The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-09
TwoF / THEM ARE DEAD
FiysS dad a Fight With Kansas S Farmers.
farden McClaughey Says He Will Capture Every One of the Twen- ty-six Men Who Gained
 Their Liberty.

Leavenworth. Kan., Nov. s.--All th' police, deputy sheriffs and farmers ir the county adjacent to Leavenworth were | on the lookout today for the twenty-siS federal convicts who escaped from the | stockade yesterday. As a result two con. victs have been killed. two wounded and five captured unhurt. The casualties took place in a fight near Nortonville Kansas, and resulted in the death or capture of five men.
 The dead are as follows: James Hoff- man, age 20. white; J. J. Poffenhol, aged 25 white, a soldier convict. John Green, aged 21, white, Is badly wounded.
 The fourth, Willard Drake. white, aged 19, is wounded and recaptured, and the fifth. Fred Moore. aged 16, a negro is recaptured. unhurt.
 Two more convicts, Donald Norie and R. L. Davenport were captured today in q field two miles north of Jarbalo. Be- ing unarmed, they surrendered without resistance.
 The first five men were discovered in the barn of Fay Weishaar. a quarter of a mile from Nortonville. Kas., about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Weishaar went into the barn and was ordered out at the point of guns He rushed to Norton vile and gathered a wagon load Of men, who, with revolvers, shotguns and few Winchesters, hastened to the scene. The convicts saw the men coming and rushed from the barn. They had two shot guns and reyolVerS
 The posse pursued them and a running duel resulted. The convicts were at disadvantage and their shots had no eff feet, while at every volley from the posse one of the convicts fell. After two of them fell. two of the others gave them selves up, one being wounded, the other unhurt. The fifth was fully 200 yards away when a man with a Winchester drew a bead on him and fired. He was evidently hit, but tried to so on, and volley was fired at him and he fell dead. None of the citizens was hurt.
 Reports came from numerous points to- day of the arrest of men supposed to be fugitive conVicts.
 Quinn Fort, who was killed yesterday was 19 years old. One of the convicts still at large is a military prisoner, ana the remainder were serving terms for robbery or assault. One is an Indian and two are negroes. Nearly all came from Oklahoma and Indian Territory and they are supposed to be making for that country. They are hardy men, used to fire arms and horses. Some have obtain ed both but others are afoot and defense less.
 Warden McClaughey says he will cap ture every one of the men. In the dis tricts around the city every road and every crossing that the fugutives might be expected to use, Is guarded by armed men, the farmers having turned out to earn the $60 reward that will be paid for the return of each convict. Those of the men that are armed are likely to be shot on sight.
 The sheriff of Douglass County has cap tured two convicts at Lawrence, kas. The convicts captured at Lawrence were Ole Babo a half breed Indian and Joseph H. Deekin, a soldier serving term for desertion and assault to kill. Frank Thompson, the negro desperado who led the outbreak. is supposed ao be near Lawrence heavily armed. He probably will not be taken alive.
 Later-Two escaped convicts were caught in Topeka tonight. At midnight only fifteen of the fugitives were free.