Nebraska prison escape and mass battle with guards
Three convicts Shorty Gray John Dowd and Charles Morley escaped Nebraska penitentiary after killing Warden Delahunty Deputy Wagner and Usher Heilman. They terrorized residents robbed a hardware store stole a handcar and eluded guards in a days long pursuit. Rewards totaling up to 1800 are offered for the killers with further bounties for return of escapees.
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Shorty Gray
John Dowd
Charles Morley
Nebraska Penitentiary
Delahunty
Wagner
Asher Heilman
J. E. Dickman
Lincoln
Hunger of
Elmer Hall
Havelock
Murdock
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Rock Island
Meadow
Farmer
Harry Blount
Gretna
Gray
Dowd
Morley
James Delahunty
Henry Wagner
E. G Hellman
Thomas J. Doody
West Cell
Taylor, Dowd and Morley
Desperate Convicts Captured After Gretna Battle
Convicts led by Morley escapee Gray and Dowd were cornered near Gretna after robbing stores at Murdock. Gray died in the gunfight, Dowd shot himself, Morley surrendered and was taken to the penitentiary. Roy Blunt, an innocent farmer, was killed during the escape chase.
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Dowd
Gretna
Lincoln
Morley
Penitentiary
Delahunty
Roy Blunt
Omaha
Hyers
Murdock
Neb
Shorty” Gray
Eikenbary
Lancaster County
Posse
Shorty
Escape attempt at Nebraska state prison ends in killings
Three convicts stormed the Nebraska state penitentiary gatehouse chapel, killing Deputy Warden Wagener, Heilman, and Warden Delahunty. A fourth guard Thomas Doody was wounded but may recover. Escapees were Charles Taylor alias Shorty Gray, John Dowd, and Charles Morley, led by a gang leader from Aurora.
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Iowa
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Missouri Penitentiary
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Knoxville
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J. Doody
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Shorty Gray
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Rogers
Aurora
Giltner
John Dowd
Cass County
Perate
Harry Forbes
John Martin
Platte River
Gilmer
Burglar Tools Found in Prison Cells During Search
Militiamen with prison guards conducted a thorough cell search at the penitentiary. Reports claim burglar tools were found among inmates, though Adjutant General Phelps denies the discovery. The account circulates as common gossip among the guards.
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Phelps
Sheriff’s chase: three escapees ride hand car to Murdock
Lincoln reports three escaped convicts seen at dawn moving through South Bend on a stolen hand car from Prairie Home. They halted at Murdock to loot a hardware and a general store, taking clothing ammo and firearms including a shotgun and revolver from Louis Maxwell’s hardware shop.
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Platte River
Prairia
Murdock
South Bend
Davis
Maxwell Hardware Store
Prairie Home
Lincoln
Rock Island
Traced from Lincoln to a Point in Lincoln
The three convicts who murdered Warden Delahunty and two assistants were sheltered at Joseph Dickman’s 2709 Van Dorn Street home Thursday afternoon. They then moved toward Twentieth and R streets in a milk wagon, fleeing in fear as a posse hunted them near haystacks and drifted streets before evading capture.
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Penitentiary
Drew
Sam
Melick
Schmitt
Dickman Place
Dickmans
Randolph
Hunger
Gray
Shorty” Gray
Asher Hellman
Syre
Railway Commissioner probes Lexington train stopping complaint
Railway Commissioner Winnett spent several days at Lexington taking testimony about a Union Pacific grievance. Citizens allege trains were stopped on the second track from the depot forcing passengers to alight on the far side and claim discrimination compared with dismounting near side at Columbus Grand Island Fremont and elsewhere.
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Lexington
the Place
Union Pacific Railroad
Columbus
Grand Island
Fremont
Bryan denies plan to push prohibition plank at convention
Lincoln Neb William J Bryan denies proposing a prohibition plank at the upcoming Democratic national convention and states he will seek adoption if proposed.
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William
J. “Bryan
Maine Sunk Again in Havana Harbor Burial
Under lowering skies and heavy seas the old battleship Maine, resurrected after fourteen years buried in Havana harbor, sank to her eternal resting place six hundred fathoms deep in the gulf with colors flying.
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Maine
Havana Harbor
Gulf
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