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“Bob Meeks, the notorious desperado
who was sentenced to serve thirty-five years in the
Idaho penitentiary for robbing the Montpelier bank
and who escaped from the insane asylum at Blackfoot
last August, is at his home near Ft. Bridger this
county.
“Lou Meeks, his brother, was in the
city a few days ago and made no disguise of his
brother’s whereabouts. He says that Bob Meeks
sustained a broken shoulder while escaping from the
asylum, through a fall from a second story window,
and that he rode about 500 miles in spite of the
injury. As he has but one leg, the other having been
amputated as the result of a wound sustained while
trying to escape form the penitentiary, this
performance may be considered truly remarkable.
“He is now a total physical wreck,
and to reincarcerate him in the asylum when his
people are willing to care for him would be
inhuman.” |
