The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11

cradle time. They wouldn't allow me
| to go and try to revive him, not so
| much as take him a drink of water.
! Afterward he came to. and I wanted to
| put him to bed but they wouldn't per-
| nit it, SO l got him to the sofa, where
he lay all the time.
zone of them has a swarthy complex
! ion,' she went on, often referring to
! this particular one as 'darky-' The
gotten in here one skirmished around
and found a few old cartridges that
We're lying around
"One of them, too. had one of his
shoes missing. He picked up a new
pair of Mr.. Worcester's sitting by the
| door and tried to put them on, but he
couldn't get his toes in. Then he want
ed to take the sheriff's Shoes but I told
him 1 would get him a pair of old
shoes, and I did. His old shoe is still
out in the kitchen, and 1 want it
burnt.
"They did not mistreat me any way.
| but warned me that if I made any
| trouble I would be used just the same
as the others. They asked all about the
country around here, the railroad and
, the division points on it. They also in
quired concerning the trains that
stopped here.
'.The men are armed, but are about
out of ammunition. They talked with
one another a great deal, but always in
whispers so that none of US could un-
derStand-''
MIR. WORCESTER UNABLETO TALK
talk about the trouble. having been pain
fully injured by the ruffians. What was
drawn out from him was, however, in
effect a corroboration of the other stories
told, though his mind appeared to be
wandering from the effect of the beat
ing.
The discovery of the convicts came
about through Carl Englar, upon whose
farm the posse first sighted them. About
noon Englar went out for a short hunt.
He was strolling along lonely gulch
on the back side of the place where there
is considerable thick timber. Just now
the bed of the stream commonly known
as Big creek is almost dry. A belt of
woods beginning a considerable distance
south and west of Pauline skirts the
ravine. Along it and in the vicinity
where the two men were first seen are
a number of wOrked-Out coal slopes. 1t
was while walking along in this lonely
place that Englar came upon them. The
thought that they might be escaped con-
victS occurred to him at once and he
drew back, without their knowledge of
his presence. He went home to dinner
and decided to take another look at
them. This time they had moved up
the stream a little farther. One of
them was lying on the ground, the other
was hovered over small fire parching
corn. This time, too, Englar remained
hidden. He at once went over to the
telegraph office and told Agent Wood
side to send a message to the sheriff.
Woodside did so,notifying he dispatcher
at Topeka who quickly communicated
with the sheriff.
STAHL WAS ASHAMED.
AS soon as Chief Stahl learned that
the men had escaped he seemed much
agitated. He was at the rear of the
house when they left and did not see
them. He feared lest the convicts would
take charge of the police patrol in which
he and his men had reached the scene.
He soon learned. however. that the
wagon was locked in a barn nearby.
Il am ashamed that we let them get
<@1@r-
at Powers store al Pauline That was
about all the chief had to say regarding
the escape which the men gave effected.
He then busted himself in laying out
plans for the search, and directing the
sending of kilograms to all the telegraph
stations along the railroad south of
Pauline.
COOK WELCOMED BY HIS SON.
At the depot shortly after the hunt
had. been abandoned there was af-
fecting meeting between Sheriff Cook
and his son, Jesse. why, Pa, are you
hurt?" asked the son tremblingly as he
advanced to grasp his fathers hand On
being assured that the elder was not
young Cook added, well, I don't care
if they did get away" referring to the
worth of his own fathers life as COM
pared with the capture of the escaped
convicts.
Down at the Worcester farm house
there were greetings, too, that were
touching. Many of the women and girls
OF the nelSlDOfHOOQ gathered into the
little room where the three innocent
people had been held as hostages for
three hours and met the woman who
had braved it all, with hugs and kisses.
Then they sat down and listened to her
relate the whole story she had known
it, and shared her feelings as many
times as she punctuated the account
with sobs. The succor had come but
only after the niscreants had made their
escape.
MAY BE SWITZERLAND.
Close descriptions of the men have