Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-03-19
Slayers Of Nebraska Penite1tiary Of
ticials Have Eluded
Pursuers.
TRAIN CREWS ARE ON LOOKOUT
Convicts in Prison are Jubilant 0v-
er Escape Of Their
Comrades.

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three convicts who murdered War
den Delahunty, Deputy Wardel
Wagner and Usher Hileman Thurs
day afternoon are still at large, ant
only one intimation as to thei
whereabouts has been received
Since the time that they plunged in
to a whirling snow storm, after
shooting down the men who stood
between them and liberty, the only
clue as to their whereab bouts being
a report that they had been seen
entering a haystack southeast OF
the city.
A posse lead by Sheriff Hyer and
City Detective Schmitt hurried to
the spot and surrounded the stack.
Knowing that the men were armed,
they crept slowly upon the place
and finally rushed it, only to find
no one there. Horses had given out
in the race through snow which
came up to their bodies, and were
left with neighboring farms. The
posse then waded through the snow
to the railroad tracks mile away
and exhausted by their exertions
waited for the arrival Of a special
engine which brought them back to
the sheriff's office, but not word
has been reported as to the where
abouts of the men.
Strict orders have been given to
train crews to keep a sharp lockout
for suspicious characters. Burling-
ton trains are carrying armed de-
tectives. The men are thought to
have taken to the railroad tracks,
probably following the Nebraska
branch of the Burlington, which
leads towards Kansas City, the place
for which the men are thou ght to-
be headed. They cannot make much
Roadway except on the tracks. as
the roads are waist deep in unbrok-
en- drifts of snow. The men were
clad and must have suffer-
ed severely from the severity of the
weather, following their tremendous
exertions in breaking through the
snow. 1t is thought they sought
shelter in some barn during the
night, as it was impossible for them
to have made much Roadway
the drifts.
Orders have been sent to the
sheriffs in surrounding counties and
all the constables of the various
to keep on the watch. The
orders are to shoot on sight, as the
men are known to be desperate and
it is certain that they will not be
captured alive. A fight is expected
If the men are run down. At the
prison yesterday conditions were
quiet. General Phelps, head of the
state national guard, is in command
with fifty militiamen under arms
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walked guard all night, both within
and without the prison. The men
were fed in their cells Thursday
night and yesterday morning. 1t
was announced that work in the
shops would probably be commenced
today. with guards more than re-
doubled and great care taken to see
that not hostile move is made by
he convicts.
The men who worked in shops A
and west A, from which the three
'ugitives escaped, are In a sullen |
mood. When they were taken to
heir cells Thursday afternoon, they
their pleasure at the es-
ape of their comrades by whooping |
ind yelling. 1t was necessary to re-
move several from their cells and
,lace them in the solitary" Cells
we're also searched for clubs, which
we're rumored to have been secreted,
nut none were found. With strict
discipline enforced by the presence
Il the soldiers, the authorities ex-
'ect no further trouble.
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