Sheriff Follis came down from Medora this afternoon in search of a prisoner who escaped from the Medora jail last night. The man was Otto Cheneworth, held for attempting to run off a hundred head of horses from the Huidekoper ranch. It is not known how he escaped. He was locked up in his cell in the evening, and managed to get out in some way, for shortly after he was interred. No trace of him has been obtained yet by the sheriff.

Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1-16-1902

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Cheneworth Regrets

SAID HE WAS SORRY TO LEAVE HIS FRIENDS BUT DID NOT CARE TO STAY IN JAIL

Medora, N.D. Jan 16—Arthur Cheneworth, who was arrested some time since, for stealing a train load of horses from A.C. Huidekoper, left jail last evening. He left a very nice letter, bidding good by to all his friends, and saying how sorry he was to leave them, but under the circumstances thought it best to go, and that if he stole a horse he would return it in due time. Mr. Cheneworth was a very nice gentleman and from a good family, and a great worker in the church. For some reason he did not care to stay and stand his trial; in fact his note said he much objected to being in jail.

Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1-17-1902