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Show Nebraska Fugitives H Overtaken and Two ; Art Killed H i i '! Lincoln, Xeb.,1 March IS. Advlcc3 H rccolved here, confirmed from thrco jH 'sources, declaro that posses havo H killed Convicts Taylor aud Dowd and ! have captured Morley. The fight oc- H currcd near Gretna. ( The report reached here at 2:30 H that Taylor was killed, Dowd commit- 'H ted suicide and Morley surrendered. i ! The fight occurred between Gretna lj and Chalco. Another report has It i that Roy Blunt, the former who was ' driving the convicts, also was killed. I The fight between, the posses and fl the convicts was an uneven affair. H the officers being armed with rifles and the bandits with revolvers. Two posses engaged -the men at H once, having a crossfire on them. H Taylor was killed by the bullets of H the officers after which Dowd, rec- H o.gnizing the hopelessness nf the sit- 'i nation, turned his weapon upon him- ! self Morley signified his wish to H give up the fight. H Blunt, the young fanner who had H been forced to drive the desperadoes in his sleigh, was found dead, hut H whether lrom the bullets of the con- H victs or the ofticers is not clear. jH TRAILING THE CONVICTS. H Omaha, Neb., March IS. Latest H repoits say that the convicts ditched H the stolen handcar at Meadow, Neb., j threw the car into the Missouri river H and are traveling north toward this H city on foot. H Meadow is In Sarpy county, about H 15 milei) southwesL The bandits H were two and one-half miles north- j west of Meadow on the P. G Ball farm shortly after- L0 o'clock- ' anil- H wore headed toward Gretna, A- H posse has been organized at Spring- H field and has gone in pursuiL H Omaha and South Omaha police started out on a special train over IH the Missouri Pacific, leaving West- H side station at 10 o'clock. M Another posse was organized and tM started out by the sheriff from Pap- allon Sheriff livers of Lancaster county also started from Lincoln -on jJ a special tiain over the Burlington at IH 8 o'clock. fl At l o'clock this afternoon word H camo that the Lincoln and Omaha IH posses both had missed the bnadits H but had taken the back track and M wcic expected to close in upon tho H fugitives In u short time. H The men were leported to be be- H tween Springfield and Litchfield. H A posse of South Omaha police and H detectives left that place about 1 H o'clock on a handcar. H Broke Into a Store. M Lincoln, Neb., March IS. The three H convicts who cbcaped from the state IH prison wero seen just before daylight H toda.v near South Bend, Nek, on a H hnndcar. They had stolen the hand- M car at Prairie Home, just out of Lin- M coin, and had broken into a hard war o H Ptore at Murdork, stealing guns, am- H munition aud clothing. H It is bolicvcd that the convicts, now M well stocked with guns and clothing, '1 probably also have secured food at H some farmhouse and arc headed for H the vicinity of the Platte river, in- 1 tending to make a stand near there. jH or to lose themselves in the wild coun- Il Strong posses, led by Sheriff Hayes jH and others, left Lincoln on the trail IH of the fleeing hnndcar as soon as a jH special train could be made ready. . jH Posses in Close Pursuit. H Louisville, Neb.. March . IS. T.he H three convicts who last week mur- jH lred three officials at "the stato pan- jH itcntlary aro boing pursued north of lH hero 1" posses from Omaha, Lincoln H and Plattsmouth. Their death or cap- jH ture is expected momentarily. jH Thoy aro being driven 'toward jH Springfield in a sleigh by Roy niunt, H a farmer who resides three miles jH porth of town. The convicts a.ro ly- IH ing down in the body of the vehicle, H forcing the farmer to expose himsolf B to the bullets of the posso as soon as H they get within firing distance. M The three convicts approached the M Blunt home about 11 o'clock this H morning and forced the farmer to M lake them in his sleigh to Spring- H field He refused at first, but they B covered him with their, revolvpfa and 1 ordered him to make hasto. H Tho first of the pursuing posse is. a H mile behind the fleeing con Jets. Two IH other posses aro a short dlbtancc in M tho rear aud the officers aro raphlly c jl gaining on their quarry. M 1135 a. m. The three convict H havo just loft the Blunt farnihpujiJi, H three miles north of .here and Have M btartcd in a southerly diiectlon.:The H arc now in a cornfield south, of- the M Blunt homo and a posse is organizing M to tako them 1 (Continued on Pago Eight.) J '(Continued from 'Page Ono) They approached l the Bltiril home and demanded that Blunt haul them to .Albright, a small station near Omaha This ho refused to do and they start urn. then went back to tho farmhouse. They told Mrs. Blunt tney wore the threo escaped convicts A special train Is coming from Omaha Om-aha and another has already arrived from Plattsmouth, carrying large pos-scs, pos-scs, Another Is on tho road here from Lincoln, bearing a sheriff's posse pos-se and militia. The three fugitives, Taylor, Morley and Dowd, spent Friday night and all day Saturday and part of Sunday night at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hall, on a farm five miles cast and a mile north of Ilavelock. After tying Mr. and Mrs.. Hall so securely that they believed they could not Ilbernto Instrument from .Its place, cut tho wires and loft the .Hall homo at 10 30 Saturday night. During their stay they compelled tho people -at the- farm house to serve them wlih meals and permitted no one to leave the house After leaving tho Hall homo- the fugitives fu-gitives went to Prairie Home, secured a handcar and went to Murdock, where they burglarizod two stores and secured se-cured arms, ammunition and clothing cloth-ing I ater the convicts were seen walking the railroad tracks betweon South Bend and Meadow Next thoy were seen passing the homo of T, P Ball, two and a half miles west of Meadow. - |