The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-12
LEADER OF TIE ESCAPED
C0NVICTS is CAPTURED
Gave Desperate Battle to His PurSuerS, But Was
Brought Down by Bullet
People Kansas Towns Are TsrOzed by Fugitive DesperadOes
Many Robberies Committed

Topeka, Kan, Nov. u.-Frank
Thompson, cJiored. the leader Of the
mUtiny at the federal prison, which
resulted in the escape of twenty-siX
prisoners last Thursday was captured
eight miles north of Council Grove this
evening by a posse under command Of
Deputy United States Marshal Pres
cotJ. Thompson would not surrender,
but was taken after a hard fight with
the officers, in which he was shot 80
the head vi hOut being severely in
1ured. No member Of the posse was
hurt
Deputy Marshal Prescott has been in
Council Grove since Saturday morn
ing on III, lookout for escaped prison.
ers. There are d number of them in
this vicinity and several depredatiOns
on property have resulted from their
presence. THIS morning Deputy Pres
colt heard of the presence Of a negro
convict q few miles north of town, and
Immediately set out TO make the car
tuTe. assisted by Sheriff Mitchell and
some other officers.
The officers had just emerged from
a wooded tract when they caught sight
of Th0mI son, running across the Open.
He was ordered to halt, but he an
sWered by wheeling around and doing
some rapid firing with his big 44-ral-
1ber revolver. The officers then flied
and Thompson dropped. He was
stunned and the officers easily secured
him
VIII Be Death for Thompson.
Thompson viii be taken back to the
penitentiary tomorrow. AS he was the
ringleader of the mutiny he viii b.
severely dealt with
Warden MCClGughrey announced his
intention several days ago of having
all the fDgitives indicted for copspiTa-
cy ThompsOn's sentence viii IN
dOCbtedly be hanging. while the others
viii have their terms lengtheued-
The federal prison authorities were
more anxious 20 get Thompson than
any of the other men. and his capture
came as the climax of most interest
ing and exciting days search.
The twelve corvicts yet at large are
inspiring much fear among the inhab-
itants Of the country districts To-
night officers are at work in dozen
different counties, and as some report
they have groups of convicts rounded
up, more captures viii be made before
morning.
Are Robblng People.
From Council Grove. where Thomp-
son was captured tonight, six c0nvicts
have started to Cottonwood Falls and
are freely holding up and rObbing peo-
pie and plundering farms all along
Many have had encounters with the
men, and people along the route are
aflaid 10 venture out of their houses
tonight. In Lyon county, citizens AID
officers alike are armed and ave pa
trolling the approaches TO the town,
as the cOnviCts viii probably pass that
way
Three supposed COnvicts were seen
boarding a freight train in Ottawa to-
night ana they are expected to drop
of near Emporia, where there is some
heavy timber suitable for hiding
Near Usage City. Deputy Warden
Lemon, with fourteen officers. IS close
~ in touch with three cOnvicts. whom
h expects to capture before morning.
The sheriff of OswegO is in pursuit
of a convict who held up some men
there today. The sheriff at Alma re-
ports that he has two supposed con-
victs surrounded. The couvicts are
seemingly becoming bolder and are in
vsGing towns.