Show CONVICTS condic Ts FIGHT WITH POSSE three desperate criminals give battle when they abandon hope of regaining their freedom salem palera ore in a battle between a posse of 0 sixty men and three con ylita who had escaped from tho state penitentiary ono one of the convict Is dead and the other two seriously wounded two regular pitched battiest were taught fought on the banks of the willamette alvor about 15 miles south of here ono one saturday night and tho other sunday morning the dead man Is george carter I 1 sentenced from eastern oregon for or horse stealing carter was the lead er ot of the gang he was shot through i the wrist and in the forehead george duncan was wag shot through the stomach and will probably die lie he at also was serving a sentence tor for horise stealing and Is believed mohave to have been bebla carters partners albert fearls was shot through the left arm tho bullet lodging in his lung lin la is in a condition ile he was serving a sentence for burg burglary lury |