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Sheriff Charles K. Estes is credited with the capture of fugitive Ned Atkins six days after being sworn in as sheriff of Rappahannock County. Atkins, who was convicted of burglary last March, escaped from the county jail with Charlie Stringfellow, another prisoner, nine months ago on April 20, 1961. Stringfellow surrendered several days after the escape, however, Atkins was on the loose until shortly after the new sheriff took office on January 16.
Atkins admitted after his capture that he had been in New York and Baltimore during the period of his escape, but most of the time he spent in hiding with various members of his family in Rappahannock County. Sheriff Estes, keeping a close surveilance over his j most likely hideouts, forced the escapee to give himself up on Monday, January-22 rather than face the subfreezing mountain weather
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