Show 1114 0 J REVOLT OF CONVICTS prisoners pr boners in colorado penitentiary make desperate dash for freedom kirsch hirsch kuykendall Euy kendall a convict at the colorado state penitentiary located at canon cit was shot and killed early monday while attempting to escape with five other desperate prisoners s dr T D palmer and the hospital steward were mak ng the morning rounds kuykendall complained of be ing III and the doctor prepared for an eximina ion the prisoner drew a bottle supposed to contain nitro gly cerine and ordered the two men to chlow up ther their hands they did and five other convicts then overpowered cell housekeeper clarence cleghorn and steward john E keete keefe the four prison officials thus made prisoners were stripped of their clothing which the convicts donned taking the alx d tor for and the steward with them they proceeded toward the gates on the way the mutineers captured warden john C Cleg cleghorn horns s wife and forced her tu go along using her as a shield to prevent the guards from f fir r ing at them the inner and 0 iler iter gates were blown off their hinges with dynamite which the condic a had somehow secured but an attempt to T force the armory was foiled M an while warden cleghorn had aimed from town and collecting the guards ordered them to shoot the fugitives whenever A an opportunity I itself but to do so without injuring mrs cleghorn holding knives over the woman the mutineers shouted that they would kill hill her if the guards fired mrs cleghorn tainted fainted and the con evicts then took tool to their heels pursued by the guards kuykendall was killed by yardmaster john dark clark after shouting ill never be taken alive not go back to that bole hole james armstrong was overtaken by will cleghorn son of the warden and was severely beaten over the head with a revolver but was not fatally wounded the other fugitives were tal en alive |