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Show STRANGLED BY THEIR GUARDS. Fate of Servian Officers Who Became Weary of Prison Life. Delgrade, Servla. An cxtraordlnarj .)ccurrenco In tho government prison hero Sunday resulted In tho death ol two former olllcers nnd frco street rioting. Tho two tinny olllcers, whe wero appointments of so-called regl-cldo regl-cldo regiments wero detained In prison on n trivial charge. DcIhk driven to despair by tho delay and Illegal obstacles put In the way ol bringing their cases to trial, tho two prisoners, whllo exercising In tho corridor, cor-ridor, wrested guns from tho prison guards and, barricading themselves In n room, llred through tho windows Into tho street. Tho commandant ol tho prison ordered tho guards to selza them nnd a desperate fight followed. Two guards wero wounded, and, according ac-cording to olllclal ncconnt, tho two formor officers committed suicide with tholr last cartridges. Other accounts, howover, say that tho two ofllcera wero Strang M by tho guards, who then emptied their revolvers lno tho lifeless bodies of tho men. |