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CONVICTS TAKE- RIDE #ON HUDSON LINEOn Tuesday evening L'Anse was \ thrown into a tumult of excitement when it was reported that John Du- 1 guoy*s seven-pnnsengcr Hudson was 1 stolen by four convicts, who with nine 4 others escaped from the branch pria- ] on at Marquette Sunday afternoon. ^ They hended for Houghton and imme- . diote pursuit was made. |Sheriff Kotilft telephoned Sheriff Kohlhousc at Houghton who sent out , deputies to intercept the prisoners. j They wore caught hidden in the coal , hunkers of the tug Nellie Cotton, the , tug being tied up at Houghton for the season.The four men taken gave their names as Fred Zangcr, 21, serving , time' for breaking and entering; Coa-imir Wilwis, 21, in prffcon for high- , v/ny robtery; Alex Mon troy, 26, aent up for robbery while armed; and Max Kraamski, 19,’ doing u stretch for highway robbery.They arrived in L'Anse in the afternoon, having walked fourteen mfles |, fhn.) the Murgcon river bridge, where j they abandoned an Essex with a broken lear wheel which they stole in Marquette. They camped near the the river for the night. Arriving in L'An*c they made several purchases of f.iod and tobacco.The chase waa an excitir.g one. « Sheriff Kotila with Deputy W. E. Col-lfitg, Harold Anderson and Arnold Johnson started in pursuit from this lt;er.d. while Paul Hogan nnd n force offi deputies in the sheriff’s high-powered car started for L’Anae. At Carbon- ; eau'a plnce, this aide of ChasRell, a \ car looking like the Hudson passed. lt;The deputies were sure it wag the I car they wanted but in the gathering lt;darkness they could not make the i positive identification. Turning, they , I started in pursuit. Had Hogan been i sure it was the Hudson they might ^ i have been able to disable the Hudson * before reaching Houghton. ,but lnc':-jl ing positive information they decid-ji ©d to abide their t*nie.Ah the two car# raced into Hough- 1 ton, Hogan was able to place the * other car positively. It was the mlss-J1 ing Hudson. The two cars passed;* down College avenue and onto Shel-.J den street. As they neared the Doug-: lass House. Hogan saw his opportu- 1 nity. He determined to crowd the] curbing near the Douglass House and no capture the convicts.The sftppery pavement made this 1 plan of no avail. The sheriff's car skidded and turned around and the ‘ Hudson, tearing down Isle Royale 1 street at the Houghton bank corner, ' got away.The driver, who was probably Wil-wris, a chauffeur. Raw the lake juat ( ahead. Accordingly, he turned east at the foot of Iale Royale street and proceeded along the railroad tracks. The sheriff's car was stalled on the , Htrect but the officers jumped out and ran down the hill.They trailed the Hudson down the alley, onto the road near the railroad track, past tho Amphidrome to the . South Shore freight depot, where it waa abandoned. Patrols wcro put and the yards searched by armed men and boys, the convicts being found by|. John McGunty, Jack Foley, Floyd -Burr and Henry Ruellc, who examined the tug Nellie Cotton.The convicts were returned to Marquette Tuesday on the noon train.The Hudson was found to* be in rrxcelleht condition, there being no damage done to it in its fast trip to HoughtonA reward of $250 each wan offered by the state for the capture of these men. the boys dividing one thousand dollars bftweon them.The men were fairly well dressed, wearing lumbermen's clothing.
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The Lanse Sentinel
L' Anse, Michigan, US
Fri, Dec 01, 1922
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