The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-08-31
ESCAPED PENITENTIARY
CONVICTS CAPTURED
After One Was Killed and Another
Wounded, Men Surrender To
Posse Near Creighton

People of this vicinity awok.
last Friday morning to learn thal
The four convicts who escaped from
the state penitentiary more thar
a week before, and who were re
ported to be in the northern
part of Nebraska, had suddenl,
transferred their activities to tho
west river country, and were ir
our immediate neighborhood. They
started operations out here In the
regular, old-fashioned bandit style
but their tour of the west river
section was of short duration, and
few short hours saw one of the
number dead, another badly wound
ed, and with the two who were
unhurt, once more in the clutches
of the law.
They evidently reached Murdo
from the south before dawn in a
Ford car. Here they stole some
tires and started on their journey
westward. They were pursued by
Sheriff Babcock, States Attorney
Parish and man named Robert
son, all Of Murdo. These men were
unarmed with the exception of the
sheriff, and were unaware of the
identity of the men in the cal
ahead. They overhauled the bandits
near Stamford, and believeinp
them to be only petty tire thieves
they accosted them only to fine
themselves looking into the gun
barrels in the hands of the bandits
According to the story told by the
men afterwards, they were held ur
at the point of guns, and tied to
gether, after which they were or.
dered to march over the hill with
the understanding that they would
be killed as soon as they had reach
a point out of the highway. Mr..
Parish informed them that if he
was to be shot he preferred to have
it done at once and without fur
ther parley. Thereupon one Of the
bandits then shot him in the neck
and shoulder with shotgun. He
was then marched with the other
two victims to a old dry water
hole across the hill, where they
were shot and thrown into the hole
and their bodies covered with hay.
The bandits then abandoned the
Ford and continued their journey
in the Oldsmobile roadster belong
ing to Mr.. Parish. Arriving at
Kadoka they drove through the
town without stopping. About two
or three miles out they stopped
and unloaded the car, and one Of
the party returned to Kadoka and
bought gas sufficient to fiji the
car.
In the meantime Sheriff Babcock
recovered consciousness and man
aged to release the other two men
and get them out Of the hole. He
then made his way to Stamford
and spread the alarm. The news
reached Philip about $50 and inn
mediately Sheriff Slocum and De-
putty Aney left for Cottonwood in
which direction the men were said
to be headed. Shortly afterward a
number of cars from here had join
ed in the pursuit which continued
until about three o'clock in the af-
ternoon when the capture was
made.
The car which finished the long
chase to capture the escaped con-
victs eighteen miles north of Wall
carried f. B. Townsend, banker, of
Murdo, A. T. Wilson, deputy sher-
iff Of Jones county, c. c. Kline, a
pool hall man, and Ted Hubbell, a
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 con-
sidered that the multitude of wild
rumors which move rapidly from
mouth to mouth and from town
to town threw dozens of cars out
of the hunt. The car carrying
these men was speeding toward
Pedro, when they met the convicts
in car returning from Pedro,
where the bandits had attemepted
unsuccessfully to cross the Chey-
enne River. The pursuers recog-
nized their men, but the outlaws
did not know any of the men in
the Murdo car. After the convicts
had passed the Murdo men turn
ed their car about and followed