Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-14

I hOlu LOE protection ana To dlu III lle
capture of the conyicts. The following
is a list of the killed and wounded dur
/ ING the fighting in the stockade One
cenvict was killed. Ford Quinn, Ryan,
i |. L. The wounded are: c. f. Bur
4 rows, guard shot twice in neck, condi-
4 ton serious; Andrew Leonard guard.
slight wounds; Arthur Treelford. cap
/ tain of guards, shot in leg: J. i. Valid
rupe, guard shot in head and neck.
/ probably fatally.
Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 9-Eleven
Of the twenty-six cOnvicts who escaped
\ from the stockade of the new federal
prison here Thursday afternoon have
! been accounted FOR. Two of the eleven
/ are dead-James Hoffman and ]. j..
Poffenholz, soldier-cOnviet. John
Green and Willard Drake are wounded
and recaptured, and the fifth, Fred
Moore, aged Ii "a negrol. is recaptured
unhurt. Donald Norie and r. L. Dav-
EXPORT We're captured yesterday in a
! field two miles north of Jarbalo They
We're hiding in a ravine ana. being UNI
armed they surrendered without resist
ance. The sheriff of Douglass county
Z
renee, Kan. one being ole Babo. half
breed Indian. and the other Joseph II.
Deekin, a soldier in for desertion ana
assault to kill, and two more were
caught last night at Topeka.
Running Fight With "a Posse.
The first i've men were discovered
in the barn of Fay Weishaar, a quarter
of mile from Nortonville. Kan, about
3 p m. yesterday. Weishaar went into
the barn and was ordered out at the
points of guns. He rushed 10 Norton
vile and gathered a number of men
who, with revolverS, Shotguns and a
few Winchesters. fastened to the
scene. The eonyicts saw the men com
ing and rushed from the barn. They
had two shOtguns and revolvers. The
posse pursued them. and a running
duel resulted. The convicts were at
disadvantage and their shots had no
effect, while NJ every vOlley from the
posse one of the cOnvicts fell. After
two of them had fallen two of the 9th
ers gave themselves up. one being
wounded, the other unhurt.
Good Shot BOer.
The fifth was fully 200 yards away
when a man with a Winchester drew
bead on him and fired. He was evil
IDENTIFY hard hit. but tried to go on,
when a volley was fired at him, and he
fell dead. None of the citizens was
hurt. Reports come from numerous
points of the arrest Of men supposed to
be fugitive conyicts, but none of the
suspects has been Identified. Warden
McClaughey says he win capture every
one OF the men. In the districts around
the city every road and river crossing
haf no iorl,r l,n
to use is guarded by armed men. tl,e
farmers having turned out to earn the
$50 reward that will be paid for the re-
turn of each convict. Those of the
men that are armed are likely to be
shot on sight.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 11.-Sheriff Cook
of this county and Deputy Sheriff
Williams We're captured by two es-
capped convicts from the Fort Leaven-
worth military prison yesterday after
noon at Paulina. five miles south Of To-
peka, ana held prisoners in the farm
house of man name Wooster for sew
eral hours. The fugitive prisoners
finally escaped through a line of police
sent from Topeka to reinforce the sheI-
lit. and are now at large. Both were
slightly wounded Wooster was badly
wounded by one Of the cOnvicts when
be tried to fire on them. Mrs. Wooster
and Sheriff Cook were utilized by the
convicts as shield in making their
escape. \ posse is in pursuit
Topeka. Kan, Nov 12-With the
capture of Frank Thompson. the negro
leader of the federal penitentiary mu-
tiny of last Thursday. fourteen of the
twenty-SiN fugitive convicts have been
retaken. Thompson was captured near
Council Grove last night by Deputy
United States Marshal Prescott and a
posse of farmers. He showed fight.
but was brought down by 4 load OF
buckshot. Thompson is not dangerous
( ~ wounded. and will be returned to the
penitentiary today.
The twelve convicts vet at large are
inspiring much fear among the uhabit-
ants of the country districts. Last
night officers were at work in a dozen
different counties and Is some report
that they have groups Of c0nvicts
rounded M more captures viii be
made very soon.