Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-28

them as to what was best 10 DO bnt
they finally decided 10 let their cap
tlYes 80 unframed. About 400 shots
were exchanged IN the battle at Pilot
Hill
THE MILITIA IN PURSUIT.
Sacramento, July 2S.--A special to the
Bee rfoln Pilot Hin ays.
III ~ believed the escaped convlcts
are IN the vicinity Of LOTUS, seven or
cight miles from Pilot Hill. where the
nght ID which Convict Howard was
Killed last night took place, and the
militla company is in pursuit. company
H. OF Placcryile under command of
capt G. a. swisler left Pilot I'm at
30 this morning headed for .oflus.
ACCOMPANYING the militia are ne lrly 20
civilians, all heavily armed.
The country IN which The ,scaped
prisoners have sought safety h very
rough with a heavy growth Of timber
and underbrush
Farmers In on parts Of the invaded
district have Joined m the hunt for the
escapes, They are apprehcnsiye lest
harm come TO those In the sparseIy set.
tied country with q band OF desperate
men making a fight for liberty.
I, j. CocSrane, the turnkey who was
stabbed IN yesterdays fight In the CAP.
tain Of TIE guards office. As sfnl very
low, While he is reported by the phvs-
clans 20 be holding his own. his oondl.
ton offers no great hope OF recovery.
Ihe Knife thrust In his back reached
vital points, Il ia believed. Cochrane
had not recovered sufficiently from the
shock this morning 10 permit of salts
factory explanation " his wounds.
The coroner's jury IN the case Of
Guard w L. Cotter rendered verdict
OF murder againet All Of the canyicts
VINO escaped. The inquest was held az
Folsom prison.
TO SHOOT WITHOUT WARNING.
Folsom, CAL July 2S.-Col. II. l.
Seymour Is still here directing the
movements Of the militia. re has sent
company II OF Placcrville out already
and viii probably have company c OF
Neavda City back up the posses on the
south. The general plan h to have the
several sherfis posses work wide OF
the fugitiyes who. Il is believed. aie
near Lotus, EldOrado county and hav-
ing surrounded them close in with the
militia backing them up.
Orders have been sent our from the
prison 10 all pursuers who could be
reached and TO the militia 10 shoot
without warning.
Now that The free men have been re-
leased there VIII be no temporlzing
with the fugitives when their pursuers
come up on them, and hard fight may
be looked for some time this afternoon
or this evening OF the latest,
LATEST FROM CONNECTS.
Auburn, Cal, July 2s.-The latest re-
port concerning the escaped conylcts
is that they We're at Lotus. six miles
from Pilot Hill, this morning al 6 o.
clock, when the various posses were
about an hour behind them. The con-
yicts were all together, that Is. II OF
them. They have abandoned their
wagon and are going afoot. evidently
running for the Sierra Nevada mount
tains toward Lake Tahoe, They have
less than 20 miles 10 go before they
reach a point Of safety II Is believed
they VIII be 0vertaken before evening.
Sheriff Reese Of Sacramento, accompan-
led by Constable Clifford Brown OF
Lincoln, passed through Auburn this
morning and win join Deputy Sheriff
Huntoon at Lotus. The Placerville
militia company left Cool this morning
going in the direction Of Lotus.