Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-15 | Page 1 | Posse Captures Two Fugitives

POSSE CAPTURES TWO FUGITIVES 3 Hostages Released 6 Elude Searchers Jr MALESTER ALESTER Okla Okia May 15 UP Two Two of the eight convicts who le lea lee leea a break from the McAlester stat state penitentiary were wera captured ear earh t today day in southeastern Oklahoma s lJ short time after three hostages had been released The six six fugitives had separated S into two bands and were believed hiding in the mountainous southeastern south eastern section One of the hostages Tuck Cope arg arg who was iod when the convicts escaped Wednesday after killing kUling another guard was shot inthe inthe in inthe the neck The other hostages were unharmed They were Victor Conn another guard and Wilburn D Doak ak a farmer The convicts Archie Herring and Bill BiU Anderson serving terms for robbery were taken from their caron caron car caron on a remote road rond in the southeastern southeast southeast- em ern section without a shot being fired The guards were found by officers who were searching for the fugi fugi- tives They were sitting by the side of the road Doak was released near Antlers Two of the fugitives Julius Bohannon Bohannon Bo- Bo hannon and Claude Beaver were said to have separated from their companions Fred Daugherty secretary to the warden returned to the penitentiary early today after joining officers Inthe in inthe inthe the hunt near Antlers Doak was seized yesterday by the fugitives near Blanco Banco as he was riding his horse on a country road Shortly after taking him host hostage ge the he fugitives stopped at the farm home lome of Mrs Robert Taylor near Blanco and forced her to prepare a meal for them Governor E. E W. W Marland in Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa City indicated ho he was prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to call out national guardsmen guardsmen guards guards- men to help hep in the the search if sary C. C D. D Powell superintendent of ho tho prison brick plant was killed another guard was wounded and nine convicts felled by shotgun slugs when the brea break occurred Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day Powell was forced to accompany Conn onn and Cope as hostages when the he prisoners fled LIed Later Powell was shot through the tho head and thrown from the fugitives' fugitives automobile automo- automo bile blIe ile in McAlester I