The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-11-12
Six Others Were Captured,
Two Of Them Being
Wounded.
WARDEN SAYS HE'LL Get ALL.
Five Discovered In . Barn by a
Farmer and Were Pursued by q
Posse, When a Running Fight
Occurred.

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 9.-All the
police. deputy sheriffs and farmers In
the county adjacent to Leavenworth
were on the lookout for the rs federal
convicts who escaped from the stock
adc. AS result two convicts have
been killed, two were wounded and
Ave captured unhurt The casualties
took place in fight near Nortonville,
Kan, and resulted In the death on
capture of five men.
The dead: e
James Hoffman, aged 20, white.
]. ]. Poffenholz. aged rs, white,
soldier convict
The wounded: e''
John Green, aged 21, white, recap
tured.
willard. Drake, white, aged 10, re-
captured.
The Ave men were discovered In
the barn Of Fay Weishaar, near Nor
tonville, Kan, about 3 o'clock yester'
day afternoon. Welshaar went into
the barn and was ordered out at the
point Of guns. He rushed to Norton
Vile and gathered q posse OF men.
who, with revolvers. shotguns and a
few Winchesters, hastened to the
scene. The convicts saw the men
coming and rushed from the barn.
Two Convicts Killed.
The convicts had rife, shotgun
and an old revolver. Hoffman had the
shotgun. He was shot first In the
hand. He yelled and dropped the gun.
Just then a bullet entered his back
and he fell dead. Poffenholz died 40
minutes after being shot. Green was
brought down by bullet In the knee.
Drake was shot twice. He says Sol
Switzerland, an Indian, was shot In
the fight at the stockade. I
Reports came from numerous points
yesterday OF the arrest of men sup
posed to be fugitive convicts. but non,
of the suspects has been identified.
The. Oldest Of the fugitives Is aged %.
Quinn Fort. who was killed Thurs.
day, was 19 years old. One Of the con-
victs still at large is military pris.
oner and the remainder were serving
terms for robbery or assault One is
an Indian and two are negroes. Nearly
all came from Oklahoma and Indian
territory. and they are supposed to be
making for that country. They are
hardy men, used to firearms and
horses. Some have obtained both,
but others are on foot and defense
AOSos WdiuSH Says u0
will capture every one of them. In
the districts around the city every
road and river crossing that tho fugi-
tives might be expected to use is
guarded by armed men, the farmers
having turned out to earn the $50 re-
ward that will be paid for the return
of each convict. Those Of the men
who are armed are likely to be shot on
sight
Other convicts Captured.
Two more convicts, Donald Noris
and r. l.. Davenport, were captured
yesterday In field two miles north
Of Jarbale. They were hiding In a
ravine. and, being unarmed, they sur.
rendered without resistance.
Two unarmed convicts were found
hiding In ravine on q farm near
Jarbalo. Kan, and they surrendered
without resistance. The sheriff OF
Douglass county captured two con.
victs at Lawrence. Kan. Fsr,
Tho convicts captured at Lawrence
were Ole Babo, half breed Indian.
and Joseph H. Deekin, a soldier sery.
Ing term for desertion and assault
to kill. Frank Thompson, the negro
desperado, who led the outbreak. ia
supposed to be near Lawrence, heay.
lily armed. He will probably not bo
taken alive. ~