Arizona republican., 1912-03-19
Two of the Desperadoes Who Escaped from the Lincoln Penitentiary Were Killed and Third is a Prisoner.
INNOCENT MAN
 IS ALSO DEAD
Duel to the Death Was Fought Near Omaha to Which Place the Escap- ed Convicts Were Ira yelling in Wagon.
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 OMAHA. March lS-Two Of tn, ccnyicts. John Dovd and John Taylor. alias shorty Gray. who escaped Thursday from the state penitentiary ;.t Lincoln. and Harry Blunt. the in- recent victim of the murderous at tempt to secure liberty. are dead as 1he result or an exciting battle be- tween the bandits and officers this afternoon. Charles Morley. the third of the trio. who escaped after kIl- ing three officials, saved his lie by siirrendcring after running battle oi over two and half miles Of country
 The convicts were within striking distance of the goal at which they hoped they might secure safety when the final desperate struggle for llb- ,rty occurred. They had covered the stretch from Lincoln to within ten niles of omaha where they expected U receive the protection of friends.
 Early today a telephone operator at ,iretna. fifteen miles south of Omaha, gave notice of the presence of th" desycradoes The message brought out several posses. composed of detectives
 
 sheriff McShane and his deputies. of this county. and third, made up Of sheriff Hycr's deputies of Lincoln. Sheriff Chase. of Sarpy county. and his deputies also were within striking distance and South Omaha sent two posses under Chief of Police Briggs.
 The Gretna company of militia was .arly on the scene Chief Briggs. of South omaha. and his deputy, J. (. Trouton. were leaders of the party that finally vanquished the convicts. Briggs left Omaha on a special train with several police officers. He learn ed the men had broken into . store at Murdock and stolen guns. ammu- milton. and clothing. Briggs was join cd by Chase Hyer and the pursuers were driven in wagons. Three miles out of Springfield the posses learned the convicts had forced James Blunt and wife 10 give them breakfast and furnish d team on which they hoped to escape to Albright a suburb of Omaha. their destination. Every man in the pursuing party was armed with a rifle or revolver. The rural tcle- phone played part in the chase and the purSuCrs were able to learn from homes along the route of the pro- rrcss of the fuGitives. Eight miles from here the officers came up with inc vehicle carrying the cOnNlctS- Young Blunt was forced to lash the l.orses to run but the officers kept ur the chase until within a hundred wards Then Chief Briggs driver who led the rest. baked and refused t. drive further. Briggs himself arasped the reins and whipped the horses to q gallop. At hundred yards Briggs and TroutCn opened fire. From this time until Morley surren- dcred there was flashing fight over three mics of rough road. COnvictS were armed with shOtguns an revolVers.
 Shot came rattling into the faces O. the pursuers and their horses while revolver bullets were spent in snow drifts beside the road. Finally there was d halt when young Blunt tOpplod back off the wagon Briggs jumped <, from the buggy i'm which he was rid ing and with deliberate aim fired a. the men in the wagon. Meantime. ether members of the posse came ur and joined in the fusillade. DovC was the next to fall It was first reported he had shot himself but Briggs believes he was struck by q bullet fired by one of the posse. Next Taylor fell and then Morley threw uI his hands Not knowing what had happened Briggs demanded the sur rcnGcr Of the other men in the wagon
 They are all dead" said Morley Sheriff Hyer took Morley to Lincoln or ar afternoon train. Briggs and Trouton received slight flesh wounds Blunt was %, and had been married only two months.
 LINCOLN. March 1S.-Charles Nor asy. the convict who surrendered an' was taken back to the penitentiarl tonight. told the story of his escape and pursuit and today's battle. H. said d volley from d posse in tn fight near Gretna killed Roy Blunt the convicts' hostage. Taylor wa the next man hit and died within minute without q word.
 Dowd' Morley shot himself il the head when he saw escape wa impossible He attempted to do thi earlier in the game but I knocke his hand away and told him he migh as well fight ii out" he said. II declared several of the posse wante to shoot him after he surrendered but Sheriff flyers saved his life. H said they had d terrible time in tn blizzard after the escape. III havin their hands and feet frozen.