The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-08
RinSieader of the Gang Outwits an
officer and Secures Possession
of Two RevOIvers.
ARMED OFFICERS IN PURSUIT
CONVICTS MAKING FOR THE WILD
COUNTRY To THE SOUTHEAST.
Robbing Farmers of Clothing and
Horses on Their Way-CavaIry
without Orders to Pursue.

LEAvENWORTH. Kan, Nov. 7-One
man was killed, five others seriously
wounded and twenty-six desperate convicts
are at large result of a mutiny late
this afternoon at the site of the new United
States Prison, two miles southwest of here,
where four hundred prisoners from the
federal prison, in charge of thirty armed
guards were at work.
When the trouble began the rebellious
prisoners had only two revolvers. These
had been secreted in one of the walls of
the building by some unknown person.
There two walls partly completed and
the remainder of the site of the building
is surrounded by a high wooden stockade.
Gus Parker, of Ardmore, Indian Territory,
one of the ringleaders of the mutiny, un-
der pretense of necessity, walked to the
corner of the stockade where the revolvers
were concealed and, Under cover of some
weeds, secured them without being de-
tected. He returned to the gang and passed
one of the revolvers to Frank Thompson,
a negro from South McAlester 1. T., who
secreted it about his person.
When S. T. Kinds. superintendent of con-
struction, and two unarmed guards pre-
pared to round up the men at the end of the
days work the two armed convicts covered
them with revolvers, and, encouraged by
the other mutinous convicts, forced the
men to walk before them to the northwest
ern corner of the stockade where they ex-
pected to make a rush through an opening
On the outside of the stockade was an
armed guard, and the convicts were met at
the opening by c. E. Burrows. a guard,
who fought them back, but who received
two shots in the neck
RUSHED MAIN ENTRANCE.
The convicts then rushed over to the
south wall to another opening and were
met by Arthur Treelford, an armed guard,
who is in charge of all the convicts Treel-
ford resisted the convicts, and was shot
twice, but not dangerously wounded. De-
feated in their attempt to escape at this
point, the men rushed to the guardhouse,
a temporary frame structure where the
arms are kept The guards from the out
side rushed in at this point and drove the
convicts away from the guardhouse. j. p.
Waldrupe. a guard, shot and killed Ford
Quinn, formerly of Indian Territory. Wald-
rupe was shot twice and may die The
prisoners then made a grand rush for the
main entrance, and twenty-six of them
succeeded in escaping.
Most of the escaped men are from Indian
Territory. Closely followed by the guards
the men ran to a nearby forest and sue
ceeded In evading their pursuers The men
went in the direction of Easton, Kan. and
it is reported here that they have held up
many farmers. taking horses and clothing
en- route.
The convicts in their flight compelled F.
l. IF
to go with them, and he was not allowed
to return until they had gone almost two
miles. w. F. Peaslee, one of the fugitives,
who has only fifteen months more to serve,
deserted the band few moments after
superintendent Kinds was released The
two men reached here almost at the same
time They reported that the fugitives.
after holding a consultation, decided that
they would form themselves into several
small parties so that some might escape
though others should be captured. 1t is the
intention of all to attempt to reach the
rough country southeast of here
Twenty-four members OF the Fourth Cav
airy hastened to the scene Of the trouble.
When they arrived the convicts had es-
capped and tho soldiers could not partici-
pate in the chase without orders from their
superior. Forty armed guards from the
federal prison are in pursuit of the fugi-
tives.
The course that the fugitives have taken
is indicated by the localities in which they
have committed depredations. Many of
their robberies are being reported here late
tonight. s. a. Davission, a farmer ten
miles southwest of here, was robbed of a
horse and some clothing. Three of his en-
ployes were robbed Of their coats and hats
c. T. Ferguson, mail carrier. was robbed
of his horse and cart. No report of the
pursuers having encountered any of the
fugitives has reached here at midnight.
The wounded men are In the prison hos
pital J. b. Waldrupe was shot in the head
and in the neck and is In a precarious con-
dition. G.. +. Burrows was shot twice i'm
the neck receiving serious wounds Arthur
Treelford was shot in the leg, but his wound
is slight. Andrew Leonard a guard, is In
the hospital with a broken leg. He was
hurt as the prisoners were escaping through
the main entrance of the stockade. One
of the fugitives named Otter was shot but
he was able to go with the others and the
extent of his injuries is unknown.
Maj. r. w. McCloughry. warden of the
penitentiary, was in Kansas City at the
time of the outbreak making arrangements
for the congress of prison wardens TO be
held there next week.