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Episode 170 -\xa0In November of 1902, a rancher named Issac Belt from Haynes Creek near Red Deer, Alberta, had gone missing. Investigating officers had gone to Belt\u2019s ranch to question a young man calling himself Bert Ellsworth, who was suspected of horse theft, who had been lending a hand there. That young man and Belt were both missing.\xa0\n\nPolice discovered the man claiming to be Ellsworth at a camp on the outskirts of Calgary. Some of Belt\u2019s personal belongings were in Cashel's possession, and Cashel was wearing Issac's clothes. In reality, his name was Ernest Cashel, a 21-year-old American. He was on the run from U.S. and Canadian authorities for forgery and other crimes, including escaping from custody several times.\xa0\n\nCashel was arrested and charged with theft and later charged with Isaac Belt\u2019s murder, convicted and sentenced to hang. Cashel escaped one last time, only days before he was to be executed, and was on the run for more than a month before being recaptured and sent to see his maker via the hangman.Sources:[The Case of Ernest Cashel | Maclean\u2019s | December 1st 1930][Ernest Cashel - Wikipedia][2 Feb 1904, Page 1 - Vancouver Daily World at Newspapers.com][Ernest Cashel Hanged at Calgary - Newspapers.com][Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta\u2019s Past by Brian Brennan][The Pursuit of Ernest Cashel by MJ Malcolm][14 Dec 1929, 39 - The Province at Newspapers.com][Ernest Cashel Hanged - page 3 - Newspapers.com][Hanged - Edmonton Journal (archived)][Ernest Cashel on way to trial, Calgary, Alberta - Photo][Ernest Cashel Story - Glenbow.org - January 30 - February 5][Biography \u2013 NOLAN, PATRICK JAMES \u2013 Volume XIV (1911-1920)]\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices