He escaped en route , sustaining a gunshot wound in the process , and may have made his way back to his former gang .
Mason was captured in 1803 , and was transported overland from New Orleans towards the Mississippi Territory for trial .
Mason escaped en route , sustaining a gunshot wound in the process , and may have made Mason 's way back to his former gang .
Mason was captured in 1803 , and was transported overland from New Orleans towards the Mississippi Territory for trial .