| Show FIERCE FIEROE FIGHT FICHT WITH CONVICTS Escapes from Folsom Lay Low Three Guardsmen THEY TIlEY GET GE A AWAY W A AJUN AU AIN It hUll Mm t us all aU t II I II Ho no treated sit lit VIrt VIro LeIts on tUu Duth rial iUt enl mi Aus Au i Two of the thi were ere surrounded here her this evening und u tL light Ight It U Is I BUI posed that thai ono OIW un of the Yae a ashot shot by ly Glen Olea was shot In tIe Hit h d by the Cal AUK Au con can Un UnIte i Ite who ho escaped Calet from Folsom pilson nI r still at large llie 1 he live who IiO engaged in III u t fatal tatul right the tI in ceta nt lit the tIl Victory mine last night haW not been Imm neon en today toJa antI anil ap ar apparently t luwe made a II L HUce re 11 ret t tiMit In their haste to get away tram from Font the und tutU sheriffs they th y J left a n water MUc r can cnn ev r l hate and f Orne me meon ti on Ih t lt hillside It ire last Jut 1 conflict 1 dead bodies of ot J Rutherford a d AV W V t l Jonea JOIl the two tIVO militiamen ho wore trL shot by the outlaw v tc found this morning hero they th hud had attn Jones JaMs hail had In the Philip an no a ct member of the Klist Ten Tan n Hoe He anil volunteer In tan lantry try At AL GUI Gill the national win wh was wall shot through one lung Is Ic now nol a 1 to recover Another victim of the th convict chase chMelS as lS Phillip Stringer a resident of title till t lie He In 18 hard of at hearing and ond filling f to respond r to an order to halt flit 1111 Shot by 11 a picket early title thle morning A report tills evening state l that thai tour four our convicts not lIot believed to he be bethe hethe heI the he I who vho a the ho t 1 li t night nigh I were discovered dl today toda near lien I In lii the tho creek by hy bya byI a I i but wi io fur far as um known knowlI without result tl I t mt t light between n the con rn vl it is mill of ot company 11 II of ot th tat mutt IN WAS WIlS ai 1111 a seven men Jut n ell pur i trail that hail b been lieen cn i v l miler I In III the tiny till Their rimel r first fi ret lion nt lit C the th l of tH i time the convicts aa 18 v 1 tn In n the tIt latter laller opened lire nr on cut them at Iloie IIII vu a II hiding lug In I u the bru h members of ot Smiths full tull at lit the th first volley Thy ThyI I I Join Jun and Gill The I the lire 1111 of ot the time I at nt the saute Hame titan time I 4 th tI lull bill unil tuni let left I Ct I time the men lun to I aIT of or Gill managed to tomake make hll way Vu the lull hill to u ti place I nf ot r Mid traM waH then thell picked u UI bj by b and und ta m m to the he I mUll mine mUlli t i of the buill Is of or the coin let I the pm SUITS made no Ito attempt to get i iJ back bak to the thc th scene III of ut the battle batth to 10 learn karn j the tIit fate falo of at the tn other t two o men Immen I NII of ot th battle spread to Ph aPI the oun try tr Hill id by hy h o oil k ti th the hilt hill Willi as by IJ a II large lu 11 t fumei the th of or time the L uny by Ly and lint with the Ihl in II wu wa a II JO fJ df ti C III yeni zett tHun headed hea ed h by the ho s sun Ion Dallas m nn within sound und Highl of or the time lighting fighting hut but dared not lire Ire for fear of or hitting hilling time the militiamen lit I I Smith ei e there were tour four convicts In time the baud band that opened firu on his hUt men macu but lie Ito h woe was unable to 10 Men iden identify my any an of ot them except negro Seals teavIe It was woe Impossible to have 1111 u Il cordon I r extended round the hill hili for some gome hours r The rite cordon IDId covered nearly two mile antI and required over oer n it hundred hUll re men mell Oe tle fore torI the picket lines lin could be formed It u ula la II quite possible the convicts got away t eastward along the creek erek rr k kIt It la le thought that the plan Illon of or tho th con convicts Is ie to hoot boot their pursuers front from N N ambush am and take chances chalices of getting gelling away II BATTLE WAS AS FOUGHT Placer Cal Col Aug ug 1 p II i in mn Special messengers have hae ho Just here anil report that a IL fight light took place a short time timO ago 1110 about three miles from rOm town between the sheriffs posse aided aIde by b t the Placerville militia and ami the convicts The fhe Th scene seemie of ot the fight was uI the Victory Victor mine The rhe chief clerk of the time Fol om has hall telephoned that Ihal three thre e of ot the elmer sher sheriffs iffs ItTs posse jO were vere killed and Unit that I two convicts are lire thought to hoe have L n wounded It Is III stated that preparations arc nrc bo Je boIng Ing lug made to lIet et Ore lire to the Grand arand VII Vie lory toty tOI mine amine In Its which the time coin convIcts lets have hae taken The Time news of ot the fight was Wae brought to Placerville by h two of ut b the time pursuers J JA JA 1 A of prison anti ami henry Hemy lien Walter u II militIamen militiaman who arrived be between between tween tweEt 0 U ami ull 7 They The came dashing up UI Hie tle main street nf of the town tow II with u ml boy from the vicinity of the tho battle driving the time team on n II dead gal gallop galloP gallop lop tIme The two twit jumped tram from their seats before fore the tho reins reine were drawn and anti waving their theli hands frantically be Je begun gun gUll cr loudly fur for u II doctor dottor mind and se me To lo more rapidly secure reinforce reinforcement reinforcements ment ments one Ohio of them stepped Into the time street and llred his lila rule rille several times DIP population of quickly gathered about the pursuer who grew reW wildly Impatient with the tite babel of ot clamoring voices olcen oil all cocking for fur par nar of the affray how 1101 many were Vere killed who vimo killed and where did It and nil all the tho wild variety