The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-12
Frank Thompson, Leader of the Mu-
tiny, Wounded and Captured
After Running Fight.
LAWRENCE LEWIS ALSO SHOT
MORTALITY WOUNDED BY A CITY
MARSHAL AND POSSE.
Refused to Surrender When Confront
ed by Twelve Men Armed with
Rifles, and Tried to Run.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Nov. n.-Frank
Thompson, the negro leader OF the mutiny
at the Federal Prison here, which resulted
prisoners, was captured eight miles north
of Council Grove this evening by a posse
under command of Deputy United States
Marshal E. A. Prescott, of Topeka. Thomp-
son would not surrender, but was taken
after hard fight with the officers in which
he was shot in the head, but not severely
injured. No member of the posse was hurt.
Deputy Marshal Prescott has been in Coun-
ell Grove ever since Saturday morning on
the watch for escaped prisoners. There are
a number of them in this vicinity and
several depredations property had re-
suited from their presence. This morning
Deputy Prescott heard of the presence of
a negro convict few miles north of To-
peka and set out to make the capture, as
sisted by Sheriff Michael and some other
officers. The officers had just emerged
from a wooded tract when they saw
Thompson running across the open. He
was ordered to halt, but answered by
wheeling around and doing rapid
firing with a fourty-four calibre revolver
The officers then fired and Thompson
dropped. He was stunned and was easily
secured. Thompson will be brought back
TO the penitentiary tomorrow.
Lawrence Lewis was mortally wounded
this morning near Quenemo, Kan, while
making a dash through Gordon of armed
deputies. Now there are but twelve prison.
ers at large.
Lewis is a white boy, twenty years of
age who was sent up in October, 1900, to
undergo a five years sentence for larceny.
He was tracked to a wooded place near
Quenemo by the city marshal of that
place, which is situated forty miles south
west from Fort Leavenworth, and a dozen
men bearing rifles. An order to surrender
was met with defiance and Lewis, unarmed,
and although practically surrounded, darted
for the nearest opening. He had gone
scarcely a hundred yards when a bullet
from a Winchester in the hands of one of
his pursuers pierced his lung from behind
and brought him to the ground. Bleeding
and fatally wounded Lewis was taken TO
the marshals office and cared for while
Warden McClaughry was notified
Three distinct gangs of convicts have
been reported at points within fifteen miles
around Topeka since last night. and al
though a horde of penitentiary guards.
the go all day, night fell with only one
capture. that OF Lewis, reported. From
the descriptions received. Warden Nc
Claughry believes the two captOrs Of
Sheriff Cook of Topeka. were Arthur Hew-
itt white and Lon Southerland part
Indian. Hewitt and Frank Thompson, the
negro We're ringleaders in the outbreak
and the warden to-day increased the reward
for their capture Hewitt and Switzerland
were both serving five-year sentences for
larceny. Hewitt is twenty-three years Old
while Switzerland is but eighteen.
At $50 this evening a message received
al the penitentiary announced that Thomp-
son and three other convicts had been
traced 10 near Council Grove this after
noon. and were being followed closely. The
officers at Topeka. both county and city
filled with revenge at being foiled at
Pauline bent every energy 10 overhaul
these particular convicts with the result
that Thompson was captured
At Alma Kan, a running fight last night
with two escaped convicts is reported. The