Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1919, Page 2

PAGE Two et HAVING HARBORED TRAIN wat tL GARLISLE Letters from Frank Day and Widow Braae Correct Mis- information Giyen Wide Publicity, Tell’ Facts of Help Given Convict Fugitive. . Supplementing late disclosures that the train bandit, William L. Carlisle, was not ‘‘surprised” by the posse of Sheriff A. S. Reach, but could have mowed down the entire sired, are two letters addressed to the Laramie peak country, who rese: party from ambush had he so de- a Cheyenne paper by residents of nt the implication that they harbor- ed the fugitive and set forth the claim that the posse was never in dan- ger in trailing the bandit. They were written by Frank E. Day and Mrs. H. A. E at whose home the bandit} stopped and throw additional light on matt that have received nation-wide | both in criticism of the ranch-} nd in “coloring” the incident to} » the yellow journals. The letter publi a“ Protected Carlisle? 2 RBROOK, Wyo., Dy .—The Denver Post, in printing Charlie Irwin's personal account of Carlisle's captur speaks of the mountain people as bein: disloyal confederates and as having con spired with the bandit to aid him in coy- ering up his tracks. umn it states thi ed at Frank Db; supper, and that to conceal hi: ly about his It is custor Sunday Carlisle rest-| 's pl arlisle took no pains identity and talked free- est hold-up. ry to feed a party ing thru this country, and when C lisle came to my door, wet and cold, I fed him and did what I would want others to do for me should I ever be in need o: me his name and I asked for none, but just as he was leaving he told me his | but I do not think he said Car-j name lisle. He and said t acted a perfect gentleman absolutely nothing about any in robbing nor any other misdemea- nor Mon when Sheriff Roach, «leading the posse, tracked the man to my house, I answered all questions and sive them all the information I could. Anent Charlie Irwin . As for Charlie Irwin, he did not ap- pear on the scene until Tuesday, and then only to yell orders right and left as if the mountain folks were his in- feriors. When the posse surrounded Ed. Wil- liams’ house and Sheriff Roach shot Carlisle, Irwin was possibly a mile away in an automobile stuck in a snow- drift. The Denver Post printed a picture of Charlie Irwin with a huge smile, but no one saw him with that smile out here. All the trouble that Irwin spoke of in getting Carlisle to the car is noi true. The men simply placed Carlisle horse and he rode to the car. Sheriff’ Roacts and McClement and the ranch boys who formed the posse deserve all credit for capturing Car lisle. I feel that I have lots of friends in Cheyenne and do not wish them to think that I am harboring criminals. Yours, FRANK E. DAY. “The Plain Truth” Wyo., Dec. 5.—I wish to he columns of your pa- r, a few misstatements in relation to Bill Carlisle, made by the Denver Post and other papers. I desire to emphatically deny the gave us presents or expressed a wish to be able them himself. I deny the statement a window sash in our his escap: the plain truth about nd every statement made Also broke making Here is that house in share in it in the Denver Post about our part in repealed, affa which was the cause of Gifts for een You can get just what you want for every, member of the family at this store. \ For Father if Auto Strop Razors, $5 to it $8.00. m§ Gillette Razors, $5.00 Ever-Ready, Gem, Keen- Kutters and Enders Razors, $1.00 iy Pocket Knives, $1.00 to iy $5.00. “\ Alarm Clocks, $1.00. t ‘St $6.00 j Thermos Bottles, $2.50 to “\ $6.00, Ai Pistols, Guns, Revolvers, ¥ Rifles, “n Saws, Hammers, Planes, “Braces. at Auto Accessories. i Flashlights, $1.50 up. jt For Sister Manicure Scissors and Set: r f and Sets, Electric Grills, Electric Curling Irons, Community Silverware. In the next col-! where he had/silent and thotful wounded, tired. | it. He did not tell 1 on’ al, (ite. and who would allow he} our? cause this tragedy is utterly false. We were just sitting down to dinner, bout 12.0'clock noon, when we saw a! man walking toward the house. He knocked, and we invited him to enter. He asked if he might have din- ner with us. We invited him to the table, having no suspicion of who he ter dinner we noticed his hand, and he said that he had been hurt, but did not volunteer | tion.* He ourse identit, looked pale and felt a ill and we of little curious as to his ‘Silent and Thoughtful” He did not talk much then, but sat only saying that he | Was very cold, and that he had walked jome distance, and was not well, He eemed to be debating seme question in |his mind, and a'little later he asked me for something for his hand. Then when I went to the kitchen to get it, he rose and followed me, and, coming near me and, looking me full “Well, I must take I am Bill Carlisle.” rprised but felt no fear, only row to see a poor. hunted being, who looked so ill and pity and human weak. We are not on the telephone line; so had not heard that he was in the | country. i I gave him what remedies I had, for ; his hand, and bandaged it for him.. He | thanked me, and returned to the other jroom, sat down by the stove and then started to talk. He told us many things, which I will ;not repeat, and also told us of his life |in “prison, and of the despair that en- tered his soul after he had been be- fore the board and heard that his sen- tence had been commuted to nof less | than nor more than 60 years. He ;Said he knew he would never come out alive, as already the strain of. confine- ment was telling on his health, and so he felt that he must get away—that he could bear it no longer. Felt Injustice He told of how he felt the injustice of the laws that would show more len- iency to a murderer, or one convicted, of dastardly crimes. than to him, who had neyer burt a human being in his himself