The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-11-16
THEY HELD UP THE SHERIFFS
ESCAPED cOxvIcTs FIGHT


Vtets 81 Paniine. eve milas south ,
here. and held Tor several hours. IN
eonvieta. whose names can not }
learned. then escaped through . In
u policemen. going east
AZ 1;so Sunday afternoon som
farmer bogs near Pauline became a,
eaainte1 With the fact that the COS
Etets we're In the nelghborhOod an
s0on had . poaas organized ana wer
chasing the eoaviets all over the eOar
Try. tbs escaped prisoners had q
arma o. Ammnhitinn and we're CON
PEELED 70 run before the posse whlel
vas armed with "a ealibaF rides. smal
pietolA clubs and most every kind o
small weapons. Tho sheriff aoos
beard q tho enndition ot Affairs an.
started for tho ncsna. Ha soon cam.
No ~ the convic1n and both IL III.
oaheern nFed. wonnding the men hu
not Disabling them.
The eonvicAn thea aeA through 1
small open space In tho timber Ans
Fan tat0 the h0nae a. . farmer nnmec
Wooster. Ths c6ieess followed. sher
~ COOK thoagAt the eoavictn had rur
aFonna the house and hs dAFtac
tkroagA The opea door. lhlnktng 10 sur
prise tAsm - The bach door. But IL
STEAD u this The eonvtets had goas
inso the hoass. A. the sheriff FaE
h ~ tel right Into the arms % The
eosytets near the door. Tie vas or
dered 70 give ~ his Eun. which be ala
Dspagy Sheriff Williams had By this
tins Feaehea the hoass. not knowing
What hAA happened. and be. too. uAs
gathered h ~ the eoaVteta-
Befnre ha waa captured the sheriff
haa beea thoaGhtfsl eaoaEh 10 tsie
kAoBs 10 Topekn for help chief stAhi
wtsh eight omesFA. hAatsasa 10 tn
seeaa and arrived theFe after the u
eesss had be~a impEisoned about ar
hour.
cAlsf alAhl Immediately negotiated
viii The cuaviesa 10 give 40 their prss
cnern ana 10 anrFenAcr themselves
bot they ooaid not so Il that way.
KmrmNr Wo0asns thea managed q
9ae . gun ana made an attack 90 the
euavseta. but vas laid low BY . blop
fa0m The bagt u q revolver. The COO
vtefs broke wooater'n Fight hand and
cut AZ uEly gAah IN hia head. Ths
tnadsr ~ The cnnvicts then told sher
~ Coca that he vould BE- killed n h.
made The slightest move booking 90
ward their capture. and 10 promised
b ~ god n the meAntime ths
police oGesFu o. the outside we're
AFRAID 70 10 Anything because the con
vsetn threAissed 10 ain The impgtaoned
o0casa 4 thsy dia-
Al I o'eiock he eonvicta managed
T. revive Mfa Wooster. Who had faint
e fFom fFtghL and placed sheriff
cook al her 10 froat u them -
sAlslAa. Thsy thea started out after
nrst sEarting = promise from aheFin
cook that be uoald mol order any q
ths uGcern 20 Ore ~ them. Thsn thsy
len che house. and started down the
railroad track. They walled throogh
. eordoa u police oiAceFa Who could
have capanred them. bot the ahegtn
I'D givea tn eonvicts hls word that
thay vuuia not bs moleated and the,
wesa not. After walking for SONS
distance che cunvictn auddsnly diaap
p~aspa thruaGh q hedge fence, afte'
hsAalnK the 0faeeFn . mockinE fare
veil ona a the police sergeants Il
attendance said ha could have eaAiil
touehed the leading eonvict With BIZ
haad - they passed.
ne eoavtcsa had gotten . GOOD star
before the caicere had recovered fron
thair nurprssa. Thea some a the p
lsesmea vAatea 10 pursue. but n
sAsrsR would rot permit H. a. he cal
be AaA promised immunity from a
rest 10 the eoavtcts.
TIE chief u police then starte
oaek to town. but len some q his me
90 the scene, and they started on
chase later %. They expect TO ca
ture the couvtcta before morning
the entirs eoantTy IL aroused By q
stirring eveats happening on q
usually quiet Kansas Sunday.
TIE convicta are well armed. a. IN
took an the guns IN the farmhous
Including three q the ofacers'. befo
lsAving. Thay are both white men.
Kansas City, Nov. ii.--Fourte'
escaped convlcts from the Port Lea
eaworth prison are stiil al large,
though armed guards and cltise
kept upA steady hunt all day sundi
Last sNNnIng three q the prison'
held a and robbed q man near Nj
haitian. Kan. but escaped and
trace % them was lost One OF
men 10 believed 10 be Prank ThoE
sou. the notorious negro leader OF
mutiny. A. the prison today, 1e
Green. Q white convict who
wounded Friday a. Nortonvllie. vi
two of HE comrades were killed
eitiRena. suffered the amputation
HE leg. He win recover. Quinn p
shot at the atockade while attempt
an escape. and James Thurman, III
In the NoFtonviile raid. were bu'
In the prison yard today. The b
Of Jay ]. Poifenhola. also killed IN
kOrtonviIle light was shipped 10
eago today. at the request Of
mother. Guard Waidrupe. who
wounded IN the head, 10 stlil IN . Z
cal condition. The bullet has not
been recovered. The other wouS
are resting easy. Tomorrow NOR
The search for The missing cont
~ili b resumed with renewed viz