The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-08-26


straight and die hard, where the
outlaw is Stunned as a rattler the
escaped prisoners made their last
stand.
After the attack on the Jones
county men near Stamford the quar-
tet started west again in the auto
mobile they took from States At
torney Parish.
Telephone messages from Creigh-
ton, an inland town north few
miles from Wall. reported that the
fugitives attempted to cross the
Cheyenne river bridge at that place
but We're forced back. They then
tried the ferryman but he refused to
take the macross.
The car which finished the long
chase to capture the escaped con-
victs, Is miles north of Wall, yes
terday afternoon, carried K. b.
Townsend, banker of Murdo, S. D.,
A. t. Wilson, deputy sheriff of Jones
county, c. c. kline, pool hall man,
and Ted Hubbel, Murdo farmer,
These men drove their car all day,
trailing the four convicts and were
very successful in following the trail,
which is the more remarkable when
it is remembered that the multitude
of wild rumors which move rapidly
from mouth to mouth and town TO
town threw dozens of cars out OF ihe
hunt. The car carrying these men
was speeding toward Pedro when
they met the convicts in car re-
turning from Pedro, where the ban
dts had attempted unsuccessfully to
cross the Cheyenne river. The pur-
suers recognized their men, but the
outlaws did not know any of the men
in the Murdo car. After the con-
victs had passed, the Murdo men
turned their car about and followed
them at distance which would not
little inland town of Creighton, saw
them taking gas and oil. Instead
Of stopping there the plrsuers pass
ed by with their car and stopped
| farther down the road, pulled out
TO the side of the road and got their
guns ready. When the bandits ap-
preached, Deputy Sheriff Wilson or
dered them to throw up their hands,
| but instead of obeying the command
! the desperate driver of the outlaws
car stepped on the gas, and as one
| of the convicts reached for a gun,
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the negro, Coffee. Coffee fell over
on the arm of Forman, who was driv-
/ ing the car and made it impossible
for the car to be kept under control
The speed was great and Forman
was hampered by the lifeless form of
Coffee, the negro, in steering and he
stepping on the throttle, finally
| rammed the car into the ditch at the
side of the. road, after a bullet had
| pierced his leg, rendering the limb
difficult to move. The three con
victs managed to leave the car, with
the dead negro in the bottom of II
and hustled into a nearby cornfield
Here the four pursuers spread out
and watched different sides of the
field. After cireling around the
field and exhausting many shot with
the desperadoes Forman and Tee
came out of the corn field and sur
rendered, throwing up their hands tC
signify that they had had enough
King, the remaining one at large
ran to the west end of the field anc
| do hrnaE for frnn6nn1 WhiaI
came near being accomplished, bu
for the fact that other cars begar
to arrive. The Murdo men wer,
busy with their prisoners and Kins
had good opportunity to get ava.
by beating it over nearby hill.
man named Cole, of Wasta, is sal,
to have stopped him and King, see
ing that it was useless to fight long
er, surrendered.
The three captured men wer,
brought into Wall and later taken t
, Murdo.
Sheriff Babcock, Attorney Parisl
i and Robertson were taken to Murd
from Stamford shortly after the ac
, cident mad then hurried to hospital
! Parish was taken to the Methods
) State hospital at Mitchell, arrivin
there about IL o'clock last night. A
) immediate examination byphysician
: revealed that his wounds, though sc
) we're, would not prove fatal.
( charge of buckshot had been fired a
4 him from close range. Shots enter
t ed his shoulder, his head and part
1 of the face, one lodging behind hi
right eye.
{ Babcock was taken to hospital a
1 Pierre with bullet in his head. Hi
K injuries are severe but he will re
|. cover shortly, physicians stated
a Robertson was taken to sanitariur
s at Chamberlain, bullet in his heat
He will recover
g 1t was reported that feeling wa
s running high at Murdo late las
n night and there was considerabl
Z discussion about the convicts an
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