Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-13
TOWN TERROR|zED
BY ESCAPED
CONv|CTS
Twenty FeIonS Wander Out of
Wyoming Penitentiaryi Nine
Recapturedi Notorious Bank
Robber Leads Gang,
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ltaWlins. Wyo., Drt. i2T Ten of the
nineteen conNicts who. led bN the no
7 torious Jim Dalton member of the
/ Whitney gang of bank rubbers es-
/ capped through broken fence in tHe
pentontiAry yard this afternoon. were
| still at large at O'Clock tonight aud
| the possibility of their recapture was
I remote, since they gained the hills
north Of the town before nightfall
Scattered shots echoine family
through the e.arlI, iss. Indicated that
some of the searching party have
either come upon the fugitives or are
infected with the panic that rcigns
in tho homes Of EawlinS tonight
The town is being palrolled by
armed citizens, the railroad station
and tracks are guarded and men and
women sit in their homes tonight
with weapons close at hand llstcnins
for inuuders. For the fugitives are
known to be the most desperate Of the
penitentiarNs inmates Head hy the
Desperate Dalton, al first reported
captured and will take a long chance
10 secure Weapons ana clothes.
The reign Of terror which holds the
town tonight began IL O'Clock,
when, from the penitcntiary. burst i
hedlam Of shouts Of convicts ana
through the streets of the northern
part Of Town nineteen close
cropped nHlTtb men IN lnt PRISON UNI I
form ran in a body.
Horses tethered in front Of saloons |
were seized by the leaders, aud bore |
them at break neck speed through |
the town ana away To the hills, out I
distancng the guards that closed IN |
on the rear of the fnsitiVcs after los ,
ing precious minutes Investigating ,hc
cause of the uproar in the cells
Meanwhile -four of the conviats
captured a grocery wagon and COM
PEELED the boy driver To race to the
hills. When the horse gave out they
loaded themselves with It's PROV sions.
-Four of the fugitives hiding in cam
yon north of l;awlins were caught
half an hour after the outbreak,
fifth was captured making TOR The
railroad tracks Three were corncrcd
IN another canyon west 1f The town
BY mounted pursuers. but have not
been taken.
The guards returning with the five
prisoners were greeted hN the con-
iicts with an uproar of groans and II
vas discovered that In the excitement
If the pursuit another prisoner had
escaped. making twenty in all.
shortly before o'clock tonight -four
ugtiNes were discovered in
,arn within block Of the pcnten-
larry. Two were captured by guards.
'ut two got away from Tho Officers
Who feared To fire upon hem because
# crowd in tho Vicinity I
This made total Of seven recap
ured. A little ,lter Warden Aston \
rriNed at the penitcntiarN with two
nen he had taken single handed. {
his raised the number Ia nine re-
apturrd Of the nineteen in the orig q
lal getaway.
\ searching party of citizens WAS
rganzed at \ o'clock 70 make a house J.
, house search Of every house in the G
orth end OF the town in the hope Of 4
nding more Of the men aud to RE- 4
ssure The terror stricken citizens s
1t is believed that the ten conNicts 81
1T Of Tho. original nineteen. ana the
ne who engineered his own soap. 6
re- in the hills back of tho town sur a
1unded by posse and will bc cap-
ired before morning. il