Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-22

20 the penitentiary.
Grigsware at that time was still at large
Roll call this afternoon developed that
Theodore Murdock, serving ten years for
counterfeiting. was also missing There is
no trace OF him.
LEAVENwoRTH. Kan. Aprg 2l.-Five
train robbers serving life sentences es-
capped from the federal prison near here
early today. Within short time two of
the men were recaptured At II o'clock
the three others were surrounded in the
brush within short distance Of the
prison, and 1t was believed all would be
taken
The men recaptured are Bob Clark
sent up from Tyler. Texas and John
Gideon Of Moscow. Idaho
The three others are: Thomas A. Kat
ing, sent up from Allen, Okl. Arthur
Hewitt, from Caddoi okl., and Frank
Grlgware, one Of the men who held up
fall.
Plot Cleverly Executed.
The break for liberty was made about
O'Clock this morning and was the re-
suit Of ceverly planned plot upon the
part Of the five convcts. The execution
was most daring. Two of the convicts
were at work in the carpenter shop and
the others were in the tailor shop.
A Union Pacific switch engine had
backed into the prison yard At the
sound OF the engine whistle, the men
dashed into Thea yard and made toward
the engine. Leyeling what is believed to
have been dummy guns at the engineer,
the men climbed into the cab and COM
peied him TO reverse his machine.
The engine rushed ttixapgh the west gate
into the open country and soon was speed
ing toward the woods.
When the escape became known a few
moments later, the siren whistle at the
prison-was sounded as warning to farm
ers in the surrounding country to be on
the lookout The whistle may be heard
for miles ana it's use caused CONSERVATION
At the same time heavily armed guards
were thrown around the gates to prevent
any further attempt at escape. while others
started in pursuit of the fleeing men in
the engine.
Men Surrounded I'm Woods.
when the engine had reached a point
six miles from the prison the five men
inmped to the ground and made for the
woods. CLARK and Gideon separated from
we're taken without much show OF resist
auce and landed safely in the cells.
Then every available guard, led by Dep
,,ty Lemon, started in pursuit of the other
three men A half mile further the
trio were surrounded in the woods. No
shot had been fired on either side up to
II o'clock, when the guards began to close
In on the convicts. Although the convicts
were all desperate men, It was believed
that their only weapons were guns made
OF wood and painted in the carpenter shop.
Fake weapons taken from Clark and
Gideon had been ingeniously made. Even
the cylinders showed imitation bullets
protruding,
When the men made their dash for
liberty they covered Harry Reed a guard,
with their gums" and forced him to en-
ter the engine cab with them. But one
othcr guard. named Burnett was in the
yiehnity. He rushed up and struck Kating
over the head. causing a wound from
which blood flowed freely. Kating was
only stunned and, cunning after his con-
federates ne scrambled into the engine
Just as II was getting under way. The
guards inside the prison did not carry
weapons
Clothes of Trainmen Taken
hhNlnk was NHRiOgNA ANE AANS sNe~AH -
an engineer on the Lake Shore railroad
and he assumed the leadership when the
engine started. He directed Charles Cur
tain, the engineer. to throw her wide
OPEN" and told Fireman Millard HeeteI
10 shovel coal 'tas he had never shoveled
before"
When the engine had arrived at point
six miles northwest Of the prison. where
the road was skirted on both sides BY
heavy timber the engineer and fireman
were Instructed to "hill" the engine
Then the desperadoes forced the en-
Einter and fireman to disrobe, and two o.
the convicts appropriated their garments
The men started TO force the guard e
aisrobe also. but Hewitt said enough tim'
had already been wasted. and the mel
plunged into the woods.
The trainmen then fired up the engine
and rushed It back to the prison.
Clark and Gideon were placed in soil
ary confinement when returned to th'
,rison.