The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-16
HOME FROM A HUNT
Former Chief Burrows in
Chase After ConviCts.
NEGRO STORY A FAKE
No Outlaws Were Seen at
Florence.

Former Chief Of Police Charles E, Bur
rows arrived in the city last night ana VIII
visit with his family on the West Side
today. Mr. Burrows was armed with re-
peating rife when he stepped from the
train. He has been out for week hunt
ing the convicts who escaped from the
federal prison a week ago Thursday and
has not had any sleep for over four
nights.
The lower corner Of Mr.. Burrows left
car IS gone and there is a scar nearly
two inches long wei back on the left side
of the neck. The damage was done by
the prisoners who engaged in the mutiny
it was mighty close call for Mr. Bur
rows, and he has no anxiety TO go through
similar experience again.
The excitement that accompanied the
mutiuy is indescribable' said Mr.. Bur
rows 10 an Eagle reporter ''The convcts
were al honering, shoutn. and swearing.
while those who had guns were shooting.
They came upon me unawares. l could
not see them until they had turned a cor
ner 80 feet in front OF me. They had some
them as shields, and the guards were
practically powerless. couldn't shoot
anyway, as the spring of my gun was
TOO weak to explode the cartridges. When
they demanded my gun 1 broke it and
threw it 10 them"
Ever since last Monday Mr.. Burrows,
with others, have been chasing. escaped
convicts. They were in Maron county yes
terday and the previous day, and found
that the report that two of the escaped
prisoners got off at Florence Wednesday
was fake The negro porter who said
that two Of them had ASA ulted him on
blind baggage platform simply fgged.
lie said they wore striped suits and caps,
whereas the fact is that the convicts
now at large wore no stripes even when
they We're in the penitenuary.
Mr. Burrows was in the party that
started after the men who made Sheriff
Cook of S4-awnee county a prisoner last
Sunday. He was not fortunate enough TO
be in the party that caught them. The
whole party was divided up into three
parties at Cottonwood Falls. he going
TO the southeast with Captain Jackson.
lie says the credit for their capture is
due to the party led by Arthur Treuford,
although Deputy Warden Lemon is also
entitled 10 the credit for doing clever
work. Lemons party went directly south
from Cottonwood Falls, while Trelford s
party went in a southwesterly direction.
Lemon struck the first trail. but Trelford
struck O newer trail and thus won the
honor Of the capture Of the outlaws
When Trelford's party came upon the cong
victs the latter made hard fight. Sew
cral shots were exchanged. The convicts
having lived in the Indian country, had
knack OF getting over W. fences by lift
ing the posts ont of the ground and plac-
ing them back after their horses had
passed through. In this way they led the
posse for three or four miles and finally
had 20 desert their horses. They ran for a
stone house, evidently with the purpose
iu view of repeating TIE plan they adopted
ut Pauline when they captured Sheriff
Cook. but fortunately the house was
locked They then ran to a barn hard by
and began TO assist two farmers in pitch
ing hay. I'm hopes that the posse would
think they were regular farm hands and
pass on. bat Mr.. Trelfords crowd didn't
pass ON. They covered the outlaws and
they surrendered. When searched they
had only seven cartridges among them.
Mr. Burrows was a half hour coming up
Douglas avenue from the Union depot, so
many people wanted to congratulate him
on his escape and hear him ten the story
of the mutiny.