The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-22
ALL SERVING LIFE SENTENCES
TWO ARE SOON RECAPTURED
THEN TWO MORE.
OMAHA MAIL RoBBER IN GANG
Dashine Onto a Switch Engine in the
Prison Yards, tho 'onvicts, With
4.
Fake Guns, compeI 9S'neer to Back


Leavenworth, Kan, AZ l.-Five
train robbers serving life 9 'ences
escaped from the federal prS year
here early today Within a Shoe. We
two of the men were recaptureds At
II o'clock the three others were sur
rounded in the brush within a short
distance of the prison, and it was be-
lieved all would be taken.
The men captured were: Bob
Clark, sent up from Tyler, Tex, and
John Gideon of Muscow, Ida.
Recapture Two More.
This afternoon Hating and Hewitt
were captured and at 2:3O were being
taken back to the prison. Grigsware
at that time was still at large.
A Forqer Also Escaped.
Roll call this afternoon developed
that John Murdoch, serving ten years
for forgery, was also missing There
is no trace of him.
Omaha Mail Robber In Gang.
The three others were: Thomas A.
Rating, sent up from Allen, Okla. Ar
thur Hewitt from Kaddo, Okla, and
Frank Grigware, one of the men who
held up Union Pacific mail train
near Omaha last May.
The break for liberty was made
about o'clock this morning. Two Of
the convicts were at work in the car
penter shop and the others were in
the tailor shop.
Jump On Switch Engine.
A Union Pacific switch engine had
backed into the prison yard With the
sound of the engine whistle the men
dashed into the yards and made to-
ward the engine. Levelling what is
believed to have been dummy guns at
the engineer the men climbed into the
cab and compelled him to reverse his
machine.
Locomotive Rushes Away.
The engine rushed through the west
gate into the open country and soon
was speeding toward the woods.
When the escape became known a
few moments later the siren whistle
ar the prison was sounded as a warn,
ing to farmers in the surrounding
country to be on the lookout
When the engine had reached a
point six miles from the prison the
FIVE men jumped to the ground and
made for the woods. Clark and Gid
con separated from the others and
were soon captured.
Fake Guns Ingeniously Made.
Fake weapons taken from Clark
and Gideon had been ingeniously
made. Even the cylinders showed i'm
itation bullets protruding. When the
men made the dash for liberty they
covered Harry Reed, a guard, witt
their guns" and forced him to enter
the cab with them. But one Other
guard, named Burnett, was in the vi
cinity. He rushed up and struck Kat
ing over the head, causing a wounC
from which blood flowed freely.
Wounded Man Climbs On.
Rating, however, ran after his con
federates and scrambled into the en-
CINE just as it was getting under way
The guards inside the prison do no
carry weapons. When the engine hal
arrived at point six miles northwes
of the prison where the road wa
skirted on both sides by heavy timbe
the engineer and fireman were In
Structed to kill" the engine.
Take Enginemen's Clothes.
Then the desperadoes forced tn
engineer and fireman to disrobe an
two of the convicts appropriated thei
garments and plunged into the woods
The trainmen then fired the engin
and rushed 1t back to the prison.
Three Are Old Mutineers.
Hewitt, Rating and Clark were LEAF
ers of the mutiny at the prison her
on November 7, 1901, when one guar
and one prisoner were killed and tw
guards were wounded.