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The U.S. Marshals Service has captured escaped Arizona convict Tracy Province in the small town of Meeteetse, Wyoming.

Province was arrested on Monday morning at 6:20 after walking through town. At the time of his arrest, he was carrying a hitchhiking sign with "Casper" written in it. Authorities say he also had a handgun on him.

After the arrest, Province told authorities he was relieved to have been caught. A tip led law enforcement to the small town of Meeteetse. Province is being held at the Hot Springs County Jail in Thermopolis, Wyoming.

U.S. Marshals said earlier they believed Province, John McCluskey, and alleged accomplice Casslyn Welch were hiding in Yellowstone National park. Efforts to find them intensified after one of the inmates was linked to a double homicide in New Mexico.

McCluskey is described as armed and dangerous and remains on the loose, as does Welch. A $30,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of McCluskey. The U.S. Marshals Service believes that he is in Montana.

The third escaped inmate, Daniel Renwick, 35, was arrested the day after the escape in Rifle, Colorado, where he got in a shootout with police.

David Gonzales, the U.S. marshal for Arizona, told CNN that the remaining fugitives are suspected in the killings of a couple whose bodies were found Wednesday in New Mexico.

Thomas Henman of the U.S. Marshals Service said Arizona prison officials have said the convicts belong to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, but there was no concrete information to tie them to white supremacist groups outside prison.

McCluskey was serving 15 years for attempted second-degree murder and other charges, while Province was serving a life sentence for murder and armed robbery. Welch helped Province, McCluskey and Renwick escape by throwing cutting tools over a prison fence, according to Charles Ryan, director of Arizona's Department of Corrections.

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