Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-08

under the bertIlon system and today
I'Ioe descriptions were mailed to every
chiet Of police In the country.
p. Nalueh H. W. McClaughry was in
huhsas Cliy when the mutiny broke
oul arranging for the annual conyen-
u0l OF the National Prison Reform as
sOr'auoh Whlch rs to convene there to-
morrow lie arrived home at the prison
uuvu1 lnfee hours later and immedi-
a'ely SET 70 work 10 re-capture the
cohNlcls' Il have not completed my
lhFesuthuon,' said he today, but |
am OF lnc opinion that the outbreak
was not y 10 the pult OF any OF the
suaIds' The men were IN charge of
arthur TrefOrd, one Of our best men
ana | am sure he did his duty The
reason for the escape Of the prisoners
} believe 10 be the small number OF
guards available. our appropriation Is
not sufficient 20 warrant the employ
ment Of more guards, but I hope thgt
AT the next session Of Congress we win
be allowed more. We should have
nearly twice as many as we have
MAKING FOR INDIAN TERRITORY.
Kansas city No, Nov, S-A special
10 the Star from Leavenworth, Kansas,
says.
Adyices received at the prison early
today indicate that the convlcts are
making for the Indian territory, a hun
dred miles south, at break-neck speed
Warden McClaughry is making every
effort TO head them OF before they
reach the Kansas river. He started
telegraphing last night TO get sherlfs
and other officers 70 guard the bridges.
kilograms received today from the
neighborhood Of Linwood. Kansas, ana
several other points says farmers well
armed are Watching the bridges.
The report shows that the convicts
are SELLING farmers horses and run
ming them at high speel until the
animals give out and then pressing In
fresh ones whenever found, BY maxi
Ing these relays they are trying TO out
ride the officers 20 the territory
None but guards and civil officers out
for the 500 reward are now In the chase.
Soldiers are keeping watch over the
reservation, No prisoners we're sent
out 20 the new peniteutiary site today
ana all work Is suspended and the con-
vlcts held IN cells so that the guards
can take IN the hunt Warden Nc
Claughry with a force Of TRUSTEES. N
hard at work running OF pictures Of
the convlcts at large. Two hundred
sets viii be mailed by tonight to differ
ent chiefs Of nolice
Guard Waldrupe. who was shot In
the head Is still alive. but the surgeons
have no hone Of his recovery. Leonard
whose leg was broken, will be a ciip-
pie for life. The other guards are doing
well.
CONVICTS TRYING TO CROSS
RIVER.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. S.--A special
10 the Star from Leavenworth. Kan
sas. SAYS.
Messages received from Tonganoxis,
Kansas. az noon indicate that num-
er Of convlcts are trying 10 cross the
Kansas river near Linwood, twenty
niles southwest fiom Leayenworth.
Warden Mclaugliry IL oentcring bis
force IN the Linwood neighborhood. Up
TO 1873 O'Clock today not one OF the
twenty-six convicts had been cap
tured.
THREE CONNICTS KILLED.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. S.-A tele-
phone message from the Leavenworth
Standard al 1925 this afternoon says.
Early this morning at Nortonville, 25
miles northwest Of Leayenworth peni-
tentiary. FIVE Of the escaped convicts
from the Fort Leavenworth prison were
surrounded In barn by party Of citi-
Zens and ordered to surrender, The con-
victs refused and battle ensued during
which three Of the convlcis were Killed
and the other two wounded how seri-
ously Is not known. Whether or not
any OF the citizens were wounded Is not
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