WAUPACA POST

March 8, 1906

 

KING CAPTURED

 

            Gilbert King, the young tough who skipped out of a car window while in the custody of the sheriff, was caught at Weyauwega last Saturday, brought to the city by Constable Fred Bellinger that afternoon, and is safely locked up in the county jail.  He and his brother were taken before Justice Scott on Monday, and their examination postponed until March 14,

            King went to Appleton after making his escape, and from there came to this city, arriving here Sunday morning. He stayed here with his mother until early the next morning, when he left, and was next heard from at Merrill, where, on Thursday, he was taken into custody, and again made his escape, though the officers fired three shots at him. He next turned up at Abbotsford, Friday night, and took the Saturday morning limited train for Fond du Lac, where he just escaped the officers by taking another train north. When the train reached Weyauwega, he jumped off, and ran into Officer Bellinger’s arms, he having been notified by Sheriff Hess to be on the lookout for him.  If he had not left the train there, Mr. Hess was prepared to watch every inch of the track in this city, and would have caught him here.