HONOURABLE CAPTIVE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 171, 15 April 1933, Page 19

HONOURABLE CAPTIVE

MAN WHO TOOK HIMSELF TO PRISON Recently the Canadian Mounted Police have been trying aeroplanes in the course of their arduous duties. In this way they succeeded, after a long pursuit, in laying their hands on Snowdrift Buster, who was badly wanted for misdoings at the expense of the trappers and gold-prospectors. He was handcuffed, put on board the plane with two policemen and the pilot, and off they flew for Le Pas, over ISO miles away. But as night was coming on they were caught in a blizzard, and the pilot, losing his way, decided to land on a small frozen lake. The plane collided with some pine trees and- crashed on the ice. The prisoner found that he had escaped with nothing more than a few bruises, but the pilot had been killed outright, while one of the policemen had a broken leg and the other was also injured. Buster at once gave them firstaid, wrapped them up warmly, lit a fire, and sat down to wait for the day. Whether in the fall or otherwise lie had managed to get out- of his handcuffs, and when day broke he set Off to seek help. Coming upon some Red Indians. he told them of the accident, and. they helped him to carry the policemen into their tents and promised to care for them while he set off for Le Pas. He knew he was walking into prison, but he hurried on tus fast as he could and got there in two days. At once a relief party with a doctor set out, found the policemen well eared for in the Red Indian tent, and they are now rapidly recovering in hospital. Buster, we gather, is in prison ; but dare we hope the authorities will take into account the splendid bit of his character which would not let him seek freedom when he could? nrs (vi .TJ