Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
DESPERATE BATTLE
ESCAPED coNvIcTs FROM FOL-
SOM (cAL.) PENlTENTlARY
KILL THREE.
W. w. Hinsey of Fair Oaks, Cal, For.
merly Of This City, Sends Papers
Giving Account Of Battle Between
Convicts and Pursuers.

w. w. Hinsey, who formerly re-
sided in Ottumwa, but who now is
resident of Fair Oaks, Cal, has sent
to Frank Logan, 222 North Mclean
street, several papers giving an &C
count of the escape of number of
convicts from the Folsom penitentiary
and of several battles which have ta-
ken place between the convicts and
their pursuers. The Sunday morning
edition of August of "Ths Daily
Morning Union," published at Grass
Valley and Nevada City, CAL, has the
following account of battle between
five of the convicts and a posse under
Sheriff Bosquit:
News of desperate battle between
i've of the Folsom outlaws and the
posse of Sheriff Bosquit reached the
prison tonight. According to the In
formation telephoned by Bosquit, the
posse uncovered an band of five con-
vlcts on hill between Grand Vic
tory mine and Hanks Exchange, four
miles east of Diamond Springs, and
seven miles from Placerville.
The convicts under cover of the
thick underbrush, returned the fire Of
the posse with deadly effect. 1t is
reported that three members of the
Placeryille company of the Second in
fantry,. N. G. c., who have been serv-
ing as members of Bosquit's posse
since the company was called in by
the governor, fell in their tracks af-
ter the first volley from the conyicts
while fourth member of the com.
pany, Richard Dill, was seriously
wounded.
"All five members of the convicts'
band were armed with rifles, and they
kept up severe fire from their post
of vantage on the higher ground Of
the hill. The names of the three who
fell under the fire of the convicts
were not given when Bosquit made his
report to the prison.
1T is announced that the convicts,
two of whom are believed to have
been wounded, are now hiding In the
brush.
Posses from the surrounding coun.
try are hurrying to the scene to sur
round the convicts, and 1t is proposed
to burn the brush to drive them from
cover.
dallas Bosquit, the son Of Sheriff
Bosquit, is said to be among the
slain, and a message by telephone says
iio Uouy Has DSeH lOuuu lying by CQ0
roadside. A militiaman named Dill
was shot through the body, and is not.
expected to recover.
Murdered by confederates.
"It is now believed by the officials
at Folsom that Guard James Donahuet
of Folsom, who was the brother of ]. S.
Donahue of Napa, whose dead body
was recently found in the American
river, and who the coroner's jury has
decided met with accidental death, was
murdered by outside confederates of
the convicts, who were preparing to
escape. 1t is thought that Donahuo
was on his way home and accidentally
ran across some of these men at their
work bringing in ammunition and hid
ing it, and was then murdered to pre-
vent giving an alarm
General William Dormity, who was
with Reese's posse, has returned from
Lotus and is confined to his room He
broke down, as the result of the ardu.
GUS campaign in the foothills. He was
on duty for two days and three nights
without sleep, and succumbed to the
severe strain"