The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
Lawrence Lewis Another of the
Escaped Convicts MortalIy
Wounded During Dash Through
Gordon of Armed Deputies
ONLY IL PRISONERS
ARE NOW AT LARGE
From Descriptions Furnished
Warden McCIaugheY II Seems
Convicts Who Captured Sher-
ifs Sunday Were Arthur HeW-
lit and Lon Switzerland

Kansas City, Nov. 11.-Frank Thomp-
son. the leader of the mutiny at the
federal prison at Leavenworth, which
resulted in the escape, last Thursday,
of rs prisoners, was captured eight
miles north OF Council Grove, Kan,
this evening by posse under com
mand of Deputy United States Mar
shall E. A. Prescott.
Thompson would not surrender but
was taken after a hard fight with the
officers, in which he was shot in the
head. but not seriously injured. No
member of the posse was hurt.
Deputy Marshal Prescott has been at
Council Grove since Saturday morn
ing watching for escaped prisoners. A
number of them are in this vicinity
and several depredations on property
have resulted from their presence. This
morning Prescott heard of the presence
of a negro convict a few miles north
of town, and Immediately set out to
make the capture, assisted by Sheriff
Michael and other officers.
The officers had emerged from a
wooded tract when they saw Thomp-
son running across the open. He was
ordered to halt but he answered by
wheeling around and doing some rapid
firing with "A calibre revolver. The
officers then fired and Thompson
dropped. He was stunned and easily
secured. He will be taken back to the
penitentiary tomorrow.
Lawrence Lewis. another of the es-
capped convicts, was mortally WOUNDED
this morning, near Queenemo, Kan,
while he was making dash through
Gordon Of armed deputies. Now there
are but II prisoners at large. Lewis IS
a white boy, 20 years of age, who was
sentenced in October, 1900, to undergo
a five years term of imprisonment for
larceny. He was tracked to a wooded
place near Queenemo by the city mar
shall of that place, which is situated 40
miles southwest of Fort Leavenworth,
and a dozen men bearing rifles.
An order to halt was met with de-
fance by Lewis, and although UNI
armed and practically surrounded, he
darted for the nearest opening He had
gone scarcely 100 yards before bullet
from a Winchester in the hands OF one
of his pursuers behind pierced his lung
and brought him to the ground. bie'd-
ing and fatally wounded, he was taken
TO the marshaPs Office and cared for,
while Warden McClaughey was mott
fed.
Three separate gangs of convicts
have been reported at points withing
is miles about Topeka since last night
and a force of penitentiary guards,
deputy sheriffs and farmers have been
active all day.
From the descriptions received
Warden McClaughey believes the two
captors of Sheriff Cook Of Topeka on
Sunday were Arthur Hewitt white,
and Lon Switzerland, a part indian.
Hewitt and Thompson, the negro cap
tured this afternoon, were the ringiead-
ers in the outbreak and today the war
den increased the reward for their cap
ture. Hewitt and Switzerland were
serving five year services for larceny.
Hewitt is % years old while Souther-
land is but IS.
The officers at Topeka. both county
and city filled with revenge at being
foiled at Pauline were bending every
energy today to overhaul the particular
conyicts, and have so far succeeded as
to capture Thompson.
At Alma. Kan, running fight last
night with two escaped convicts is re-
ported. The convicts had stolen two
horses and they made good their es-
cape after shooting horse from under
one of their pursuers
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