The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

he was inside the house telephon- ing surrounding towns, the men drove by.
 Lafollette pursued the men in his own automobile and believed that some of the shots he fired at their automobile hit their mark. The officer was forced to abandon the chase when his automobile ran into a ditch just outside the town
 The stolen blue Chevrolet was traced to Maysville, Ark. 1b miles northwest of here. officers be- lieved, that the men turned south- west toward Tahlequah, Okla.
 Miami, okla. June 1.-(UP)- Eleven fugitives from Kansas State Penitentiary appeared today to have made good their escape. at least temporarily, into the Osage badlands which have given refuge to the southwest's most notorious desperadoes.
 Posses searched through -known hideouts in the hills. but conceded little chance of finding the con- victs until they had to emerge to forage for food.
 No definite verified report had been received for hours of the trail of the fugitives. who left one man slain, two wounded and many robbed as they zig-zagged through Kansas and Oklahoma from Lans- ing to the badlands.
 Officers did not believe that the Axx,A s-~A,,e~ aNkA x.,htay% %ha lot e split after their Memorial day es- cape from Lancing Penitentiary had been reunited. Ono group of six planned the escape, 1t was thought, and the others "horned in" on the party.
 Posses guarded all roads in the Osage country, but admitted the impossibility of thorough search of the hills
 The main band, including des- perate killers and life termers. held up a rural filling station between Miami and Picher yesterday. kid naped and robbed the operator. Jess Weatherby. and released Weatherby 10 miles south. They were not reported after that.
 Not since they released three women hostages at 2 farmhouse near Pleasanton, Kan, Tuesday night had the second group reveal ed it's whereabouts.
 At Chepota, Kan, 25 miles northwest of here. the bullet-rid- dled body of Otto L. Durkee, night watchman, was found in an alley. Empty shells from his gun indi- cated a battle. It was believed the killers were the second group of convicts.
 Sheriff Dee Walters of Miami. and Sheriff John York of vinita were in nominal command of the scores of officers and possemen ac- lively searching for the fugitives.
 "The apparent objective of both bands is the Spavinaw or Cookson hills to the south," Walters said
 "Wilbur Underhill. ringleader of the original mutiny plot, who was accused of killing q Picher miner in 1927, knows this country like a book. Apparently under his d. rection the.' are doing a lot of fancy backtracking."
 Harvey Bailey, notorious bank robber. was wounded in the leg by shot from a guards rife dur ing the break at Lansing. rSheriff Walters expressed the opinion he might have been slain by his com panions. or taken to some hideout while his companions sought medi- cal aid.
 The belief was based on the statement of Weatherby that only five men were in the group which held up his filling station. Bailey had been member of this group.
 Sheriff Walters had information that one group might seek refuge near the ranch of the late Henry Grammar, once a famous outlaw. west of here. The ranch is in al- most inaccessible hills. and is pro- tected by deep ravines.
 At Ponca City, Okla, a report was circulated last night that a group of fugitives had been seen near Okesa, in the Osage hills Stimuli taneously word spread there that a second group was seen travelling southward from Fl Dorado, Kan.
 Officers doubted authenticity of the reports, however.
 Sheriff A. l.. Snodgress of Fl Dorado reported no fugitives had been seen in that area. Washing ton county deputy sheriffs. after a nasty search of the, Okesa hill country. last night, reported no trace of the fugitives.