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Show PRISONERS BREAKOUT 'Three Orerpowcr Deputy I I and Escape From Wyo-; Wyo-; ming Jail. j . J CASPER, Wyo.. May 13. While Deputy ' " Sheriff Webb .was giving water to a pris oner In the county Jail last night he was 'overpowered and disarmed by Ed Lee, 'Martin Tour and William Wardlows, three desperate outlaws, who made their j escape after securing guns, ammunition ( ; and clothing from the Sheriff's office and 'horses and saddles from the stables. ! . They bound and gagged Sheriff Webb's wife and choked her, but before depart-: depart-: Ing removed the gag and bade her good- 1 UThe trio rode away In the direction of , the Casper mountains. ; Deputy Sheriff Hart organised a posse and started In pursuit, overtaking the : bandits near the summit of the mountains, moun-tains, seven miles from town, where a battle occurred. Citizens with field glasses witnessed the beginning of the fight, but night came ' on and the outcome is not known. I Lea was formerly a deputy sheriff, and knows every foot of the country. He ! was awaiting trial for horse stealing. i Tour la a cattle thief and Wardlows is a forger and all-around border crook. A second posse left Casper and a third will Join the chase at midnight. The out-lews, out-lews, being well armed and mounted, it be a difficult task to recapture them. |