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? wab a nmoim4'.Father and Son HilpOathtr In Kit* Imped CooTieUAmong those who anlatad In rupturing e*ctp«d convict* it Norton-ville ltit week were John and Foy Weishaar. brother and nephew ol John Wbltehalr of tbin county.About 2 o'clock John Weishaar and I his son Fny, who w« ro gathering oorn on their farn which idjoina the town8 of Nortonvlllf, noticed a party of flvo men who kept in hiding in the gullies of the oorn Hold as much ai poaalble.Finallv the oonvlcls sneaked to-ward* the Weishaar home, secreting themselves in tho barm The elder Weishaar then nuapocted the mon were the escaped convioti and left at9 ; once for Nortonville which is about a r quarter of n mile away. Upon their| arrival the oily marshal was notified| and the poise formed. The posse | carried rifles. shotguns and pielola. | In going to the Weiibatr borne theylay down in the wagon box. Only ( Foy Welahaar, the driver, could bo be seen. Upon tholr arrival they took positions surrouuding tho baru.The poiso had previously decided that it would be best to work a piece oi strategy in order that nil the convict? might b« captured alive. Foy mid his fntherentereil the hayloft and after some parley and n light in which no one was hurt assisted in capturing the five men.
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Abilene Weekly Reflector
Abilene, Kansas, US
Thu, Nov 14, 1901
Page 6
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