Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-21
Were Train Robbers and Were
Confined in U. S. Peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth.
FOUR OF THEM RECAPTURED.
When switch Engine Backed Into
Yard Made Break. Mounted IL,
Pulled Dummy Guns.

Leavenworth. Kansas. April 2i.-
Five train robbers. serving life sem
fences. escaped from the federal pris-
on near here early today. within
short time two OF the men were re-
captured. At II o'clock the three
others we're surrounded in the brush
within a short distance OF the prison
and il was believed all would be taken.
The first report indicated that the
two life men who got away had
forcibly taken possession Of switch
engine that had been run into the
prison yards and pulled out at high
speed. once clear Of the prison yards
the convlcts deserted the engine and
made a dash for the woods.
The men re-captured were Bob
Clark sent up from Tyler. Texas, and
John Gideon Of Moscow, Idaho.
The three others We're: Thomas A.
Hating. sent up from Allen, Okla;
Arthur Hewitt from Caddo. Okla,
and Frank Gregwarc. one Of the men
who held up Union Pacific train near
Omaha last fall.
The break for liberty was made
about 8 o'clock.
Two OF the convicts were at work
In the carpenter shop and the others
were In the tailor shop. A Union Pact
fic engine had backed into the prison
yards At the sound Of the whistle the
men dashed into the yard and made
toward the engine. Leveling dummy
guns at the engineer, the men climb
ed into the cab and compelled him to
reverse his engine.
The engine with the convicts aboard
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
at the prison was sounded as warn
ing TO farmers 20 be on the lookout
The whistle may be heard for miles
and its use caused CONSERVATION.
Al the time heavily armed guards
were thrown around the gates 20 pre-
vent any further attempt al escape
while others started in pursuit
When the engine had reached a
pefnt half mile from the prison tho
I'VE men leaped to the ground and
made for the woods. Clark and Gideon
separated from the others and were
soon captured. Then every available
guard led bv Deputy Warden Lemon
started after the other three men.
A half mile further on 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 are all
desperate men e was believed their
only weapons were guns made Of wood
and painted in the carpenter shop
THE FAKE WEAPONS.
Fake weapons taken nom 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 guns" and forced
him TO enter the engine cab with them.
But one other guard, named Burnett,
was In the vicinity. He rushed up
and struck Hating over the head, caus-
ing a wound from which blood flowed
freely. Rating was only stunned and,
running after his confederates, ne
scrambled into the engine just as II was
getting under way. The guards inside
the prison do not carry weapons.
Rating was employed for five years
as an engineer on the Lake Shore and
he assumed the leadership when the en-
zine started lie directed Charles Cur
tain. the engineer. to throw her wide
open." and told Fireman Willard Heeter
10 shovel coal "as he had never show
eied before
When the engine had arrived at a
point Six miles northwest Of the pris-
on. where the road was skirted on
both sides by heavy timber, the en-
gineer and fireman were instructed 20
xiii" the engine. Then the des-
peradoes forced the engine crew 10
dlsrobe and two of the convicts APP
proprlated their garments The men
started TO force the guard 90 disrohe
also. but Hewitt said enough time had
already been wasted and the men
plunged into the woods.
The tralhmen then fred the engine
and rushed II back.
clark and Gideon were placed iu
solitary confinement, when returned
TO the prison.
LEADERS OF OLD MUTlNY.
Hewitt. Hating and Clark were
leaders In the mutiny at the prison
here on Nov. Z, 1901, when one guard
and one prisoner were killed and two
guards wounded. and they were sery-
| ing life sentences for murder In con-
nection with that ofonse Hewitt was
the rinRleader in that mutiny.
Grigware was serving life sentence
/ for his participation I'm the robbery Of
a Union Pacific train near Omaha IL
| November 1909.
Gideon was serving life sentence
/ for the robbery OF a Northern Pacih,
/ mall train In Idaho IN 1905.
/ This afternoon Rating and Hewet
! we're CAPTURED Gridwere az that tint
/ was still az large.
RON cali developed that John Muir
| dock. serving 10 years for forgery, wal
/ also missing There Is no trace Of him