The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1922-09-01
Exciting Man Hunt Ends North OF Wall With The Killing Of NesO
Woundns Of Porman Leader Of Gang and Surrender Of The
Other Two ConYiCtS After Being Surrounded In Corn Field
Murdo Men Shot In Attempted Murder

that morning, and in going arou-
nd to the stock car noticed a Ford
touring car with yellow wheels
and 4 Nebraska lisence standing
close by and in peering into the
back of the car saw Coffee, the
negro curled up on the lotion OF
the car. After working about the
yards for a time Pell went up
town and noticed that the two
rear castings had been removed
from the car of J. A. Robertson,
which was standing on the main
street OF that town. He immedi-
ately' notified Robertson, and the
latter calling States Attorney
Parish and Sheriff Babcock, star
ted in pursuit of the thieves in
the Oldsmobile roadster belonging
to Attorney Parish, little thinking
that the men they were trailing
were the desperate escaped con-
victs who had been hunted for the
preceding week. When just east
of Stamford the Murdo car passed
a Ford car standing in the road at
the foot of the big hill and head
ed east. and thinking them to be
tourists stalled in the road stop
ped their car and got out and
went back to see if they could be
of any assistance to the tourists
in trouble, and when the reached
the Ford car they asked if they
could help by pulling the car into
Stamford, were met with a com
mand to throw up their hands,
and were covered with the con-
vict's firearms. The convict's car
being headed east, and they sup
posing that the tire thieves they
were chasing had continued on
west. caused the pursuing party
from Murdo no suspicion of the
Ford car at the foot of the big
hill. The convicts with the
Ford stolen in Nebraska had been
unable to make it up the hill, on
account of being out of gasoline,
had turned around and were rest
ing at the foot of the hill. while
one of their number went into
Stamford and stole gasoline and
oil for the car.
Immediately following the COM
mand to throw up their hands the
Murdo party complied and were
ordered by the cOnvicts to march
over to a small gulley not far dis
tant. Parish objected, having rec
ognized the desperados into whose
hands they had fallen. and stated
that if he was to be shot he might
as we'll be shot right there as over
by the gulley. Forman, who was
covering them with shot gun,
pulled the trigger, hitting Parish
in the neck and shoulder and SER
iously wounding him. After shoo-
ting Parish the command was
again given to. the captured men
to march over to the gulley and
Parish, though wounded. was for
ced to walk over, where they were
bound hand and foot, and gagged
Robertson and Babcock being tied
together and dumped into the gull
ley and hay was carried by the
convicts and thrown over the
three men, after which Coffee
shot into the hay with n twenty
two rifle, Babcock and Robertson
both being hit in the head. The
convicts then took Parish's car
and headed west. After the con-
victs left the Murdo men in the
gulley. Babcock rallied sufficient
ly and after desperate struggle
freed himself from the ropes with
which he was bound, and releasing
the other two men they made
their way on into Stamford where
they told their story and the al
arm was given. Autos arrived
from Murdo to take the wounded
men into that town and first aid