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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
3
The Gretna chase ends as convicts Gray and Dowd are killed and Morley surrenders. Roy Blunt, an innocent farmer, dies. posse members and militiamen pursue the fugitives toward the Platte river after a four day escape from Murdock and Lincoln.
Lincoln reports three escaped convicts seen early Monday riding a hand car stolen from Home section house. They paused at South Bend and Murdock to gather gear and supplies including items from local stores and a hardware shop as they flee toward unknown routes.
Three escaping convicts in Lincoln, after killing Warden Delahunty and two assistants, hid at the home of Joseph Dickman at 2709 Van Dorn. They fed there, warned residents not to alert authorities, then moved to a milk wagon and fled toward town aided by their driver. A posse later spotted a wagon in a snow drift, guiding the escape toward a lumber yard near Twentieth and R streets.
March 14 three convicts Shorty Gray John Dowd and Charles Morley escaped Nebraska Penitentiary after killing Warden Delahunty Deputy Wagner and Usher Heilman. They looted hardware store for gear and fled across fields, taking hostages and using a handcar on the Rock Island tracks. Police and state guards pursued, with widespread panic and two others wounded.
A violent breakout at the state penitentiary ends with Deputy Warden Wagner and Warden Delahunty killed after convicts led by Dowd and Gray use modern automatic and long rifles. Doody is wounded and Morley reports two guns. Militia and guards conducted a cell search revealing knives and burglary tools among inmates.
Prison guard complicity exposed as material used to blast a door and weapons were smuggled in from outside by trusted inmates. Police investigate internal security failures and potential collusion among staff and prisoners.
A caller pleads to Mr Hardhead for his daughter's hand in marriage. The Old Gentleman expresses emotion, noting she is his only child and her mother is gone. Mr Hardhead hastily says there is no objection.
Magistrate demands a hearing in court and the deaf defendant agrees reluctantly. The magistrate insists the defendant must pay to see a specialist, delivering a sharp verbal rebuke. The scene portrays courtroom friction and a tense exchange over medical access.
Murine eye remedy marketed as a non patent preparation from the Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. It claims use by oculists and physicians with illustrated book in each package. Sold to the public in aseptic tubes at 2¢ and 5¢ per bottle.
A dated quip on cold plunges comforts fears of hiccups as a skating mishap is cited. The speaker jokes about the Millennium ending certain remedies. A remark on women suggests they may avoid eating if busy with other tasks.
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