed. Doyle lind hardly started alter him when Nichols and Williams made a break In an opposite direction leaving the j young negro, Monroe Guy, alone on j the job, A teamster by the name of Oakley, an employee of the city, was working nearby and Royle deputized him to watch the negro while he pursued the two men who were rapidly disappearing disap-pearing Into the brush of the hill Hide, Having chased the men for some distance and knowing that they would have to return by the mouth of tlie canyon before reaching the city, Royle abandoned the pursuit for the time, and returned only to find that the negro had also made his getaway get-away by pounding the big brass pad lock on the ball and chain to pieces on a rock and then made his escape I Without Any Prisoners. Finding himself without any of his prisoners, Royle began to appreciate the situation and turning to his ( ' deputy," handed him his gun and ordered or-dered him to mount one of the horses and 'get the n.gger." Oakley cvl- dently began to realize that the matter was more than a huge joke and started start-ed after the fleeing Guy at full speed. I Guy headed for the mountain side and had gotten a fair start up among I the rocks when Oakley fired at him. ! The negro looked back, aud seeing a smoky revolver pointed full at him. suddenly sat down on a rock and held up his hands. Royle arrived at this time and taking Guy in charge started ' for the wagon when they chanced to I 5eo Wilson hiding among the trees. I He was emickly captured, and loading them into the wagon, Royle started for the police station. At Washington avenue and Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street, Royle, who was riding on the seat with tho driver, haponed to glauce around and discovered that Wilson had managed in some way to slip off bis chains and drop from the wagon, making his escape by darting through the Crystal saloon and disappeared. dis-appeared. Royle continued to the station and after locking up the negro in the dungeon, dun-geon, returned to the mouth of the canyon to wait for the two prisoners who were still at large. By good luclt the two soon made their appearance and Royle emerging from his concealment con-cealment captured them at the oint of a revolver and returned theni to the police station where they were placed In the dungeon with the negro, i . |