The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-11-15
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Two Escaped conyicts Capture.
Sheriff and a Deputy
in Missouri.
ARE A
Rest OF the Federal Prisoners Vino
Escaped From Fort Leavcnworth
Have Either Been Killed
or Recaptured.

u Soully auQ DGpuly 9nSrliI VIII
|iams We're captured by two escaped
%3onvicts from the Fort Leavenworth
prison yesterday afternoon at Pauline.
1--WE miles south of Topeka, and held
prisoners The farm house of a man
named Wooster for several hours. The
%convtcts finally escaped between a line
Of police sent from Topeka to reinforce
the sheriff, n are at large. Both,
were slightly wounded. Wooster was
badly wounded by one Of the convicts
when he tried to fire on them. Mrs.
Wooster n Sheriff Cook were held
before the convicts as a shield by the
prisoners In making their escape. A
posse Is in pursuit.
At 2:30fyesterday afternoon some far
mer boys near Pauline learned that the
convicts We're in the neighborhood.
Hastily forming a posse, armed with
target rifles, pistols and clubs, they
gave chase. Neither of the convicts
was armed M they were unable to
make a. stand. Later Sheriff Cook and
Deputy Williams arrived. Coming up-
on he convicts, both officers fired.
woundtng, but not disabling them. The
;onvicts hen fled through a small
opening In the timber and ran into the
house of Farmer Wooster. Sheriff Cook
telephoned to Topeka for assistance
and then took up the chase. Thinking
The conyicts had run around the house,
Cook darted through an open door, In
tending to surprise them at the rea
door. But. instead OF this, the convicts
had gone into the house and the sheriff
almost fell into their arms.
Sheriff Cook was ordered to give up
his gun, which he did. Deputy Will
tams by this time had reached the
house and entered without knowing
what had happened inside, and he, too,
al made captive by the convicts. In;
the meantime Chief Stahl OF Topeka
and eight officers we're on their way
They arrived at the Wooster house
about an hour after the officers had
been imprisoned. Chief stahl immedi-
ately began negotiations with the cons
victs to give up their prisoners but the
%convicts only laughed. Farmer Moos-
ter then managed to get a gun and was
about to make an attack on the con-
victs. when n of tlTem laid him low
with a blow from the butt OF a. revolt
yer taken from n OF their captives.
hand and cut an ugly cash In his head.
Used Sheriff - . Shisid.
One OF the convicts told Sheriff Cook
that he would be killed IL he made the
slightest looking toward their
capture. In the meantime the police
officers OF the outside had surrounded
the building, but were afraid to make
! move for fear that Cook and Williams
would suffer.
Mrs. Wooster had tainted during the
excitement. She finally revived and at
I o'clock the convicts placed the wom-
an and Sheriff Cook In front OF them
as shields and made for the door. Then
after exacting a promise from the
sheriff that he would not permit any
of the officers outside to Are on them,
they started for the open. AZ they
left the house. the frightened farmers
wife and the submissive sheriff be-
tween them. the convicts passed
Through a Gordon Of police who could
have easily captured them, and started
for the railroad tracks. The sheriff
had In turn exacted a promise from
the police that they would not modest
the convicts, and they did not.
After covering q considerable dis
lance down the track the conyicts sud-:
bidding the officers a hooking farewell.
lone Of the police sergeants later said
The could have easily touched the lead:
Ing convict with his hand as he passed.
The convicts had secured q good.
start before the oflcers recovered from.
their surprise. Then some Of the police
men wanted to pursue. but Sheriff
promised the convicts Immunity from
arrest.
Chief Stahl@ left some Of his men on,
the scene and with the others started
back to Topeka to AXE up the chase
later on. From Topeka q posse was
started out and Chief stahl expressed.
the opinion last night that he would
and the men before morning.
The convicts are we'll armed. having
taken all the guns in h farm house,
Including those OF the sheriff and his
deputy. They are both white men, but
their identity was not learned.
Fourteen q large.
Kansas City, Nov. n.-sNone Of the
fourteen escaped conyicts from the
Fort Leavenworth prison at liberty
last evening have been captured, al
though armed guards and citizens kept
lp q steady hunt all day.
Last evening three OF the prisoners
! held up and robbed 4 man near Man
NATHAN, Kan, but escaped, and all
trace OF them was lost. One Of h men
10 believed to be Frank Thompson. the
Notorious leader OF the mutiny. At
The prison today John Greene, . white
convict, who was wounded Friday 1t
we're killed by citizens. suffered the
amputation Of his leg. He Will ne
quinn Fort. shot 1t the stockade
while attempting an escape. and James
Huffman. killed In the Nortonyille raid,
were buried In the prison yard yester-s
lay. The body Of Fay Poffenholz, also
killed IN the Nortonville fight was sent
to Chicago today at the request Of his
Guard Waldrupe, who was wounded
lin the, head, ID still in Z critical condi-
lion. The bullet has not yet been res
1 cnyered n other wounded are raat.