Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-04

ESCAPE
C0llv!|CTS !
FOUR OF THE SIX MEN WHO
ESCAPED FROM PENITEN-
T1ARY FACE DRAGNET
NEAR GLENCOE.
LARGE POSSE Closing IN
Believe Quartet Will Be Taken
by Shutdown Today; Pitched
Battle May Result.
LARGE POSSE Closing IN

Surrounded by an armed posse in
the bottoms of the old Campbell
ranch, located in a southwesterly d.
rection between Glencoe and the
Missouri river, four of the six col"
victs who last Wednesday night es-
capped from the North Dakota state
peni.entiary slowly but surely. are be-
ing Gnmeshed in the drasnet that will
effect their return behind the bars.
This was reported in an authentic
telephone message to Warden Tai
colt at late hour last night. 1t is
believed that the quartet will be cap
tured by sundown today.
Exposed by Hunger. ...
In the event that the final roundup
is made today, hunger will again have
played an important part i'm effectins
the capture of the prisoners. In
search OF food, they were forced to ex'
pose themselves Friday, when they
applied at the home Of Mrs. Wayne
Graybill, residing two miles south.
west of Glencoe. The woman had
been informed Of the escape and i'm
mediately communicated her suspl.
cions to the authorities, already close
il pursuit. Friday might the tour
convicts forced an entrance into the
home of Henry Nieland IL il'at yicin.
fity, and stole both clothing and eat
ables. Yesterday morning they are
reported to have again emerged from
the bottoms in an effort to make PRO
gress in a southwesterly direction
but were frightened back to theil
hiding places. Every farmer in the
vicinity was notified and enlisted in
the roundup. 1t is estimated that up
wards Of 100 men are closing in on
the convicts at this writing and word
of their capture is being momentariiy
expected If the quartet has sue
ceeded in securing firearms at any
of the work camps enroute, pitched
battle is believed certain to result.
Make Haste Slowly.
The Lenitentiary guards and men
in pursuit Of the cOnvicts are con
fronted with serious task, in pene
trating the hiding places CT the con
victs A mass Of underbrush in thai
vicinity offers fine shelter for the
nen who, if equipped with firearms
will be able to offer d stout resistance
1t is also believed that they are char
acters who will bring every means a
their command into play to resist cap
ture. Automobiles have been aoan
doned for horses by those leading the
posse because of the difficulty experl
enced in covering the ground arount
the convict3. The officers in charge
are likewise obliged to journey tc
Hazelton and Linton, towns some dis
tance away from the bottoms, in or
der to get to telephones in makine
their reports to headquarters Tho
strictest kind of a guard VII b.
stretched out il, circle formation az
the posse closes il, and 2 visilan'
watch was maintaircd all last nigh
to thwart any attemn on he part o.
the convicts to make a dash Tor free
dom. $751; & 5E.
Country Is RIanketea. ~
The four convicts who make IN the
quartet now surrounded are believed
to be Frank Irwin. Johl Wilson. Jack
Williams and George Young. John
Robertson and Fred Andrews are be-
lieved to have separated from the
above quartet and headed for the Can
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