The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-27
NEBRASKA coNvlCTs FolLED.
Plot to Make a Wholesale Getaway is
Npped in the Bud.

Lincoln, May 21.-Nebraska came
very near having a prison delivery,
planned on the order of that carried
out by Grigware, the Union Pacific
mail robber at Leavenworth. The
scheme was discovered by Warden
Smith and four wooden revolvers and
four knives made in the penitentiary
were contiscated, before the convicts
had an opportunity to make the at
tempt to escape.
The ring leader of the quartet
which was in the deal was Simeon
Hudson the convict who drank wood
alcohol and went blind, and who was
lifetermer from Douglas county, an
other life prisoner from the west end
of the state and a convict sent up for
twenty-one years from Dawes county.
The convicts were Bond, Elliott, Hud.
son and Maynard.
The first scheme planned by Hud-
son was to steal the little daughter
of the warden, who frequently visited
the green house, and force the guards
to open the east gate in the wall by
threatening to kill the child. When
the warden discovered this plot, he
and Deputy Delehanty kept con
slant watch and permitted the little
girl to go to the green house while
they hid and with drawn guns wait
ed developments. According to con
fessioh made to the warden by Hud
son before leaving the prison this
scheme was finally abandoned be
cause the prisoners believed that they
were watched.
Then it was that Hudson began the
manufacture of the bogus revolvers
This work required many months, but
the work is almost perfect and the
guns appear to be the real thing, with
bullets and all. With these guns and
} the four knives which were made in
the broom factory, the four convicts
planned to start wholesale row
some Sunday in the chapel The
guards on the inside are not permit
ted to carry guns and it was the eX
pectation of these convicts to take
the guards by surprise and get away
Warden Smith discovered this plo
and for six or seven weeks he anC
three guards attended every Sunday
service, armed with revolvers anC
each kept his eye on one of the sus
pected convicts. Finally the warder
received information that the attemp
was to be made on a certain Sunday
So he left the four ConVicts in thei
cells and received the tip where thu
wooden guns and knives were located
The warden found the weapons ant
has just had them photographed.
Hudson, who felt very kindly to
ward the warden for the good treat
ment he received after becoming
blind told him that he believed tn,
warden was aware of the contem
plated attack on the guards and on
or two occasions the date for tryinI
the plan was postponed because o
this fear.
The four convicts are all desperat
for murder and Hudson for forgery
But Hudson shot the sheriff who al
tempted to arrest him.
Gregory Beats Dallas.
Dallas, S. d., May 2l.-Special t
The News: In holly conteste
game the Gregory high school base
ball team defeated the Dallas hig
school team by score of 5 to
Gregory scored in the first innin
and at all times had the home tear
bested. Both teams played good ba
and were in the game all the time
The Gregory team is developing int
the fastest high school team in thi
section of the state, Next year Their
will be high school league compose
of all the high schools in this par
of the state and the fans will
assured of an opportunity to Sc
even better ball than this year