The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-11
WILL Be CAUGHT
SOON SAYS BURT
Chief of Police Thinks Dunn'S
Capture Is Near
BUT QUESTION OF WEEKS
Full Story of Much Wanted
Mans Escape.
UT QUESTION OF WEEKS

att will not be bong" remarked Frank
Burt. chief Of police, to a reporter for the
Eagle last evening, while sitting in his
private office at police headquarters,
when you newspaper writer's will have
an opportunity to fun several columns.
with the news of J. p. Dunns arrest.
Il am willing to wager that 1 can guess
TO within ten miles of where Dunn is now
In hiding. There are several Pinkerton
detectives. who can also do the same
thing They are now only lying in wait to
catch Dunn unawares when his outlaw
career viii undoubtedly come to a sudden
end.
You'd be surprised if I were to tell
you that we know every move that Dunn
made after he left the ~ Francis hos
pital, wouldn't you?"
The chief looked thoughtful for mo-
ment and then added: Yes sir, We know
right where Dunn went after leaving
Wichita. We know how he went, who
took him, and an other particulars Dunn
was so far out of Kansas, however, be-
fore we learned the facts, that we were
compelled to abandon the chase. The
Finkerton detectives will do the rest,
and from what l hear it is but a question
of a very short time when the story will
come to j close.
In the first place Dunn had recovered
sufficiently from the wounds he received
10 be able TO get up out of bed and
walk from the hospital. There has been
many conjectures as to whether he had
10 be carried out or whether he was able
TO walk / know that he walked. He had
assistance, however, and that in the
shape OF friend, who was an inmate of
the hospital placed there several days
before as a patient to assist Dunn in es-
Gaping.
When Dunn was once outside the hos
pital he was walked a distance of per-
haps one block and placed in a travelling
photographer wagon. The man who
drove the vehicle is now in Jail not far
from Wichita. He was arrested some time
ago, and while charged with minor Of
tense received a long enough sentence to
keep him in Jail for some time
Now" and the chief grew more inter
. ested as also did his listener. Dunn hid
within. say fifty miles of Wichita, from
week later He knew full well that there
would be many IL search of him, and on
that account he refrained from trying to
leave the scene of his escape too hur
riedly. 1t would have excited suspicion
when everyone was on the lookout for
him and all knew of the big reward Of
fered for his capture. When the excite
ment subsidized some il was an easy matter
for Dunn TO complete his escape into the
mountains.
1t has often been said, continued the
chief, that Dunn is perhaps The most
hardened criminal ever known. but have
since heard one story connected with his
escape, that for -b,ocde3ness beats
any | ever yet heard Dunn. it is said
wanted TO kill the man whose horse and
vehicle he hired to conduct him safely
from the hospital after reaching the DER
ed destination. He was only prevented
from doing 50 by associates who vouched
for the mans word that he would never
tell. ! suppose Dunn thought he would he
safer if the man was dead instead OF
alive
Besides the man who was al the hos
pital and the driver ard owner of the
vehicle. who assisted in Dunns' escape.
there are two persons implicated. Both
arrived in the city about one week before
the escape. l know where they stayed
while here On the morning after Dunn
disappeared the men returned u their
boarding place about cloc;1 Each was
dripping wet. They paid their bill and
have not been seen since in Wichita.
When comment was made on the men $
wet and bedragsled appearance one of
the remarked that he had finished the
work he came to Wichita FOR the purpose
Of doing. But it won't be long" repeated
the chief 'Dunn's days are numbered.
Just remember that when the news of his
capture. which is not far distant. comes. >,