Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-11-14
MORE FUGITIVESCAPTURED
Nine COnVictS Who Escaped From Fort
LeaVenW0rth Accounted For.
TWO OF THE CRIMINALS KILLED
Five Captured Unhurt and Two
Others Wounded.
THE RESULT OF FRIDAYS CHASE

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Levenworth, Kas., Nov. 9.--Nine Of
the convicts who escaped from the
Federal prison Wednesday afternoon
had been accounted for this morning.
Two of them have been killed, two
wounded and five others captured un-
hurt The two persons captured at
North Topeka prove to have been
tramps. or the II still at large, four
are being pressed closely by armed
prison guards and citizens, and word
is expected at any moment that they
have been captured or killed. This
other fleeing convicts. according to re-
ports received at Warden McClsughry's
office, are still making for the Indian
Territory. Warden McClaughry ex-
presses confidence that be will
ultimately capture every one of the II
missing oonvicts, and says he expects
to take several today.
a message from the sheriff at Law
renee to the warden this morning said
that 10 guards, q number of deputies
and crowd of citizens, all heavily
armed, were on the track of Frank
Thompson, negro convict, the origi-
nator and ringleader of the conspiracy
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other convicts between Lawrence and
Nortonyille. Thompson is considered
desperate 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 ring leaders, is
reported IL miles southwest of that
city, where he had impressed horse
! into service this morning and was
making south.
The net result of yesterdays chase
| follows
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Huffman. aged
90, white, from Ooffeyville, KAN, killed
| instantly, and Jay j. Poffenkolz, aged
%, white, a military prisoner from
Chicago, killed instantly.
WOUNDED AND CAPTURED.
/ At DISQUALIFICATION Green, aged 81,
white, from Vinita, l. t.. shot in hand
and knee, wounds serious, and Willard
Drake, aged 10, white, from South west
City, Mo-, shot twice 10 arm, wound
slight.
CAPTURED uNHURT.
At Nortonville Moore, aged l6,
negro, from Shawnee, o. 7.
At Harbalo-Donald Noris, white,
from Ryan, |. T., and II. l.. Daven-
port, white.
At Lawrence Ole Bobs, a half breed
Indian, from Marquette, |. t., and
Joseph Fl. DeelSin, white, military
prisoner.
At North Topeka-Two, names not
known.
Jay j. Poffenholz was q German
soldier who enlisted In the United
| States Army at the outbreak OF the
| Spanish War. He was private in Co.
| A, Fourth United States Infantry, and
was arrested and convicted by court.
martial at Balor, Southern Luzon. His
CRIME was burglary. He was brought
to the Federal prison July 2sth, 1901,
and his sentence was for fivs years. He
claimed Chicago rs his home.
James Huffman was convicted Of rob.
berry. and brought to the prison Decem-
Der 2Sth, 1897, to serve for i've years.
He had bad prison record.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 11.--Warden
McOlaughry of the Fort Leavenworth
Military Prison reported by telephone
Jhis morning that Lawrence Lewis,
white, the 18th of the escaped convicts
to be taken, has been arrested at Lomax,
| Kan.
To others 10 addition to the couple
that yesterday made q captive of Sheriff
| Cook are said to have bssn wounded in
a fight with officers between Topeka
and Leay enworth, and officers are re
ported to have had fight with con-
victs near Alma some time last night.
Lomsx and Alma are about 10 miles
from Topeka.
A later telegram to the warden, from
the city marshal at Quenemo, which
-, al AL 4 a..
shot.in the back and fatally wounded.
Thirteen. oonvIots are still at large.
To date three Of the mutinouH conviots
have been killed and five, including
the two who yesterday made o captive
of Sheriff Cook and then escaped, have
been wounded. Lewis death will make
the fourth fatality.
A horde of armed men are searching
for the captors of tSherilf Cook, and
it seems impossible that they can get
away Reinforced by the Weapons taken
from the Wooster farmhouse ana from
the officer yesterday they are wall pro-
vided, however, to make fierce fight
They ars anown to be desperate men,
and unless the wounds received yester-
day prove serious it is believed that
they will not he taken alive. Other
posses are said to be pursuing two
different gangs of men within so miles
of the penitentary, and further captures
are looked for during the day.
Lawrence Lewis, the convict shot to-
day, was received at the penitentiary in
| October, 1900, under hye-Year sem
tence for larceny.
! RUNNING FIGHTS WITH coNvIcrs.
Topeka, Kan, Nor. 11.-Up to 10
O'Clock this morning nothing had been
heard from the police officers sent out
last night to follow the two oonvicts
who made n sensational escape from
officers at Pauline yesterday afternoon.
The officers Of the towns in tho neigh
borhood of Pauline have been notified,
as we'll as the farmers for miles around,
and it is thought the two desperate
convicts will be captured before night.
a report from Alma says that
citigens' posse near that place had
running fight with two escaped conv;cts
last evening.
At alma the convicts stole two horses
| and made their aaoane.