Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
PURSUED BY POSSE
No Trace Found, However, of
Convict AsSassins.
THREE OFFICIALS SLAIN
Prisoners in Nebraska Pen" Kill
Warden, Deputy and Usher.
OTHERS IN SULLEN MOOD
Those Who Worked in Shops With
Fugitives Glad Their Com
rades Escaped.
OTHERS IN SULLEN MOOD

1 LINCOLN, Neb. March 1J.-No defiuit
trace had been found early today of tho
| three convicts who escaped from the Ne
oraska state prison here during a blua-
| ing snowstorm. after an outbreak nj
| winch the warden, a deputy warden and
an usher were killed outright and a guard
| slightly wounded
Inc escaped prisoners We're clad only
IN their prison suits. 1t is believed they
| were assisted by confederates from OUT
side the prison. The posse which pur
| sued the men yesterday returned to Il
CITY last night exhausted by the struggi
10 get through the deep snow drifts
| Inc weather was clear and cold ths|
/ morning and a further pursuit of the|
convicts was planned
instructed to Shoot on Sight.
Sheriffs and other officers i'm neighbour
4 ing communities have been asked to keep
4 alert for signs of the fueitives, and hav,I
been instructed to shoot on sight. The
| desperate characters OF the heavily arm
| ed assassns makes it certain that al
/ murderous fight will take place IL the
/ trio Is run down. Railroad crews haye|
been ordered to keep d sharp lookout for|
suspects. and trains on the Burlington
system are carrying armed detectives.
| The men are thought to he following tn 81
| tracks of this roads Nebraska branch to-
ward Kansas City. as the roads are waist
deep IN snow and the scantily clad con 1
| victS could make no progress over them
| At the prison today Adjutant Genera
| Phelps was in command of fifty national
| guardsmen, who, with loaded rifles, pa
| trolled the prison corridors and walls
| The prisoners were fed in their cells
l a mo inc hr,f al
| that work In the shops would be resumed
| later today, under a force of guards
double the usual number.
Since the three murderers plunged into|
| whirling snowstorm. after shooting
| down the men who stood between them|
| ard libety, the only clue as to thein
| whereabouts has been report that they
| had been seen entering a haystack south
east of the city.
Not Found in Haystack.
A posse hurried TO the spot surrounded
| the stack and crept slowly upon the|
place. Finally the officers rushed. only
to find no one in the stack. Horses
which had given out in the race through
| snow which came up to their bodies were|
| left in the care of farmers and almost
| exhausted, the pursuers waded through
/ the snow to the railroads mile awal1
and waited for special engine whicl
| brought them back to the city. All nigh
| a posse has been kept at the sheriff \
| office, but not a word has been received
as to the whereabouts of the assassins.
| The prisoners. who worked in shops
/ "A" and west "A, from which the tire
| fugitives escaped, are i'm a sullen mood
| When they were taken to their cells yes \
/ terday afternoon they manifested thel1
| pleasure at the escape of their comrades 4
| by whooping and yelling. 1t was neces
| sary to place several in the SOLITARY.
/ a1Ic OILS nhad va -
| but none was found.
Warden One of Those Killed.
The prisoners assassnated Warden|
Delahunty, Deputy Warden Charles
Wagner, Usher A. C. Heilman. and
wounded Dollhouse Keeper Doody.
The convicts then made their escape
from the front entrance of the peniten-
| tiary and were swallowed up In the bliz1
card that was raging here. The KILN 4
was done by convicts Morley, Taylor an
Dowd, each sentenced for bank robbery J
Morley has previously served in Mis1
souri, for murder.
| The trio shot Deputy Warden Wagnerl
| in his office, just off the chapel, which
looks out onto the prison yard. DoodSI
| was shot just outside the dollhouse Thtj
| murderers after blowing off the lock OF
| the first steel door which leads into tht|
public entrance of the prison, rushed tn, !
| turnkey at the point of a revolver, forced
him to unlock another door, took hi i
keys and let themselves into the maiul
| corridor.
| Shot Through Barred Doors.
Before the men let themselves out they
had shot Warden Delahunty and Ushe |
Holman by firing through the barred
doors, the two men having rushed out o [
| their offices into the main corridor wher
the first shot was heard. The wardei |
was shot once and Heilman twice. A
| the trio rushed past the warden anothe1j
bullet was fired into his body as he lean !
ed against a door casing.
None Of the convicts attempted to
escape. The turnkey Immediately locked
the remaining convicts in their cells.
AS soon as news of the uprising reached
| the governors Office the local company.
of state militia was sent by special train
| to the penitentiary. Sheriff Hyers and
Chief of Police Hunger also started with
posses
Prison Under Military Rule.
| Gov. Aldrich directed that Adjt Cen
Phelps be put in temporary charge of thu
penitentiary.
1t is believed weapons were struggled
| in to the convicts by former prisoners.
Word was received at the penitentiary
at o'clock that three men had been seen
going into a haystack about three miles
west Of the penitentiary. posse is now
on the way to the place.
A spirit of unrest has been prevalent
among the convicts for more than a
month, and February III a negro convict.
Albert Prince, fatally stabbed Deputy
Warden z. d. Davis during the chapel
service. No attempt was made at a gen
eral outbreak at this time. although the
convicts were assembled in the pews.