Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
THE ESCAPED. CONvICTs.

A Chase After the BuZZafSlS-A EiOOuleSS
Battle-The COnvicts Escape.
Yesterday afternoon two wayworn trav-
elers, footsOre and lame-one OF them bare
footed and the other in his stockings--put
in an appearance at the farm house Of
Mrs. Herr, (mOther of A. G. Herr, the pri-
son cigar contractor,) in West Lampeter
township, and asked for something to eat.
They were a suspicious looking pair and
were refused assistance. They went to an
adjoining farm and were given something
recognized one of them as Abe BuzZard,
fact to one OF the young men at the house.
He at once went in pursuit of them, and
was soon joined by Prison Inspector
Weaver, Poor Director Shultz, MIR. Gracil
and two or three others. They came upon
the travellers in clearing not FAR from lief,
ton, and asked them who they were. They
replied that they were poor tramps. One
of the pursuing party suggested that they
were escaped prisoners and were
wanted at Lancaster. They at first
laughed at this, but when the country
people attempted to approach them they
drew out knife aud razor, and picked
up stones with which to defend them
selves. Then commenced q bloodless bat
tie in which numerous stones We're thrown,
but hit nobody. One Of the countrymen
had pistol, bu forgot to use it. The
tramps, who from the description
of them appear to bo no other
than Abe and Ike Buzzard, after
keeping the enemy at bay for some
time, retired with their faces to the foe,
and escaped into 4 thicket. Prison In
spector Weaver sent a messenger to Ref
ton with instructions to telegraph to Lam
caster for reinfOrcemcnts. The message
was sent off at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and by o'clock an armed detach-
ment consisting of Captain Deichler,
Private Gill and L surgeon started
in hot pursuit. They went out tie
Willow Street pike as far as Miley's
orchard, thence across to the Beaver
Valley pike down which they rode
in good order, with score of volunteer
rural infantry deployed as skirmishe,s on
either side of the highway. At various
points the tracks of the bare footed fugi-
tives were distinctly seen, though they
tried hard to conceal their tracks and
themselves by skulking along fences and
hedges rather than by crossing the fields.
They were traced to the vicinity of the
Pequea Valley hotel and for some distance
below it, and after being tracked through
a plowed field were lost III the thickets
some distance this side of Cleariield.
AS night was coming on Chief Deichler
and his party were compelled to give up the
chase and return to this city to attend to
his police duties. The officers have no
doubt that the fugitives were Abe and Ike
Buzzard, and the country party of seven
! who first came upon them would have had
no difficulty in capturing them had they
had tho nerve to do SO. It is said they
were terribly cut up" about it when
they saw by the evening papers that a re-
ward of $50 was offered for each of the
convicts, and they had allowed tho prize
to slip through their hands. Perhaps other
pursuers farther down the country may
have more nerve and meet with better
Success.
Three other of the convicts passed over
nearly the same route on Wednesday, and
it is believed that another party took Il
route further to the west, passing through
or near New Danvile. III support of this
theory is the fact that two horses were
stolen near New Danvil!e on Wednesday
night-one of which belonged to Rev. Abr.
Herr and the other to John Myers, who
lives on the pike mile beyond New Dan
Vile
Chief Deichler received i dispatch this
morning from Amos Rui ter stating that a
horse was found this morning abandoned
on the road near Ephrata. 1t is supposed
some of the convicts stole it last night from
some farmers stable and abandoned it
near the place at which it was found.
Tho news Of the escape of the convicts
and the theft Of a number Of horses has
spread CONSERVATION among the farmers.
especially in tho southern part of the
county. Stable doors arc now double
locked, and at some places the wheels are
taken from the bugges and carriages and
carried into the houses, to prevent the
dreadful thieves from carrying them off.
This morning Prisonkcepcr Burkhoidcr
aud Officer Gill drove down towards the
southern end of the county to make an
other search for the Buzzarils, VIII, were
seen in that section yesterday.