Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-12
ARE Still Being PURSUED.
Guards and Citizens of Kansas Hot
on the Trail of Escaped
II Federal Prisoners.
THE RESULT OF FRIDAYS CHASE.
Esvo wese Killed. Two Wounded and
Five Others Captured Unhurt -
-Four More Captured Snturdny-Six
Are Reported Corraied Near Law
A rcnce. Kan.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 11.-Nine OF
the convcts who escaped from the
federal prison at Fort Lcavenworth,
Kan, on Wednesday afternoon had
been accounted for Saturday morn
ing. Two of them have been killed,
Two wounded and five Others have
been captured unhurt. OF the
IL still at large, four are being
pressed closely by armed prison
Guards and citizens and word is eX-
pected at any moment that they have
been captured ,or killed. The other
fleeing convicts, according to re-
ports received at Warden McClaugh-
rvs office as late as Saturday morn
ing, are still making for the Indian
territory. They have broken up into
twos and threes. This is indicated,
he says, by the fact that robberies OF
stores and residences reported Fri
Day when the convicts were known
TO be travelling in gangs have ceased
TO be reported.
IS Saturday morning Warden Nc
Claughry expressed confidence that
he would ultimately capture every
. A message. from the sheriff at
Lawrence to the warden said that
ten guards, number of deputies and
p crowd of citizens, all heavily armed,
were on the track of Frank Thomp-
Son. negro convict, the originator
and Tingleader of the conspiracy to
escape, who is travelling with two
- snf<. hot, II
Eortonville. Thompson is a desper-
ate man and is sure to give battle
before he surrenders. He and his
comrades are armed The sheriff at
Lawrence also reported that Gilbert
Mullins. another of the ringleaders,
is reported IL miles southwest of
that city, where he had impressed a
horse into service Saturday morning
and was making south.
Result of Fridays Hunt.
The net result of Fridays chase
follows: Dead:
AT. Nortonville, Kan: James Huffman,
aged, 20. white. from Coffeyville. Kan,
killed instantly; Jay ]. Poffenkolz. aged 25
white, a military prisoner from Chicago
Killed instantly.
John Green. aged 81, white, from Vinita,
Z. T.. shot In band and knee, wounds Sc
rious; Willard Drake, aged 10, white, from
Southwest City, Mo, shot twice in arm,
wound slight.
Captured, unhnrt-At Nortonville: Fred
Moore. aged 16. negro, from Shawnee, o. T.;
at Jarbaio. Kan: Donald Norie, white.
from Ryan, ]. r., and r. l.. Davenport,
white: at Lawrence: Ole Bobe. a half-breed
indian, from Marquette, I. T., and Joseph
R. Deektn. white, a military prisoner.
AT North Topeka. two, names not known,
Jay j. Potfenholz was German
soldier who enlisted in the United
States army at the outbreak of the
Spanish war He was a private in
company A, Fourth United States in
fantry, and was arrested and convict
ed by court-ma rtial at Balor, south
ern Luzon. His crime was burglary.
He was brought to the federal prison
July %, 1901, and his sentence was
for five years. He has mother liy-
Ing in Chicago. which he claimed as
his home.
James Huffman was convicted of
robbery and brought to the prison
December rs, 1897. to serve for five
gears. He had bad prison record
The dead bodies of Huffman and
Poffenholz have been brought in and
prepared for burial ia the prison
grounds.
A telephone message from Leavent
worth at noon Saturday reports the
capture on the outskirts of that city
of James Wilson, colored, the tenth
convict to be taken. Wilson's feet
were still shackied. In this condi-
tion he had Travelled two miles from
the scene of the outbreak since
Wednesday afternoon and had colns
out from cover to get food Wilson
was a "fve-year prisoner sent up for
larceny.
A Star special also reports the
wounding and capture south of
TonganoXie of Frank Thompson, the
negro leader of the outbreak, but it
has not been confirmed
AT two o'clock two white convicts
were reported IN hiding at the Bell
schooihouse. eight miles west of
Leavenworth, and five deputies left
Leavenworth for that place. A farm-
er just in from the schoolhouse had
been held up and robbed by the con-
sicts.
\ A telephone message from Law
renee, Kan, says: At 2:30 Saturday
afternoon Dave Lewis. farmer,
brought in two conviets. Gus Parker
and David Grayson. both white.
Lewis had captured the men unaided
at Midland, three miles north of
Lawrence. Both are fiye-year prison
krs. This makes total ct 12 con-
sicts captured.
Sir More Reported COrraled
A telephone message from Law
renee Saturday afternoon reported
six convicts had been corraled near
that city. Four miles east of Law
renee three eonvicts abandoned their
horses at the Kansas river, roWed
across in stolen boat and are now
said to be hiding in the woods. The
sheriff of Lawrence with plumber
of deputies left for the scene short
~ after noon. Eight miles northeast
of Lawrence, on Buck creek, farmers
are said 10 have surrounded three
other.conricts In the woods and to be
closing in on them.
Charged with Stealing Letters.
ST. Louis, Nov. ll.-Samnei Selig,
foreman of the city distributing de-
partment of the ST. Louis post office,
was arrested early Saturday charged
with stealing letters, Fifty letters,
some containing money orders, were