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Carlisle recounts escape from prison and flight
Carlisle, at Douglas hospital, told union Pacific officials the details of his escape from the penitentiary and subsequent flight. He described disguising a box to hide inside a freight shipment, fleeing to Rawlins, then Medicine Bow, seeking Old Mexico before turning toward familiar territory while being hunted. He admitted no accomplices and recalled robbing passengers with a hand wound. He expressed no ill will toward the railroad and noted the driver’s box plan helped his escape.
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Cheyenne
Douglas Hospital
Carlisle
Charles B. Irwin
Union,Pacific
Vera Saul
New York State
Esecape
Rawtins
Laramie
Old Mexico
No. 19
Medicine Bow
Sheriff Roach
Ile
Irwin
Union Pacific