The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-12
MAN-HUNT IN KANSAS
A Big Force Searching for the Es-
capped Convicts.
All But Fifteen Accounted For
Three Killed and Nine Captured
Making Desperate Fight
for Freedom.

Three Killed and Nine Captured
Making Desperate Fight
for Freedom.
Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. Q. = All
the police, deputy sheriffs and farm
ers in the country adjacent to Leav-
enworth We're on the lookout Friday
for the 90 federal convicts who es-
capped from the stockade Thursday.
AS result two convicts have been
killed, two wounded and five cap
tured unhurt. The casualties took
place in fight near Norton
vile, Kan, and resulted in the
death or capture of five men.
The dead are: James Hoffman,
aged 20, white; j. j. Poffenholz,
aged %. white, soldier, and John
Green, aged 81, white, and Willard
Drake, white, aged 10, are wounded
and recaptured, and Fred Moore, aged
IT, negro, is recaptured unhurt.
Two unarmed convicts were found
hiding in ravine on farm near
Jarbalo. Kan, and they were sur
rendered without resistance. The
sheriff of Douglas county has cap
tured two convicts at Lawrence, Kan.
Surrounded in Barn.
The five men We're discovered in the
barn of Fay Weishaar, a quarter of
a mile from Nortonville, Kan, about
three o'clock Friday afternoon. Weis-
haar went into the barn and was or
dered out at the point of guns. He
rushed to Nortonville and gathered a
wagonload of men, who with revol-
vers, shotguns and few Winchesters
FASTENED to the scene. The convicts
saw the men coming and rushed from
the barn. They had two shotguns
and revolvers. The posse pursued
them, and running duel resulted.
The convicts We're at disadvantage,
and their shots had no effect, while
at every volley from the posse one
OF the convcts fell.
Three Killed
After two of them fell, two CT the
others gave themselves up, one being
wounded, the other unhurt The fifth
was fully 200 yards away when a
man with Winchester drew bead
on him and fired. He was evidently
hard hit, but tried to go on. and a
volley was fired at him and he fell
dead. None of the citizens was hurt.
Arc Desperate Men.
| Quinn Fort, who was killed Thurs
day, was 10. One of the convicts still
at large is military prisoner and
the remainder were serving terms for
| robbery or assault. One is an Indian.
and two are negroes. Nearly all
came from Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory. and they are supposed to be
making for that country. They are
hardy men, used to firearms and
horses. Some have obtained both
but others are afoot and defenseless
Warden McChughey says he will cap
fure every one of the men. In the
districts around the city every road
and river crossing that the fugitives
might be expected to use is guarded
by armed men, the farmers having
| turned out to earn the 500 reward
that will be paid for the return of
each convict. Those of the men that
are armed are likely to be shot on
sight.
The convicts had rifle, shotgun
and an old revolver. Hoffman had
thu shotgun. He was shot first in the
hand. He yelled and dropped the
shotgun. just then bullet entered
his back. and he fell dead Poffen-
holZ died 40 minutes after being shot.
Green was brought down by bullet
in the knee. Drake was shot twice.
in the right wrist and arm. Drake
says Sol Sutherland, an Indian. was
shot in the fight at the stockade.
Six More Captured.
Donald Norie and r. l.. Davenport,
two more of the mutineers, were cap
tured Friday evening at Jarbalo, IS
miles from Leavenworth. Near Law
renee late Friday night Ole Babo, a
half-breed Indian, and Joseph H.
Deekin. soldier, serving term fol-
desertion and assault to kill, were
rounded up. Two more were caught
in Topeka late Friday night. This
leaves Is yet at liberty.
Police Swarm the County
Leavenworth county is swarmine
with policemen from the various
towns. country constables, and guards
from the prison. Their incentive is
the reward of $50 head for every
convict caught, offered by Warden
McClaughry.
| Fugitives Arc Desperate.
| During and since the mutiny the
convlcts have committed nearly every
crime in the calendar. and it is thought
most OF those who fail to get away this
time VIII spend the rest of their lives
| behind stone walls. They seem to APP
Preciate this. and are thoroughly des-
| perate.
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