The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-14
Guards at Rawlins Were Overpowered and a
Score Of Desperate Men Gain Their
Liberty.
some OF The RUNAWAYS CAPTURED.
Citizens Spent Night of Terror and the Whole
State is Aroused Over the
Danger.

UNITED Press leased Wire service.]
RAWLINS, Wyo., Oct. 14.--Follow-
ing night of feverish anxiety during
which men and women stood guaru
over their homes and children, fear
full every moment of an attack by
some Of the convicts who escaped
from the Wyoming state penitentiary
Sunday are still at large, Rawlins
was quiet today.
The situation at o'clock this morn
ing was: -Four of the eight convicts
who escaped from the penitentiary
have been re-caprured while one has
been shot dead. One citizen of Raw
lins, Charles Stressner, has eeen
slain by convicts. Scores Of mounted
men are searching the country about
Rawlins for the fugitives
The three survivors of yesterdays
delivery Richardson, Buckstrum and
Burke-a are at large in the hills. They
are all heavily armed and bearing the
regulations of desperate bad men
are expected to fight to the death II
cornered.
A dozen posses from Rawlins, Wal
cott and Saratoga early today We're
reported concentrating in the district
where the escaped convicts We're las
seen, under instructions to shoot tht
fugitives down If they offer the slight
est resistance.
OF the conyicts who made a previ
ons break for liberty under the lead
ership of Butch Dalton, and escap
ed last Saturday. all but eight have
been recaptured. The authorities
now fear that the eight may Joln
forces with the survivors of yester
days delivery and offer more des
perate resistance to the pursuers.
Warden Aston, of the penitentiary
who was out hunting for the Dalton
gang of fugitives when Sundays es
cape occurred was located early to
day at Point-of-Rocks and hurried tc
Rawlins.
OF those VINO made their get
away Sunday, one, Antonio Paseo
was shot dead a few minutes after
little later in the railroad yards
The sixth man, j Gillore, was locatee
in a manger before daylight today
and taken into custody.
/ The general belief here is that
Stressner was slain by Richardson
and should he be captured mol
demonstration is predicted. In some
quarters there was criticism of the
governors refusal to call out troops
but the special citizen guards seem
ed to have the situation in hand to
day.
At Fever Heat.
| CIIEY ENNE, Wyo Oct. 14.--Witl
/! two persons known to be dead, two
others reported slain and one mortal
/ ly wounded in the open country abou
Rawlins, Wyo, excitement was at {
fever heat all over the state today al
the result of last nights riot of con
! victs at the state penitentiary, result
! ing in the second successful prison
delivery in thirty-six hours.
1 OF the eight convicts who overpower
ed their guards and escaped las
/ night, one, Antonio Paseo, life term
er, is known to have been shot down
Another convict, name unknown, il
said 70 have been slain outside 0
Rawli1s by a posse of penitentiar.
guards and third is reported nor
4 tally wounded.
Charles Strassner a Rawlins barber
attempted to stop the fleeing con
victs when they left the prison AM
was shot through the temple b
4 Paseo, dying instantly. Another cit
zen, hunter, name unknown, is sal
to have been slain by convicts out
side OF Rawlins when the fugitive
held up a hunting party and seize
their weapons and ammunition.
4 Although sixteen hours have pass
4 ed this morning since last night
delivery, it is impossible to get az
Il curate statements from Rawlins as {
how many convfcts are still at large
i There have been two deliverfe
since Sunday afternoon and as r,
suit much confusion exists.
4 Late Saturday, Butch" Dalton,
life termer, and nineteen other col