to be hurt sooner than to hurt another. A murderer could, on good behayior, | set out in a téw years on: “pardon, While ‘he must stay in a life time for a lesser, crime—alleged train robbery. He had tried to be a model prisoner and suc- ceeded and this was his reward, “to spend a life time in prison.” While not upholding his crimes in any way, I agree with H. V. S. Groesbeck of Laramie, former justice of the state ;Supreme court, that it is the cruelty of the Wyoming law which imposes either life imprisonment or the death penalty for train robbery. Judge Groesbeck points out great criminals whe will not receive a tithe of the punishment of Bill Carlisle. It ts this law, he \says, which cre- ates the sympathy for this bandit, be- the péople see the injustice and of this law, which should be ‘cruelty For Mother Hot-Point Irons, $7.50. American Beauty, $8.75. Domestic Irons, $6.50. Percolators, $2.50 to $20. Electric Toasters, $8.75 Pyrex Ovepware. Aluminum Ware. , Nippon China. * Dinner Sets and odd pieces. Heisse Cut Glass. Reading and Table Lamps. $5.50 to $22 50. "Toyland s, lyory Pieces ‘ kinds, Doll THE HOUSE OF SANTA CLAUS ino attempt to*get out, but would have jan honest life, after she had | sentence, 3 jof his release in a reasonable length any further informa-| {wish | Thus while they were trailing him in} | the £5 OF Cariisle- oentihe ‘out of prison. - “Yearned for Honest Life” Carlisie said tat he would have made served his sentence patiently, and lived served his if there had any hope of time. Take the case of the murderers men- tioned in the same papers which tell of the capture of Caflis{e: William Sewell and Joseph Johnson of Kem- merer,. convicted of the foul murder of the Winslow brothers and oply sen-/ tenced to from 18 to 20 years in pris-/ on, with a chance of getting out in al few years for good behavior. We think of the great corporations | jand the profiteers who are daily put-j ting their hands into the pockets of the people under the legalized robbery of the present day, and of the men in every community who no doubt have acquired dishonestly, more than Car- lisle ever stole in his life, yet who are esteemed and respected by all. (Let him who is without sin cast the first stone at Carlisle.) While no doubt all the righQminded citizens of Wyoming wish to see Sus. | tice done and the laws upheld. they also it to be justice tempered with mercy. Also let me say that in spite of the reports sent in to the papers, telling of the thrilling experiences and terrible hardsbips endured and the risk of life to all who were trailing Carlisle—also speaking of the “reign of terror in Wyoming,” as tho he were running amuck thru the country, shooting ev- ery one on sight—I do not believe for one moment that any life but his own was ever in any danger while he was being trailed by the posses. “A Dark Stain” Nor does anyone else whom I have seen. Every one is agreed that the shooting of a sick and wounded man is a very dark stain indeed on Wyo- ming’s name. One hand, his right, was perfectly helpless, and he was weak from expos- ure and privations and from his wound. | snow it was more like trailing aj stricken deer than a desperate crimin- al. Sheriff Roach and Mr. McClements criticized us for not holding him but T could not sell a human life for money, unless he were a murderer or one con- victed of some heinous crime} While in no way condoning his crimes, or wishing to see him go un- punished if he lives—provided the pun- ishment is given in mercy—yet I could not betray the confidence of one who had deliberately placed his life and Iib- erty in my hands, and was helpless and unarmed all the time he was with us. What we did is what others have done. We fed and comforted a suffer- ing human being, and did nothing more than Christ himself has commayded us all to do, in taking in the cold and hungry, and caring for them. To prove conclustVely’ that thére was never any danger to the posse which was trailing “him, we followed his trail next day, from where he left the house and saw where he had fallen twice from weakness, and discovered the place where he had stood behind a rock all the time the. sheriff and his posse were at our house, and was only a short dis- tance from thé road to the Hamilton, Houses, Doll Heads, Books, Games of all juggies. been the desperate criminal he I has been painted! All these thi thril r4 ef of his ture es | ree Lieu those “ie facts, an at ‘by men ane nap “Sheehan a Ceruaie Hg eves ing dit oe I ask Dina she aaree of many people that ‘those who are “in power will exert that power for the right. T am Willing’ to be classed among’ the 190 per cent mentioned by General Man- ager Jefferg ag in sympathy “w' ith a Carlisle; not because I would shiel criminal but because of the great in justice gealt to him and in punishing him so severely for a minor crime. Asking you to publish this article in full, and thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I ask. in the name of eyery good, pight-minded citizen of Wyo- |ming. both men and women, for justic? tempered with the teachings of the 'Christ we are getting so far away from;|, if he lives, and for those other unfortunate brothers and sisters of ours who, because of their misdeeds, sit in affliction and irons. MRS. H. A. BRAAE. for Bill Carlisle, Ne NES Indulgent Father. Customer—‘‘Here, what's the mean- ing of this? I don’t mean to be shaved by this kid! Barber—It's only my own youngster. I let him have a bit of fun today, sir, because it’s his birthday.—Edinburgh Scotsman. oo We have a few exceptional values in high grade pianos and players for dis- posal in Casper; also a limited number of good used pianos at attractive prices. Terms conveniently arranged. Phone, write or call Henning Hotel, Room 243. H. A. Turner, A. 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