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Batesville Daily Guard
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas
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Warden Beaty passes through Batesville en route to Stone County to hunt escaped convicts Yates Standridge and C. R. Ellis, who broke out of a convict camp near Arlberg with four others. Standridge knocked down a deputy and escaped recapture on October 17; all remain at large with bloodhounds and posses in pursuit.
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Warden Beaty Passes Through City En Route to Stone County on Man Hunt.
Warden Beaty arrived in Batesville this morning and spent a part of the day with Sheriff Fike. He came overland from Heber and got a fresh horse here. Mr. Beaty is on the hunt of Yates Standridge and C. R. Ellis, the two desperate prisoners who are located in the vastness of Stone county mountains between Batesville and Mountain View.
Standridge made his escape and it is known that he went into that direction, and Mr. Beaty is expecting to meet other officers who are coming from the other direction.
Sheriff Fike would have joined him and gone on the man-hunt, but a member of his family is seriously ill, and besides he will have to be in Batesville Monday at the opening of circuit court.
Warden Beaty says he expects to be forced to kill the men if he locates them, and he is going with that conviction in his mind. He does not seem to dread meeting the men, and is heavily armed. The escaped men are also armed, as they got all the weapons from the officers of Stone county when they made their escape.
All the men are desperate, and if they meet an officer the first thing they will do will be to shoot and shoot to kill.
YATES STANDRIDGE
KNOCKS OFFICER
DOWN: ESCAPES
Desperate Life Criminal Caught and Escapes Second Time-Four Others Still at Large.
Little Rock, Oct. 17. No developments have been made in the case of Yates Standridge, the Newton county murderer who, with four desperate companions, escaped from the convict camp near Arlberg, in Stone county, last Monday night.
Standridge and one of the men were entrapped by deputy sheriffs yesterday afternoon between Leslie and Arlberg, but Standridge succeeded in knocking one of the deputies down and taking his pistol from him, after which he and his companion again made their escape. Bloodhounds have been put on the trail but the men are still at large.
Supt. Pitcock is with the county officers and their posses and a systematic man hunt will be carried on until the escapes are recaptured.
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Stone County
Event Date
Oct. 17
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escaped convicts still at large; ongoing manhunt with bloodhounds and posses; potential for lethal confrontation as all parties are armed and desperate.
Event Details
Yates Standridge, a Newton County murderer, and four companions escaped from a convict camp near Arlberg in Stone County last Monday night, taking officers' weapons. Standridge and another were briefly entrapped by deputies between Leslie and Arlberg yesterday but Standridge knocked down a deputy, took his pistol, and both escaped again. Warden Beaty arrived in Batesville en route to join the hunt in Stone County mountains, expecting to meet other officers; Sheriff Fike unable to join due to family illness and court duties.