Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
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Centerville, March 28.-(SpeciaD--
An all day search for two escaped con-
victs, noted drug and narcotic SNUG.
.glers. resulted In their capture late
Monday afternoon hid in a haymow on
the outskirts Of Centerville.
The two convicts made sensational
leap from Rock Island passenger No.
II as 1t moved out of Centerville at
$40 Monday morning. They were
chained together with leg shackles,
dressed only in their undeclothes, bare
foot and bareheaded. When found
they were still chained together and
almost frozen where they were hiding
in the hay in the Henderson barn in
the southeast Centerville limits. Their
escape from the train was all the more
sensational because they were guard
ed by seven United States deputy
marshals, who were taking a special
car of twelve convicts from Detroit,
Mich, to FIT. Leavenworth federal
prison.
The two men are famous crooks
whose daring escapades have been
played up under big heads in the Chi
cago and Detroit papers. Frank
Giessler was smuggler from Canada.
He used an artificial hump on his
back to secrete the drugs and marco
tics brought into this country and sold
at fabulous prices through pals to vic.
Tins Of the drug habit, unable to Sc
cure drugs since the passage Of the
Harrison drug act. When arrested by
officers at Detroit Giessler put up
gun fight and it took big posse to
take him.
Edward Huther is the slick crook
who was found to have smuggled thou
sands of dollars worth of narcotics
from the Parke-Davis Drug & Chem
ical Co., at Detroit. He had served a
term in the Jefferson City peniten-
tiary. After getting his freedom he
secured a position in the drug house
and set up extensive operations in
narcotics One of his means for dis
posal of the stolen goods was through
a guard at the Jefferson City peni-
Tertiary through whom about $4,000
worth of drugs was sold to prison in
mates. He had other pals over the
When arrested he had $4,000
worth of drugs hidden in his room.
Two of the crack criminal tracers
on the special car were set off at Sey-
mour to come back and hunt down
Wood, lieutenant Of detectives of the
city of Detroit, and VIM. Henchel,
deputy sheriff of Wayne county, Mich,
in which Detroit is located, a long ex-
perienced criminal hunter, were given
the Job while the other Ave men
deputized to guard the convicts went
on to Leavenworth with the other
ten Believing that the men had
escaped while the train was running
past bad place in the track between
Numa and Seymour. they walked back
to Numa, first telephoning the Center
Vile officers to inspect this end.
Sheriff John Brown and Deputy
Campbell walked to Numa, leaving
shortly after 4 a. M, few minutes
after getting the message from Sey-
nour City Oflcer Dingeman made an
inspection Of the railroad yards. It
was thought the two men might he
'ound with necks broken, or at least
with broken limbs, along the right Of
way, but they were not found
The Detroit officers then came to
and in the afternoon Joined
With the local officers in an inspection
If the railroad yards for evidences of
he escape. Finally a barefoot track
vas found in the soft mud and it was
soon seen that it was Enthusiastically
he track of one of these men for soon
hey found where they were travelling
till shackled together. The trail led
oward the outskirts of southeast Cen
erville. They were tracked into one
,arn, but had gone out because there
vas no hay. When the trail entered
he Henderson barn the men were |
loon found hidden beneath the hay
md on being ordered to come out !
They were loaded into a
Tray wagon, covered up in their under.
lress condition, and taken to JAIL The |,
wo officers in charge of them left for
It. Leavenworth on the same train !,
his morning from which they had
escaped twenty-four hours before.