Public’s Help Sought in Manhunt
Weary lawmen combing the bleak Owyhee Desert of northern Nevada for escaped killer Claude Dallas reported little progress Thursday and appealed for more help from the public.
But Humboldt County Sheriff James Bagwell said that Dallas--almost certainly aided by confederates--could be far away by now.
Meanwhile, the Ada County, Ida., Sheriff’s Department, serving as command center for the manhunt, released flyers bearing this description of Dallas: 36 years old, 5 feet, 10 inches, weighing 180 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and spectacles. A 24-hour hot line--(208) 376-1644--was designated to take information from the public.
Dallas, an accomplished outdoorsman, hunter and trapper, killed two game wardens in January, 1981.
He had been serving a 30-year sentence for manslaughter at Idaho State Correctional Penitentiary until his escape on Easter Sunday.
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