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Show Captured Convict Expresses Ex-presses Sorrow Over Death of Fariner Lincoln. Ncb March 19. Charles Morlcy, the living member of the trio of convicts who wore captured- after a four-day hunt .yesterday, and who killed three men In making their attempt at-tempt to escape from tho penitentiary probably will be given his preliminary prelimin-ary hearing the latter part of tho week. The charge to be filed against him will be that of "conspiracy with intent to commit murder." I "We havo filed an Information ! against Morley, Dowd and Gray, char- i glng murder in tho first degree." said ' Deputy County Attorney Hagcr to- ! day, "but we will bo unable to rely on that as we have no proof as to which convict fired the fatal shots. The charge of conspiracy with intent to commit murder covers the same offense and meets with the same ponalt3' as the first degree charge bitt tho elements of the crime aro differ ent" , , ' Morley's trial prohably will occur second on the criminal docket In the April term of cour.t, probably AprJI 19. The authorities assert- that, if convicted ho will probably bans'. Mor-lev Mor-lev is in a solitary coll at the penitentiary, peniten-tiary, noxt that that occupied by Albert Al-bert Prlco who killed Deputy warden Davis last December. His only regret is for the death of Roy Blunt, the i young farmer who was killed. I Sheriff Hyors, whose bulloL if Convict Morley's story Is true, killed Charles Taylor, alias "Shorty" Gray In yesterday's running fight with the three escaped convicts from tho Nebraska state penitentiary, does not believe that Roy Biting the farmer who met his death, was killed b' the posse. Ho is of the opinion that Blunt may have been shot by one ot tho convicts while trying to leap frpm the wagon In an effor't to escaped When Hyers took. Morley to tho prison yestorday, ho turner) the man over to the acting warden, who locked tho captured outlaw in his coll Morley was taken back ovor the route he traversed )in his attempt to escape. Ho passed' over the spot where he and his companions had killed Warden Dclahunty. and Usher Hcllman. walked throtrph. the turnkey turn-key cage, the doors being1 opened by Claus Pah I, the man who, covered by the convict's rcvohcr, had opened them to allow their escape, passed the doors whose lock had been blown open by "Shorty" Gray, w-alked out of the door through which tho three had entered the chapel and into the prison yard which thej had traversed in the first stage of'ithclr dash for freedom. Search of tho bodies of the convicts brought out articles of personal proporty hardly in accordance with the character of the men. Dowd was a dandy. He had clothed his body in fine underwear and in his pocket ho carried a tooth brush and a tube of paste. Gray also had piocured articles ar-ticles of finery, including silk handkerchiefs hand-kerchiefs and socks. The two men had less than .$3 between be-tween them and most of it was in small coin, Dowd having S3 pennies. Coroner's Inquest. Papillion, Neb, March 19. Coroner Armstrong of Sarpy county left here today for the Blunt farm to hold an inquest ovor tho body of Roy Blunt, tho young farmer, who was'lalled in (he fight between escaped convicts and J officers in the northern part of the ' county yesterday. An effort will bo mado to fix responsibility for his death. i |