Show A VICIOUS PRISONER A Convict in the Auburn New York Ten Murders Fellow Prisoners Armed with a Knife He Drakes a Terrible Onslaught on the Inmates of tho Broom Shop NEW Yom April 17John Johnson known as the Blue Nigger from Clyde ran amuck in the broom shop of the Auburn Au-burn prison this morning Armed with a harp knife used in cutting broom corn he first attacked Charles Peck a fellow convict leaving him dead in his tracks Next he fatally stabbed Daniel Britten a convict and severely wounded several others The blade entered Brittens stomach and he now lies in a precarious condition in the hospital audit is though he will die Johnson stabbed right and left while at liberty The blade of the knife was broken off during the melee and can not be found He directed a vicious blow at Keeper litahell after the blade was broken but did not penetrate his clothing The keeper drew his revolver but just a he was about to pull the trigger somebody hit his arm and the ball went wide of the mark It frightened Johnson into surrendering rendering however and he was taken to the prison jail Pecks death was caused by a wound in the breast which penetrated the heart An autopsy showed a gash in his heart in which a finger could be inserted The I cause of the trouble is said to have been an old grudge held by Johnson against a I number of convicts in the shop He made a threat that as soon Captain Baker had a day off he would do up the shop Baker was not on duty today and Johnson started execution in early to carry his threat into |