Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Mani Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. A BENTON COUNTY Young Man Makes Sensational Escape From Officer. A thriller good enough for a movie was staged near Oxford Tuesday, when Constable William Ruby j of this city attempted to serve a warrant on Ellery Slagle, a farm hand. Constable Ruby had conducted a diligent search for his man and finally located him on a farm wagon, on a country highway. Slagle was riding with another man and an extra horse was being led beside the wagon. Mr. Ruby, who was in an automobile, drove up to the wagon and asked for Slagle. The constable was taking the warrant from his pocket to serve when Slagle Jumped from the seat of the wagon/to the back of the horse and dashed down the road. The constable ordered the automobile turned around and the chase was on. , When Slagle saw that the machine was gaining on him he caused the horse to jump a ditch and a fence, and away went the fugitive across a field. The horse stumbled, but Slagle vaulted from his back and was on again as soon as the horsd regained his feet. Mr. Ruby in the meantime left the machine and was giving chase on foot. Another fence was crossed by the horse, and it was headed for a woods. Mr. Ruby who had taken a short cut through the field, arrived at the woods a few seconds later, found the horse, but Slagle had disappeared in the wilderness and is still at large. He is wanted on a statutory charge.—La-' fayette Journal. /