| Show CONVICTS CAPTURE SHERIFF COOK I Used Him as asa a Shield to Effect tt tat Their Escape i j jI jW I WALKED W ALlEO 1 AWAY AVAY VA YlO TO LIBERTY l t u is 1 ort C u li I ero Sl rl l e eTo To ru Fm I I i Ian Kan J ln Nov 10 A strange scene scone was waR enacted at ut Pauline Paulina a Q email smal town tovim miles mies south sonth front from frol here at nt 7 thin evening when two of the tIme escaped federal penitentiary lalY convicts using as n mi I shield tho thin sheriff of at thin Shawnee county and amid a n woman the tho Ifo of ii a 1 farmer In iii whose they hud had taken refuge walked wal cd through a cordon conI al of police who ho could have easily captured them bade them n a 1 cordial farewell and then shipped ed out out The rime Themen men amen len had 1101 hal captured time the officer and using hOrn him together with time the woman as a n means to escape again At this afternoon some farmer fanner boys Pauline became acquainted with whIm wih time the tact fact that two tso convicts were In the time neighborhood and soon hind had hOI u to posse organized and Veme ero chasing the thu convicts nil all al over Oer limo tho country countr The rho es escaped prisoners had no anus arnie or alumna ammu ammunition amru and arid were ere compelled to run inn rn be i fore toro the posse pass I which was armed with rifles riles somali small smal pistols clubs cluba and alli most every kind of small weapons The Time sheriff sherlf noon heard iward of the time condi lion tion ton of affairs and started to time the scene acetic He lie noon comm came cume U to the time le IJ up convicts and amid ald fired fled wounding rounding the men muon but ut not dla dis them thorn The Time convicts then lied fled through n a email smal open Olen space In ha tho time tim lel ber her and ran Into the time house of at a I farmer tm named Wooster Meanwhile the Ole sheriff sherif had imad telephoned to Topeka for ron help Sheriff Sherl Cook thought the time convicts hind had run mu around time the house houst and lie Ime started through the time own c a door thinking to sur surprise surprise prise price them at the back door But In Instead instead stead Blead of this time the convicts had hind gone onu Into the house and und as u time the sheriff ran maim In iii he fell fel right Into tho time arms urine of the time con Ion connets nets nearest the door He lIe le was ns ordered to give up his hil gun Iun which he lie did illi Dep Dp Deputy p uty Sheriff Sherif Williams had by this time reached rea hel time the house not knowing what had happened and ant he too was as gathered In by b the convicts Chief Stahl with wih eight has hastened hastened hastened to the time scene and arrived lr at af after ath ator ter h or r the other hUll hind been Imprisoned onCI about an nn hour Chief Stahl Im Immediately Immediately mediately began negotiations with wih the convicts to 10 give ghe up their prisoners und and to surrender themselves but they the could not hot lot see sec It that way nay Farmer Fanner Wooster then managed to set got seta geta a gun and ant made mado an tin In attack on ll time the con convicts convicts connets nets but was laid low lois by a blow from front time the butt but of a revolver The Time con can convicts hicks broke right hand imand ball and amid cut an ugly u gash Insh In his head The Time leader of the time convicts then told loll Cook ook that he would be killed klell If IC he lie made the time slightest move moe looking toward their lick thel capture amid nd he promised to be good In time the meantime 1 time the po o 0 olice lice on the time outside were afraid to do o anything because hc convicts threatened to kill ki the Imprisoned 01 cers core If they time the did didAt dil At 7 the convicts had imad man mn managed managed aged agell to revive Mrs Ir Wooster Wolter who had fainted tainted from fright and placed Sheriff Sherif Cook mind and Ind her In front of them as shields They Time then started out after ater lust first exacting a n promise from Sheriff Cook that he would not permit any an of ot the to fire Ire at them Then the time prisoners left lett time the he house and started down the railroad track track They The walked through a 0 cordon corlon of po iio police lice officers who could have intro easily cap captured cured them but time the sheriff sherif had given the convicts