The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-09
ROUNDING UP FUGIPIVBS.
Few Of the LeavenwOrth COnyicts
Now at Large.

The Reward for the Negro Leader 81
the Refugees IRcreasesi-Sst
Tried in Capturing Those Who
Went in Direction Of NOrtOnviIIe.
IEAEENNGRTH. Kan. Nov 9.-If two
fugitive c0uvicts were captured az mid
mShi 40 North Topeka. as reported. thir-
teen Of those who escaped from Iseaven-
worth last Thursday are either captured.
wounded. or dead Several are believed
90 be In hiding in the woods along the
k1w River. opposite Lawrence. Kan,
and their capture is expected today Two
others have left no trace.
Il seems that Warden McCIaughrey
VIII equal his record while in charge Of
an Eastern penitcutiary, when Of twenty
three couvicts who escaped in fourteen
years he recaptured twenty-one. Frank
Thompson. the giant negro ringIeader Of
the outbreak. is believed to be in or near
Lawrence. The officials are especially
anxious for his capture. and Warden Nc
CiaUghrey has Increased the reward for
his apprehension, dead OF alive. from So
90 800
The coEvicts whose efforts TO secure
freedom resulted in death are. Quinn
Fort killed during the mutiny. James
Huffman. killed at NortonyiIle. ]. j.
Ponenholz. killed at NortonviIIe
The wounded are John Green and VIII
lard Drake. at NortonvIiIe
The captured are, John Green. Fred
Moore. Willard Drake. at NortonviIIe.
r. l. Davenport and Donald Norie. at
Jarbalo; Ole BobO and Joseph Deacon. at
Lawrence. Besides these. the police at
North Topeka are said to have cap
tured two at midnight. but their names
are Upt given.
Strategy played an important part in
the capture and killing OF the convicts
who sought refuge in the barn Of John
Nishaar, a farmer. He and his son, Roy,
We're working IN "a corn field near Nor
tonviIIe. when they saw five men sneak
ing along the road, evidently making for
the Wishaar barn. Suspecting that the
fugitives were conyicts Wishaar sent his
son to Nortonville. a quarter OF q mile
away. to summon assistance. It was
promptly offered, and a party was made
up composed Of John W Harris. cashier
of the First National Bank: Walter
M0XIet- manager Of the electric light
plant; Rem WaEsouer. a teamster. r.
Kirkpatrick. the station agent. H. W
skinner. a stock dealer; John Evans.
sexton. C. Dill constable Roy Wis
haar mounted the drivers seat Of a farm
wagon. and the posse concealed them
selves by lying fiat in the wagon. Their
Nuchesters and sEotsuns were ready for
action
Near the farm tire wagon stopped and
John WisHaaT. having provided himself
with "a gun. joined the nartv- Iain E,v-
ans the sexton. and Roy wishaar climb
ed into the loft. Evans pretending 10 De
about To buy some hay. There they dis
covered the couvicts-
Willard Drake. one OF the furitivcs.
crawled with an oath from beneath "A
stack OF hay and ordered the men from
the loft. They departed hastily and join
cd the posse which I'm the meantime had
surrounded the barn Then the fugitives
opened fire and tried TO break through
the Gordon. John Huffman and Jay J.
Poneuh0lz fell dead as they ran. John
Green and Willard Drake writhed on the
ground with bullets in their bodies. Fred
Moore She remaining convict, threw up
his hands az the first shot and was cap
tured uHharmed- He Is "a negro boy Of
sixteen and begged for his life.
None Of the posse was even hurt Roy
kirkpatrick had the Harrowest escape.
ll- ltidAf.- lllcfA iltiallt D-4lLA al
him. His aim was bad and a few yards
on Drake was feIIed by a shot fired by
Dit
John Green almost escaped. Tic had put
I5u yards between himself and his uursU-
ers, when De- caught iH "a barb-wirs fence.
through which ne was escaping While
iu this position bullets struck him iu the
knee and arm T. is probable THAI his leg
Will have 90 be- auputaJtd. brakes iujg-
ri-- are u-t serious. two bucksh0t having
entered his Nlryarrn- Seven guards from
L-aveuworth arrived at Nort0uvilI- at
o'clock last night ana took the bodies.
the wounded men. and the unharmed ne
gro back 20 the prison
LAM RENEE. Kan. Nov. 9-BIa Eab8
and Joe DeekIn We're the two fugitive
COuyicts captured here Policeman Camp
ben and j. Akers. formerly q guard az
the prison. came upon them in the rail-
road yards and had no difficulty in plac-
ing them under arrest EOhO had secured
civilian coat only n few minutes be-
fore beokiu stji wore his prison suit
Eath men had "A large supply of apples.
They said they had lived on apples since
their escape
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