Show ESCAPING BANDITS SHOOT SHERIFF AND ANDSON SON Wife Stunned by Blow and Two Daughters Locked in Jail By fly Associated Press LEMARS la Ta Nov 15 Wiliiam William Maxwell son son of Sheriff Maxwell was probably fatally wounded last night when he was shot by escaping prisoners prison prison- ers era In the Plymouth county jail JalU His father Hugh Maxwell was also shot his mother was stunned by a blow over the head and his two sisters were lock locked d In the Jail The men who escaped es escaped escaped es- es were Lee Darrington Barrington Harry Smith W. W Cullon and James OKeefe captured by Sioux City police after robbing the Westfield bank at Westfield Westfield West- West field la Ia on October 27 and William Convey who was awaiting trial for at attempting at- at I at-I tempting to shoot Sheriff Maxwell SHERIFF SHOT The shooting and escape occurred at 6 30 as the Maxwell family was delivering delivering delivering ering supper to prisoners In the jail The sheriff his wife and the son were I in a corridor from the kitchen of ot their living rooms rooms to the jail and the two men were shot by Convey I Sheriff Maxwell was shot In the right side but his Injury is said to be slight The two girls Fern and Clara were behind Smith and Convey V who ho were walking in the corridor and the sherIff sheriff sher sher- iff and his son William were In the act of passing their trays Into the C cells The sheriff noticed Convey preparing for an attack and made a motion to draw his gun Convey was the quicker however and Maxwell dropped with a bullet in his side MOTHER STUNNED William Maxwell turned at the sound of ot the shot and a bullet from Conveys Convey's gun entered his left eye and It is thought pe penetrated the brain As he crumpled to the floor Convey sent another another another an an- other bullet into his right side Mrs Maxwell rushed to her sons son's side and as she stooped over oyer him one I of ot the prisoners sprang from a cell celland celland cell celland and dealt her ablow with the leg of a chair knocking her unconscious The fugitives next took the guns from the tho sheriff and his son and I after locking the two little girls In n. n I j cell entered the sheriffs sheriff's home Here r i they took a shotgun two automatic I pistols and two sheepskin coats and I escaped through the front door I Citizens of Lemars Ia la today raised 2500 reward for tor the capture dead or alive allye of the five I prisoners who EScaped es ES es- |