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Show Nineteen Desperate Men, by Notorious Jim Daltoni Fool Guard and Escapej From Wyomingn Pen.'fi NINE RECAPTURED M AFTER SHORT CHAC During- Excitement TwentlljS Prisoner Walks Out; Citi zens of Rawlins Panic-IE Stricken. f I RAWLINS, Wyo.. Oct. 12. Tc; $ the ninotoen convicts who ? bv the notorious Jim Dalt 9 member of the Whitney of bank robbers, escaped througW $ broken fence in the penitentiary v 1: this afternoon, wc-re still at larger: k 8 o'clock tonight and the possibll f of their recapture was remote, si- they are believed to have Tainedf -hills north of the town before mafe fall. J Scattered - shots cehoijic s:X& through lie darkness indic-jted j some of the searching party havi i ther come upon the fugitives or J , infected ith tho panic that reign ? the homes of Rawlins tonight. jf J The town is boiir patrolled b nffi (! citizens :iud men a -id woturn sitiv1) their homes tonicht, with weapons cl at hand lteniii for intruders. & For the fugitives aro known ttSjj the most desperate of rhe periitcntiariS inmates, led by (he desperado. Oatfep reported at first as recaptured, andjvf' take a Ion; chance to secure weapfei and clothes. Wfk Reign of Terror. jwi The reign of terror which holdfjji town tonight botitui at : o'clock wl from the penjtontiary burst a bc'cMK) of shouts of couvii'ts and ihroitghfi streets of the northern part of lj town nineteen elop.o-cropped hard-f Hired men in tho prison uniformttp in a body. M Iloies lethcred in front of ljM wcje grabbed bv t lie leaders anxlffl them iit breii knock speed through town and away -to-thu hills, oil J tnncine the eunrds that closed, aF the reiir of the r'ueitiyes after lo'lir precious minutes investigatih .the rwLj of tho .uproar iu the collo. Capture Wagon. I Meanvhilo four of the couvicls'B tured a erocery wagon aud compn the boy driver to ruce for the hW When the horse gave out thev themselves with its provisions and'tfc Four of the fugitives hiding in cauyon north of Rawlins worn cat halt an hour alter the outbreak; a 1 gj was captured making for tho raili . tracks. I hreo wore, cornered in J I other canyon a milo wost of the t' F by mounted pursuers, but havo not t , ttiken. . . , it I i Tho guards returning with tnoIfc prisoners were greeted bv tho conyJE with an uproar of groans aud it J! then discovered that in tho excitoOTk of the pursuit. another prisoner hadiF capod, making tweuty in all. M Shortly before 7 o'clock tonighUV fugitives were discovorod hiding '-W barn within a block of tho penitent Two were captured by guards, butBf got away from tho ollicers, who fe , to fire because of a crowd in tnoiI einity. B Nine Caught All Told. j y This made a total of seven re j tured. A littlo later Warden. All 5 arrived at the penitentiary with men he had taken single-handed. . B raised the number to nine rccaptu of the ninotoen in the original j ? away. . . & A searching party of citizens , ffj organized at 8 o'clock to make a ho t to-house search of every house in. . north end of tho town in tho hopi )l finding moro of tho men and to I t suro tho terror-stricken citizens. It is believed that the ton cony HI left of the original nineteen audi; k one who engineered his own escape. in the hills back of tho town surroi cd bv a dossc and will not be captt before morning. j Break in Ohio. 1 1 COLUMBUS. O., Oct. 12. Four of; U most deBpcralo convicts In tho Ohio P tcntlarv made a dnrlnp escape touaj sawing through the bars of a Hewer n 5t hole behind tho prison hospital., drop 0 Into the underground tunnel and w t ln their way to the outlot of tho o f on the banks of the Scioto rivor. j. |