The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-08-26
POSSES TAKE
8 C0NYIC'TS;
ONE KILLED
Refusal of BOatman to Ferry
Party Across Aids Pursu-
ers in Taking Prisoners
SHOOT DRIVER OF CAR
Negro: Who Was at Wheel
Killed and Car Goes
Into Ditch
(By the Associated Press)

~ InIO DltCn
(By the Associated Press)
Murdo, S. D., Aug. 26.-Four MUIR
do men, it was revealed today,
wrote the final chapter in the 8-day
pursuit of the four convicts who es-
capped from the Sioux Falls peniten-
tiary, August II, shooting to death
one Of the convicts, seriously wound
ing another and taking uninjured the
other two.
The Murdo men were E. B. Town
send, A. T. Wilson, c. c. Cline and
Theodore Hubbell. Their deciding
clash with the convicts was near Pc
dro, north of Creighton in Penning-
ton county after a long autom obile
pursuit.
Henry Coffee, the negro convict
was killed and Joe Foreman, leader
of the quartet was seriously wound
ed. J. B. King and Joe Teel were
the two taken unhurt.
King was brought into Murdo
about 1880 a. m. today and Coffee's
body was brought in here an hour
later. Townsend, Hubbell and Will
son returned with Teel and Foreman
this morning. Foreman's wound is
in the right leg and he cannot walk
without aid. The convicts will be
returned to Sioux Falls late today.
(By the Associated Press)
Rapid City, S. D., Aug. 26.-kefusal
of a boatman to take them across the
Cheyenne river at Pedro, S. D., and
quick work Of telephone operator
at Creighton, in notifying posse men
were mainly responsible for the cap
ture of the three conyicts who cscap-
ed Aug. 18th from the Sioux Falls
penitentiary, and the killing of the
fourth, it became known as addition.
al details of the sensational hunt
reached here.
Today two Of the convicts. Jt.,
Foreman, leader Of the quartet, and
Joe Teel were in Jail at Murdo, and
the third, j. B. King, is on his way
to the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
The fourth Henry Coffee, negro driv-
er Of the convicts' c-r, was killed and
his body taken to Murdo. Foreman
was wounded in the foot but will re-
cover, it was said today.
From the time Friday morning
when they overpowered three officers
east of Stamford, seriously wounding
States Attorney NJ. L. Parish, and
stealing his car, the trail Of the four
convicts led north and west. The
authorities commandered all tele-
phone wires in this section and man.
aged to keep close check on the move
ments Of the escaped prisoners.
Passing through the sparsely set
tied country to the east of here the
convicts gained the Cheyenne river
at Pedro. Here the boatman refused
to take them across declaring that
the river was too swift at this point.
After making futile attempts to get
across, the convtcts started to-
Wasta, planning to cross over the
Cheyenne bridge there.
.o,,,. Stop At Creighton.
They stopped at Creighton for gas
oline and oil at filling station in front
of the telephone office. The operator
immediate broadcast news of the con-
vActs' arrival and several posses start :
ed for Creighton.
Pursuers headed by Deputy State
Sheriff Wilson were soon close on the
trail and mile and half south of
Creighton came within rifle range OF
the fleeing desperadoes.
A bullet from Wilson's gun struck
Coffee in the head, killing him in
stantly and causing the car to 60 into
the ditch. The other three men were
thrown out and ran for cover to
nearby corn, field.
Foreman was shot in the foot and
fell. The corn field was surrounded
and all three surrendered.
Teel, the last man captured, begged
his companions to shoot him rathe:
than let the officers seize him.
This ended an eight day chase
through South Dakota and parts OF
Nebraska, which started after tn.
warden at the penitentiary had been
kidnapped and his deputy wounded,
in the conyict's dash for liberty.
States Attorney Parish was taken
to hospital at Mitchell and his con-
dition early today was reported critl-
cal. His wounds may prove fatal.
Sheriff J. c. Babcock of Jones county,
and J. A. Robertson also were wound
ed but they are expected to recover.
RESTING EASILY
(By the Associated Press)
Mitchell, S. D., Aug. 26.-States
Attorney Martin L. Parish Of Jones