Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-08
NAN HUNT IN KANSAS
Twenty.six Desperate Convicts
Escape From United States
Prison at Leavenworth.
One Man Killed and Five Others
Dangerously Wounded In
the Fight.
Prisoners Had Secured Weapons
and Openly Defied the PEN
itentiary Guards.

Leayenworth and one at Bonner
Springs. Forty guards are in pursuit OF
the other twenty-five prisoners within
radius of five miles around the city. The
country is wild and rough and affords
ample opportunity for escape, and as ali
the convicts are desperate men and
srmed, conflicts will doubtless result be-
fore their recapture. The net result OF
the mutiny was the killing of Quinn
Fort, a desperate criminal from Indian
Territory, believed to be the ringleader
Cf tie outbreak, and the wounding of
Guards Waldrupe, Trelfcrd, Burrows
and Leonard. Waldrupe is in critical
condition and the others are slightly
rurt. It is believed several OF the es-
capped prisoners were wouEded. 1t is
thought all the convicts will be ulti-
mateIy recaptured as descriptions have
been mailed,to every sheriff and police
officer in the country.
1t develops that the mutiny was
batched several months ago, but the
E.en had never found favorable oppor-
tunity to carry it into effect until yes
terday. The general plan was not new,
but proved effective because of the linz
tied number OF guards. AS the better
behaved prisoners are used in outside
work, the conspiracy was hatched
among the men in the inside gangs. The
convicts chose the most favorable mo-
lnent OF the day, while many of the
guards were acting as foremen IN the
construction Of the new cell house un-
armed AS soon as alarms were given
the guards formed in marching order
and mounted men, armed to the teeth,
were drawn up in front of the main en-
trance Of the prison. Most of the guards
are old plainsmen and the diversion of
hunting down the criminals stirred their
blood as nothing else could have done.
The escaped conyicts are counted
the most desperate criminals in the
southwest. The guards started out
on the hunt in full realization of this
fact. The scheme Of the mutiny, how
ever, being some distance from the
prison proper. the convicts had secured
a good start and. aided by the rough
wooded country, the had, before dark
ness fell, placed good gap between
themselves and their pursuers. The
guards at best could make but a desul
tory attempt at pursuit and were conf
PEELED to await daylight to take up the
search. Alarms were sent in all di-
rections and the officials Of Kansas
city, Atchison, st. Joseph. Topeka and
Leavenworth are being asked to keep
the police on the lookout and all night
In each city armed police and detec-
tives patrolled the outskirts. During
the night reports came in from all di-
rections of thefts Of horses vehicles,
clothing and food by the convicts and
as the report that the convicts were
at large spread, citizens in outlying
districts became terror stricken and
barred their houses.
Bright and early this morning an in
creased number of guards. well armed
and mounted, started out from the pen
ltentiary, and the day was spent in as
exciting man hunt perhaps as haS
been experienced in this part of the
country since the border days. Adyices
received at the prison early today In
dicate the convicts are making for In |
dian Territory, hundred miles south |
at break-neck speed. Warden Nc I
Claughry making every effort to head |
them of before they reach the Kansas
river,
Some convicts Located.
Leavenworth, Nov. S.-Messages re-
ceiyed from Tonganoxie, at noon, indi-
cate number of convicts are trying to
cross the Kansas river near Linwood,
twenty miles southwest of Leaven
worth. Warden McClaughry is center
ing his force in the Linwood neighbor-
hood. Up to noon not one of the twen-
ty-six conyicts had been captured.
Escape Well Planned.
Leavenworth. Kas., Nov. s.-One man
was killed, five others dangerously
and twenty-six desperate
are at large, as a result Of a
mutiny late yesterday afternoon at the
site of the new United States prison.
two miles southeast OF here, where 400
prisoners from the federal prison, in
charge of thirty armed guards, We're 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 per-
son. There are two walls partly COM
pleted and the remainder of the site of
the building is surrounded by a high
wooden stockade. Gus Parker of Ard I
more, l. T., one of the ringleaders of the
mutiny, under pretense Of necessity, I
walked to the corner OF the stockade,
where the revolvers were concealed, and |
under cover of some weeds secured
the mwithout being detected.
He returned to the gang and passed
one OF the revolyers to Frank Thomp-
eon, a negro from South McAlster, l..
T., who secreted it about his person.
When r. E. IIiuds. superintendent of
and three unarmed /
guards preapred to round up the men
ut the end of the days work, the two
armed convicts covered them With re-
volvers and, encouraged by the other
mutinous convicts. forced the men to
walk before them to the northwestern
corner of the stockade, where they ex-
pected to make a rush thru an open
Ing.
On the outside OF the stockade was
IN armed guard and the convicts we're