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Issue 133 Volume 15
Serving Delta County Since 1880
50 cents
By Cindy Roller
and Mark Haslett
Cooper Review
and KETR News
A sigh of relief could be heard
three counties wide as the two
men, who escaped from the
Hopkins County jail Tuesday
morning, were captured late
Thursday afternoon in Cooper.
“It took about 100 man hours
for this effort,” said Delta
County Sheriff Ricky Smith
on their contribution bringing
the case to a close. “We helped
cover calls for Hopkins County
and blocked roads in the search
for the stolen SUV. ... No one
was injured in the process, and
we are pleased to bring it to a
successful conclusion.”
Two-day chase
Brian Allen Tucker, a 45-
year-old capital murder suspect
from Sulphur Springs, and John
Marlin King, a 40-year-old
from Cumby convicted of bur-
glary, escaped at about 8 a.m.
Tuesday morning by breaching
a fence at the county jail, offi-
cials said.
After about 55 hours on the
run, Tucker and King's flight
ended about 20 miles away
from the county jail where
they were returned to custody
Thursday evening.
Charles Richard Ensey, 62, of
Cooper remains in custody at
the Delta County jail late Fri-
day and will also be charged
with a felony. His father, Ken
Ensey, was detained Thursday
and later released and accord-
ing to Sheriff Smith will not
be charged. Both men live at
the house in Cooper, 1050 E.
Dallas Ave., near the red bam
where the raid occurred.
Brian Tucker
John King (far
right) was seen
being escorted out
of the barn on 1050
East Dallas Avenue
in Cooper last
Thursday afternoon
by authorities.
Photo courtesy
Mary Anderson
of Anderson Photoz
Charles Ensey
“The search was led
by US Marshalls,”
said Sheriff Smith.
“[Hopkins County]
Sheriff Butch Adams
and I work really well
together coordinating
officers.”
King and Tucker
were taken into cus-
2010 Black Saturn Vue was a key solving the whereabouts of the
Hopkins County Jail escapees. Courtesy Photo
tody at 4:47 p.m.,
said Hopkins County
Sheriff Butch Adams.
No gunshots were
fired, he said.
Sheriff Smith noted it took
a bit longer to append King
from the attic of the barn while
Tucker gave up peacefully and
quickly.
“I’m more relieved by the
fact that I don’t have to worry
about something else happen-
ing to a citizen of my county
or any other county,” Adams
said.
A tip from someone in Com-
merce led officers to raid the
property in Cooper, Adams
said. Delta County sheriffs de-
partment officials arrested two
men living at the house. No
further information about those
men was available Thursday,
although Adams said one or
both could face charges for as-
sisting Tucker and King.
Adams said the team of com-
bined forces in the raid num-
bered "about 20 or 30" law en-
forcement officers.
Capture follows
Wednesday scramble
After the Tuesday morning
escape, the men's jail uniforms
were found on nearby train
tracks, officials said. At least
one local resident reported see-
ing the men shortly after the
escape, they said.
The search continued through
the day Tuesday and into the
night, as a front bringing cool,
wet weather moved through
the region Wednesday.
A tip received Wednesday af-
ternoon had both law enforce-
ment officers and area residents
hopeful that a capture would be
imminent.
King was reported by a local
woman to be in far northwest
Hopkins County late Wednes-
day afternoon, said Sgt. Brad
Cummings of the Hopkins
County sheriffs department.
The woman, whose identifying
information was not released,
is an acquaintance of King’s
who lives just southeast of
Commerce on a farm-to-mar-
ket road off of State Hwy. 11,
Cummings said.
A black SUV - a 2010 Saturn
Vue with Texas license plate
CR6 D 425 - was reported sto-
len from Sulphur Springs on
Wednesday, Cummings said.
It was stolen from a residence
on Houston Street in Sulphur
Springs, he said. There was
a handgun in the SUV, Cum-
mings said.
Law enforcement officers
increased their search in the
eastern Hunt County-north-
western Hopkins County area
in response to the report. The
Commerce Wal-Mart parking
lot served as an impromptu
command center for law en-
forcement.
But, with marked and un-
marked official vehicles swarm-
ing the highways and back
See Escapees
Continued on Page 5A
Photoz
Local Youth Baseball and Softball teams held Opening
Day ceremonies last Saturday in Cooper. (On right) Softball
pitcher Macy Green and Baseball pitcher (on left) Jayden
Limbaugh
take the
mound
while the
Mad Dawgs
team cheers
for the
crowd on
the sunny
morning.
Photos
courtesy
Mary Anderson
of Anderson
Stamping up their boots...
Ann Cardile
explains
card
stamping
for the
Delta
County
Extension
Club at the
April 1st
meeting at
the Civic
Center.
Staff photo by Cindy Roller
County
Fair and
eekend
Agenda
By Cindy Roller
Editor
Friday
11 a.m. Exceptional Horse
Show Cooper Rodeo
Arena City Park
7 p.m. Delta Roping Club
Youth Rodeo Cooper
Rodeo Arena City Park
Saturday
8:30 a.m. 5-mile walk/run
Warrior Run Cooper Lake
South Sulphur Unit
All Day Long
Zoo Dynamics is coming
with the White Tiger
Exhibit in Cooper City
Park
All Day Long
Kid Zone and Vendors
in Cooper City Park
8 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Delta
Roping Club Pancake
Breakfast Fundraiser in
Cooper City Park
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Second
Annual Car & Truck Show
~ Steve Fisher Memorial ~
on Square Cooper
(Awards given at 3 p.m.)
9 a.m. - noon Nan Beeler
Pet Clinic
9 a.m. - noon Jr. Live-
stock Show Cooper Rodeo
Arena
9 a.m. Tours of “old”
Cooper High School and
new Central Adminis-
tration begin 350 West
McKinney in Cooper. The
school will also be hosting
a garage sale at the bus
bam.
9:30 a.m. Annual Fire
Fighters Challenge in City
Park
9:30 a.m. BBQ brisket
cook-off entries due at
City Park for 10 a.m.
judging
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Patterson
Museum opens in Cooper
11 a.m. Chamber serves
BBQ lunch
7 p.m. Delta Roping Club
Youth Rodeo Cooper
Rodeo Arena City Park
DELTA CO. FAIR
MUSIC LINE-UP:
8 a.m. Cooper Bulldog
Band
9 a.m. BK Moody, Gina
Peel and Cassy Cotton-
game
10 a.m. Two Hearts Plus
11 a.m. Nathan Alan
Toon
Noon Teresa Hanson
1 p.m. Jason Walton
2 p.m. Krissy Green
3 p.m. The Blandelles
Sunday
2 p.m. Donkey Roping
Cooper Rodeo Arena
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Roller, Cindy. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 2013, newspaper, April 11, 2013; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth867659/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.