The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-12
SHOOTING EN- DOWN
LAWRENCE LEWIS AND THOMPSON,
"A RINGLEADER, BROUGHT DOWN
BY RIFLE BALLS
NEITHER FATALLY INJURED
Lewis, Unarmed, Made Desperate
Dash to Break Through the
Police Mnes-Thompson
Used a Gun In Vain.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov 11-Another
day has added two more to the list of
Fort Leavenworth convicts captured.
Lawrence Lewis was mortally wounded
and captured this morning near
Quenemo, Kan, while making a dash
through a Gordon of armed deputies.
Frank Thompson, the negro leader of
the mutiny, was wounded and captured
! near Council Grove, in Kansas.
Lewis is a white boy, twenty years of
age, who was sent up in October, 1900, to
undergo a five years sentence for Lar
ceny. He was tracked to a wooded place
near Quenemo by the city marshal and
dozen men bearing rifles. An order to
surrender was met with defiance, and
Lewis. unarmed and although practically
surrounded, darted for the nearest open.
ing. He had gone scarcely a hundred
yards when a bullet from a Winchester
in the hands of one of his purSueTS
pierced his lung from behind ard
brought him to the ground. Bleeding
and fatally wounded Lewis was taken
to the marshafs Office and cared for
while Warden McClaughry was notified.
Thompson's Futile Fight.
Frank Thompson was captured eight
miles north of Council Grove this even
ing by a posse under command of
Deputy United States Marshal E. A.
! Prescott. Thompson would not sur
render. 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
Council Grove ever since Sunday morn
ing on the watch for escaped prisoners
There are number of them in this
vicinity and several depredations on
| property have resulted from their pres
ence. This morning Deputy Prescott
heard of the presence of negro convict
few miles north of town and imme-
diately 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 he answered by wheeling
around and doing some rapid firing with
(! 44-caliber revolver. The officers then
fired and Thompson dropped. He was
| stunned and was easily secured. Th0mp-
son will be taken back to the penitentiary
| tomorrow.
Reward Is Increased.
Three distinct gangs of convicts have
| been reported at points within fifteen
miles around Topeka since last night,
! and, although a horde of penitentiary
| been on the go all day, night fell with
| only two captures reported.
! From the descriptions received, Warden
i McClaughry believes that the two cap
tors Of Sheriff Cook, of Topeka, were
| Arthur Hewitt, white, and Lon Suther-
| land, part Indian, who, with Frank
Thompson, were ringleaders in the out
/ break and the warden today increased
| the reward for their capture. They were
both serving fve-year sentences for lar
| ceny. Hewitt is twenty-three, while
| Sutherland is but eighteen. At $50 this
| evening message received at the peni-
| tertiary announced that Thompson, with
| three other convicts, had been traced to
| near Council Grove this afternoon, and
| was being followed closely.
The officers, both county and city, fill
| ed with revenge at being foiled at
| Pauline, are bending every energy to
| overhaul these particular convicts, who,
| they profess to believe, are in hiding
within thirty miles of the scene where
yesterdays exciting episode occurred.
Alma, Kan, reports a skirmish last
| night with two escaped convicts. 4he
| convicts had stolen two horses and made
good their escape, after shooting horse
| from under one of their pursuers.
Twelve convicts are still at liberty.