OCR Text |
Show IWUTAim If flllS I Farm Laborer Beaten and Son Kidnaped by Fugitives 1 Portland, Ore, June :I0 A special to the Oregonlan from Salem, Oregon, ; says two escaped penitentiary con- , vlcts at Vuena Vista clubbed Henry ; Starr, a farm hand, nearly to death i and kidnaped his young son yester- day. j Starr and lhe bay were driving In- j to Ruena Vista when they encountered encounter-ed the convicts. The fugitives wanted want-ed to gain possession of the wagon and when they found that parleying j was unsuccessful fell on Starr, beat-i beat-i lng .himuumerclfullr" with clubs. j I Starr succumbed to the attacks and his assailants took possession of the wagon, and. taking the boy with them, drove south. They have not been caught The convicts are Harry Brcnnau. serving two years from Umatilla conn-ty conn-ty for larceuy. with but three months to serve, and John Worms- dorff, serving one and one sulf years j in the penitentiary from Multnomah i county with nine months to servo. There were trusties at the state I penitentiary and escaped from the in I Mltutlon last Saturdjiy when Ihey were sent to a hay field. They took their pitchforks with them when leaving leav-ing ami it is understood here made their attack with these formidable weapons. Details of the assault are meagre here, owing to the Inaccessibility of Buena Vista by wire, but it Is stited though Starr is in a serious condition, j he Is not fatall) hurt. I |