his imis word that they would not be molested and they th time were not After Ater walking down for tor some distance the time convicts suddenly disappeared red through a to 1 hedge fence lence after neer bidding time the th officers a so I mocking farewell One of the time police sergeants an tl In attendance n said Bald he could have easily casl touched the time lending passed convicts with wih his hiI ham haiti hal as lS they The Time convicts hall hail gotten goten u a 1 good start before the had hind from their surprise Then hen some of time the lut lse Iome po policemen vani d to pursue but the th sher almer sheriff lit iff 1 Mould auld I not permit It I as he lie raid said ho lie hud bud et Immunity from arrest to the convicts The Tue chief of police then timen back to town but loft left let tome borne of his life men mel on omm the scene and amid ald they started on a 1 chase on They le lime expect to couture capture th ho convicts before morning as S the he t e entile caine country Is II aroused by 1 time the tl stirring events happening on the time usually Kansas Sunday quiet The Tho ho convicts are arc well seii armed as they tIC f took luok all al the time guns uns In II the time farmhouse in 11 including eluding three of or time the officers before leaving They The arc are both hoth white men m 1 COOKS STOUT Topeka Nan Ian Nov No 10 Sheriff Cook Coole arrived from froom frol nt at lt 10 to tonight tonight tonIght night He lie Ie was 1 somewhat mind all his him clothes were ragged but he ime hezia had zia lost none of or Ins hits 11 nerve by his imla usage at nt the time hands of the convicts In toil tell tellIn tel In Ii I tle tlc story if d ills his hil experiences he mantle made no Attempt to conceal time the hu humorous aspect of tho tim affair Sheriff CooK lOlK raid ahl that when lie he and William i cached thu Ihu scene I Ia A the afternoon af ron one of the tho Comer fanner bo boa bon a n lad Ind of 1 it 18 who vimo hind had been chasing the time convicts was away avny at tin hit men with n it 1 tan lut t rifle Cook snapped his hil revolver five IHo fc times but only two tw cartridges exploded One On bullet bulet lilt hit the of cr f tilt the tl convicts in m the time arm aim aln while caught the time other oilier with witha Ith n a bullet bulet In tIme thu leg teg Then a long chase chue ensued Cook Conk Cok finally InU rounded up at mit tIme the Ih Wooster farmhouse where tho time big bl con Comm convict COl net vict met him him at the door or and amid com coin commanded Cl him to c come me In II Conc Cne In iq Ir here hert or Ill Il kill ki you 0 he ime hC mid midWell Well the tho sheriff related I w went nt In Time The 01 1 was wa Wooster Wolter was ivan wal lying 1111 on a n coch unon unconscious scions Ills His Is skull was las cracked anti ami his hil right hard harrt broken The other convict vas rae crouched behind a n door his imis al dor gun drawn m n me 01 Having flaring searched me ol the big big fel fellow fellow ci low Ion asked If I I was wan wal the tho sheriff herm I am looking for the sheriff ho lie wild said 1 I want to kill ki him the time circum circumstances stances said Sheriff Cook 1 l told him 1 was IS only a ft farmer fa armor Then Th n he lit toll told me nie lie ime hl would take lak me along alon as a a ashield shield front from the mon amen outside and an lila his hil nen had imi arrived by that I ha t time and ad tt U big hiI man told Ie to 1 call cal him Into time the house Ho lie le said raid Pi lu he hI more morl puns guts and rind another shield limit Hut Stahl where he lie Il was iras I was wu to 10 take t kp Mrs 11 arm nr The convicts got us U and Ind In th t that t order wo wc marched w to t the tho tA Held field Mr Airs Wooster was VHS half fainting She Rhe tried to scream rr am hut but 1 I put ut my hand over oer her mouth They reached the hedge time the big bl man Mn 1 hl hll gun jun un ineffectively tn at mc me and amid both oft off or In the darkness Deputy Williams was wan Wi not nt captured c IK as al nt at first frs When hen ho lie saw raw me mo ho he stil off from the tho house taken laken hp o and the convicts did not nt molest him The Tho bl bi bit nan 11 tS about 30 yare 11 old oh ani an hil oY iy about Vi Zi Tho mile little man Inal left heft hi hil shoe sho which wilt will 1 give ghe the bloodhounds bloodhound scent Bunt |
