| Show ALBERT christensen GHRIST ENSEN AGAIN A 6 AIN IN THE TOILS steps in cat cap of hans jensen and arv drive I 1 e S A away way caught by telluride sheriff sh criff near norwood d friday evening during the rush hour just before closing time hans jensen land and wife who were waiting on customers in the city meat market heard the whine of gears outside 4 and Q looking out the window saw their car shoot shoat i I 1 away from the curb and dash off up the street As it got away they recognized the driver vaguely as albert christensen a local young man who recently returned here after several years absence they at first though it might be just a prank but on inquiry learned that the car left town at a high rate of speed deputy sheriff ross pur 1 cell was immediately notified ile he mrle made some inquiries then in cor company mcany with heber frost took up the trail of the 1 runaway they found that the car had passed through dove creek and from there they phoned tv 0 o cortez telluride and intermediate points giving a description of the car and driver the car had based through acklen colo about two minutes before their phone I 1 I 1 call to that town on arriving at dolores they found that christensen had stopped there trying to buy whiskey by heck check from the local loca I 1 liquor store the proprietor refused to sell on these terms and christensen drove on out of town the marshall mars ball at dolores had been notified to look out for the car and had bad spent some twe I 1 minutes on the streets and then had gone home and christensen sli slipped slip pried ned through there without being sloped I 1 i it was eliou thought bt that christensen hadj lied taken the rico road on leavina dolores Dol orosi i so the officers secured another car 1 and driver and left in pursuit they found after going about fifty m miles 1 I 1 I ea I 1 i that they were on a cold trail and returned to dolores where chev received a messa ines sare re from the sheriff at telluride that lie be had their man the the cheriff he riff on 01 receiving word of the haft had figured out that christen en would go that way as it was his rid stomping tr ground round he having run n restaurant rest aurent ther at one time and being locally known as T bone slim it seems that he also had sc something im ething of a record in that neck of the woods it being alleged that he be had I 1 killed his wife in an auto areek for which he was tried arr manslaughter but was not convicted the sheriff left tell teli aride on receiving the word gomz goin arward norwood the only feasible route over which the car could come on reaching a joint a few miles wit out i of norwood sure enough he en countered the car and driver talin taking i them back to telluride and phon ing their pursuers of their rest purcell and frost arrived in telluride saturday morning where the car was turned over to them they I 1 bringing it home iw in the meantime county attorney donald T adams I 1 who happened to know that christen 1 sen was out on paole for a govern ment offence offense of fence telephoned the depart j ment of justice receiving a reply that the government would take charge of the miscreant and take him back to leavenworth kansas from where he had bad recently been released deputy purcell stated on his ie return from the chase that when they reached telluride the sheriff there had told him that this I 1 hase base was a short one as the government had chased him across five states before cat catchi chirt him when he stole a government car for or which he had bad been convicted and had served part of an eighteen months sentence before bein asin paroled pa rolel whether the local authorities will press the charge of stealing the jenen 1 ten car and will bring nim back to for the offense after he has served his government sentence aen tence has not been determined |
