http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0407224
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2022-03-14
issued: 1932-12-09
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note: W: • 32»d Year-No. 6 THEnitAND FORKS SUN ■i^gg_«»m——Tl~i**~*~~~ ' —————-las-——————————■ ... . - . ——————_—-—-■ ■ — «M_______H_____a—Bi—M———a^—>——__«_■ T^SlSSTi.** Friday, December 9, 193 2 $1.00 PER YBAR Cress Captured Monday Near Bridesville Robert Cress ws* captured ear y Tuesday asleep in a barn near Brldeevllle by Provincial Police Con- stbleH.. C. Clgrk and a game.warden. Creee, according to advices, had eroseed the border Into the state of Wta-lngton, but became lost and retraced hi, steps Into Canada. Apparent.? exhausted through want of sleep, he climbed into tbe hayloft ot a barn ami was sueeplng soundly when the pollne came npon Mm and apprehended hlm without the slightest resistance. Craas I* now at Greenwood and will be cant Immedlate.y to Vsif. couver to serve bis sentence of one pear In Oakalla penitentiary for breaking out of Selson jail. Cree* wa* caught sleeping on th* leer of a barn on the farm of An gust Piedmont at Bridesvllle,, sixty miles west of Grand Porks. He was greught to Greenwood by Constable Clark, one of, the officers from whom he escaper on the passenger train while ea route to Vancouver last week. Police had . been tracking Cress closely oa Sunday. He bed eaten at the Dumont ranuh afmd later went across th* international boundary line. In the direction of Molson, Wean. He lster returned to the Canadian aide and was found on the Piedmont ranch. Cress Is reported to have been sul taring from knee and side wounds, sustained when he leaped, feet (Irs*, tbroaagh a Kelt's Valley train at Car ml Mat week. In the Greenwood Jail, he Is recovering from exposure and exhaustion after four dai,tf advent tare aa a fugitive from Justice. He was In a weakened condition when arrested near Bridesvllle bp Coast*-* Clark. Advice received from Victoria slates that he wtl: not be prosecuted meantime for his second unsuncess- fal attempt to escape from custody, but he Will be moved to Oakalla prison Harm within the next few day*. HsJ Is under sentence of o…
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