of ot questiOnS that could be suggested by h minds were thrown at time the overwhelmed hel 11 and distracted ll man hunters und Waiters finally be became came angry with the clamorous 1111 II citi citizens zen acne whose WhOM volley olley of oC questions com coin completely drowned the voices of ot the mimes mes senior What hat wo su want IH is more moore men mell to go 10 out theme thero arid and a II doctor to attend allem the time wounded Two 10 of the uJ 00 vere hurt hutt The words come came III In a n loud command commanding ing tone tono tram front who hud hilt col vol his when his hll anger minger arose aroI because of the frantic efforts of the mob to Information und mind In Insist Insisting insistIng ing In on having particulars which could not nol be given All that lieges neIs and Walters knew was as that two of ot the militiamen had hall been hurt six of the soldier boys Joys bar hav hn n ambushed by the time convicts convict and that and armed assistance was wu as badly had I net e Men Ien rushed to their theli hOlIes bones und mind In n II few minutes were WeN on the time streets sU prepared 1 to so iO o to the time seen scene of ot hostilities to avenge the possible death o or of two townsmen C A BeeR one on of at the lo t o who re rt returned e turned 1 to with the of the time battle aid ald About oUI 50 tO snots enote wyre w re llred altogether and the bruce bravo guardsmen gave gate as ae freely with their lh lr gum guile as they the took tr k time The bullets bullet whis whistled tied lied down oter oer us The hattie battle was wal ae short Jilt bit Herre and the shooting ceased one of ot the th soldiers down downtime time the hIllside a fI short distance and cried Two of o the th boys boyn lire are hurt g gl get t doctors mimi lint and ami I ran tull a 1 mile to get gel a n wagon to drive to II Tho The battle occurred within yards of at Gipes house houle where tho time convicts ap lip appeared Ht ut t noon When Imen Henry hear Walter Waiters had hod collected himself ho he was wag wa able alile to tell tail his lila story We Ve had bad been at mit the jime foot toot of the time ravine only a 0 few tew h he said I and und the thebo bo boyS 8 bad imad almost reached th time the Alien ohEn Imen the shooting commenced and situ time the bullets cam lIml last a t We could not mint see seethe seethe the light b caum of ot the brush It wax waH a II tryIng situation rill for or us u at lit the time bottom hollom of or time the lull hill The Tite bullets were humming around us tie but we W could do III shootIng We might have imae lilt hit the time of ot the time convicts Then rhemi otie olle of ot the men In khaki uniform emerged from the brush up Ui the hill hilt and antI called out to us i ito to for dotor do and amid reinforce reinforcements ments Owing to the of ot t th the scene rene of battle which occurred near neBI Cool and lime fact that night tell fell almost Im ml Immediately immediately mediately following allowing the tIme receipt of or the first firel news neR details are coming coining In lit slow slowly ly I It H Is known however that tho the posse assisted n by n a force re of oC time the mIlitIa came upon unon some of the fugitives s near n or the th Grand ranel Vic TIc Victory It tory mine about dunk ilUk and shots were at once onre exchanged Dallas Te ie e son of Sheriff Is said to bo Ie among the time clam Alain anti and a message by L toys his body was wan found along the time roadside Militiaman Dill VIII was shot that through the Ihl bOil body and is not nol expected to live The treated greatest anxiety lucre here concerning the time safety of the soldiers It H Is known that six lx Ix of them went ent Into time the brush after the time convicts and time the only tines tince of ot them was the wounded Dill who was ca unable to give any Rny clue concerning hl his companions Additional forces are being to the tho mine tonight and If It a II battle haute N tiC not mint fought tonight the nor pur will be In III a Cl strong position to tomorrow tomorrow morrow to give Je the time convicts a fight ACCOUNT OF OP FIGHT Cal Cul Au 1 1 News of a des dell berate battle between five Ie out outlaws outlaws laws lillis anti and nd the time posse poise under Sheriff Hh hoe Dos quit of county reached the prison on tonight According to time the Information Information mation motIon telephoned here by tho the thol posse l discovered a band of five 01 fl on a n hIlt hill between tIme the Grand Orand y emend Hunks exchange tour miles mills east enst of ot Diamond Springs and seven slen list east of ot The fhe convicts under cover coer of or the thick returned time the fire of time the po with dead deadly ly my effect It 19 Is reported that three members of ot the time company of o the Second S Infantry N 0 O C r who have been heen mr fr erv Ing IlIg as members of or Ho toe pom sInce time the company compan was veiled colled on by h time the gov SOV governor fell In hi their tracks at Ut the time first volley vall from the th convicts while a fourth number member of ot the time posse pose Dill by byname byname name was seriously wounded All five VI members of or the convict band hand we i ere vere arm atm armed ed et with anti and they the kept up a n m merr merry rry fire from their post poet of vantage on the higher round ground t of time the hili bill Th The mmes names of ot time three who vho tell fell un tin under mice der the fire of o the thc convicts were not known when made his hla hi report to the prison n nIt It was wag announced 1 that the time convicts two of whom are believed to have been n n n nhit hit lilt are ci now lit I I in the brush Tosses POHle coun roun country tr try to artS are hu JI t time ii II scene to cur sur ur round the yio th en ento dl It Is hi purposed to burn l th theta m front from 0 cover t |
