Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-06
They will receive the reward of 5000
to be evenly divided among them.
Mere Taken Unarmed.

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For the past few days fears had
been entertained that the %convicts
had probably succeeded in arming
themselves attthe various work camps
along the route taken in their flight.
At one camp5they are known to have
visited the. pursuers found a revolver
fully .l6aded and ready for action.
Accordingly the officers in charge Of
the posse cautioned their men to be
prepared and quick with the trigger.
However, the warning was found
needless and the capture was OF the
easiest kind. The prisoners, with the
exception of Irwin were even inclined
to wax humorous with their captors.
They bemoaned the fact that they had
not taken better precautions in keep
ing to the lowlands. in which case
they vowed the chase would have
been of longer-duration. IT guess we
wanted to feed too good" said one Of
the number. SWELL, it was a battle OF
wits with the warden and We beat
him to it. Now he has beaten US and
we've simply got to take our medi-
cine" While the men refused to talk
of the methods used in making their
escape, they could give no motive that
prompted themrto make their dash for
liberty. All stated that they had been
well used by the warden and there
was no breach aaf confidence or trust.
m eNas sLoscr0ood Time.
Nothing of talue was found on the
persons Of ary Of the quartet when
Searched. They had no money and IL
is presumed the small change given.
in the exch'.nga for bread at their
last stop was secured by begging from
a chance %passerby. On their return
to the pe%nitentiary they were immedi-
ately locked up. AT present anum-
Der Of solitary confinement cells are
under construction, but little immedi.
ate punishment can be melted out to.
the men at this time. With the ex-
ception Of Robertson, ali had already
lost their good time. BY their at
tempted getaway they forfeit all priv
ileges for the next six months. Irwin,
Young and Andrews had previously
made. other unsuccessful attempts to
make their getaway and as a result
had been in the Gin bad" class for
some time.
Now Look to Others.
With the four convicts again safely
locked up, the efforts of the peniten-
tiary authorities will be directed to
Jack Williams and John Wilson, the
other pair of escapers, who are still
enjoying their liberty. Williams was
committed from Fargo, Cass county,
October 20, 1914. Wilson was enter
ed at the penitentiary on December
10, 1914, from Bowman county, fer
burglary in the third degree, on a two
years sentence. It is believed these
two men immediately separated from
their partners in crime, in fact, were
tempted to escape only when the 9th
ers took the initiative and saw their
they succeeded in catching outgoing
trains and have succeeded in placing
quite a distance between themselves
and Bismarck. However, the country
has been fairly blanketed with post
ers and cards giving descriptions Of
both. while authorities in all parts OF
the state and country have been mott
fled. Police officials everywhere are
in the lookout, and railroad officials
and special agents are lending their
efforts to track down the pair. Conf
dence is expressed that they will be,
run down and captured in a few days.