Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-19

fired at the men in the wagon. Mean
time other members Of the posse came
up and joined In the fusilade against
the desperate men. John Dowd was the
next to fall. It was at first reported
that he had taken his own life with II
shot in the temple, but Chief Eriggs
believes he was a victim of one OF the
bullets from the posse. Taylor was the
next to fall, and then Charles Morley.
the third convict. threw up his hands In
token Of surrender.
Chief Briggs, who was leading the
party. shouted to Morley, Drop that
gun or I'll blow your head off"
Morley, who held aloft big double
action revolver, dropped 1t. and Briggs
ordered him to come forward with his
hands up. This Morely did. and Briggs
took second revolver from his pocket
when he approached.
Not knowing just what had hap
rened. Briggs demanded Of Morley the
surrender of the other men in the wa
gon.
They're all Dead" declared Morely.
Briggs then went to the wagon, TAX
ing Morley with him, and found the
lifeless bodies of the victims of the
battle.
Morley Returned to Prison.
The bodies of the dead convicts were
turned over to Sheriff Hyers Of Lin
coin and that of young Blunt to his
family. Hyers also took Morley back
to Lincoln on an afternoon train.
Briggs and Trouton received several
slight flesh wounds as result of the
shooting. but they were Insignificant.
That the escaped convicts were lost
for a while during the early part of
the day is evident. They got their
bearings after arriving at the Blunt
home. Their objective point was Oma-
ha. and they told young Blunt If he
took them swiftly to Albright. the
Omaha suburb, no harm would come to
him.
Blunt was % years old and had been
married but two months. His young
widow was Frustrated when his body
was returned to the family home by
his brother.
Following the final battle, several
hundred farmers arrived -on the scene,
and the procession which followed the
officers back to Gretna was nearly two
miles long.
At Gretna the different posses dis
persed to their own cities.
Thinks Bandits Killed Blunt.
Sheriff Hyers, whose bullet, if Con-
vict Morley's story is true, killed
Charles Taylor. alias Shorty Gray, in
yesterdays running battle with the
three escaped convicts from the Ne
braska penftentiary, does not believe
that Roy Blunt. the farmer who met
death. was killed by the posse. He is
Of the opinion that Blunt may have
been shot by the convicts while trying
to leap from the wagon in an effort to
escape.
When Flyers took Morley to the
prison yesterday he turned the man
over to his father the acting warden,
who locked the captured outlaw in his
cell.
Search Of the bodies Of the convicts
brought out articles Of personal prop
erty hardly in accord with the desper-
ate character Of the men. Dowd wa,
a dandy. He had clothed his body ir
fine underwear and in his pocket he
carried tooth brush ana a tube OF
paste. Gray had also secured quite q
number Of articles of fnery. including
silk handkerchiefs and socks. The two
men had less than SO between them and
most Of 1t was in small coin. Dowd
had s. pennies.
Survivor Tells Of Flight.
Lincoln. Neb., March 19-Charles
Morley. the convict who surrendered
and was taken back to the penitentiary
yesterday, told the story Of his escape,
pursuit. and yesterdays battle He
said the volley from the posse in the