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Show rUNlTKNTlAUY DELIVERY. Tlhi Frisoiuu-s Attack llitt Wunlnti and Sttvtm of Thorn Waku Their It neeiim that it "can't ho did." Wo roler to keeping men in she penitentiary. peni-tentiary. Tho otUcltils and e,nard;i at that dilapidated establishment have been ehangid aoveral tunes, but no matter who has ehate of tho institution, institu-tion, it is only a question brief time until somo of Iho prisonem iwcape. Vedtonlay altenioon thoro was the most serious escape that ban occurred, M'veu of the inmates funin their liberty, thnmh extrt-mo violence, il not by murder, Tho atl.iir appears somewhat misty, though all the particulars par-ticulars were not obtaiuttbto last even ing. Captain Berger, tho wail-u, was in town yesterday, and after eu!I-hig eu!I-hig up..n tho now marshal, retuimd lo llio penitentiary. It is said that soon alter his arrival there, tho prisoners pris-oners broke thu door leading from tho largo enclosure into tho entry or pen adjoining- the warden's residence. Several of the prisoners passed through the dir, -bich they elo-kl behind them, leaving llio guard and pnson'ra inside. in-side. Hero they met O-tpt. llerger, md two of tho exMivicts, O.iiue. and Patterson, sot upon him with formidable formid-able weapons cobbler awuug in woks. They beat him until he waa senseless, when they ran through the residence, knocking down tho female uousekeeper, and escaping to the open country. The uames of the runaways are Pa t le rso n , b en t e n c ed 1 as t week to throe years for horse -stealing ; Caino, iu lor thirty ye.rs tor murder; Williamson, seven ye vrs for rohbory; Doc. Boll, aw.iiting trial lor killing a man in the 2d district; Puelps, await, ills; a trial for larceny; Smith and Davis, both in for larceny. When they p issed through the bouse, younf Haines, who was recently re-cently lent down for trial from one ot tho corthern counties on a charge of '.reeny, but who has been cooking in the warden's hous seiifvl a gun, loi-loived, loi-loived, and si-Kin soecfcsled iu ha!tin; Bell and Patterson, whom he re turned to the penitentiary. Hii'u? aaia went out And brought luck Caine who taking a cvd bath and hiding in the cretk tit. ir the hrr.ise. : Other parties caught Divis and t k , him back to Wis old q i.irters. Tim! news w;W immediatL-ly brought to the I marshal's othco and n of mounted officers started in pursuit of the runaways. Up to a late hour they had nut returned. Wo understand under-stand Haines, who had mounted C. iptain Berger's horse cot on the track of Williamson, bat the horse, having been ridden twice to the city, was fatigued and could not overUko him. Williamson, who is perhaps the most daring and desperate des-perate of the convicts, is said to have a loaded pistol. If this be a fact he will probably not be taken alive. He has twice before escaped, and is one of that class of dare-devils who will lake a good many chances of losing his life t her than be recaptured. ! A number of the prisoners made no effort to get away, among them John D. Lee, Jack Beegan, Billy Fieid and others. Captain Berger is serious'y injured, though it is thought not fatally. Dr. Smith went out to the penitentiary as soon as be learned ot the br&ik, and aressea me wounus ui me emam. This emeute among his wards is rather an interesting reception to Marshal Nelson, who only reached tho city yesterday, and ha3 not yet put on his working harness. His first business will be to dtavise some plan to hold the prisoners which fall into his hands, otherwise he may eipect periodical occurrences of this kiod. Captain Berber has the reputation repu-tation of being a careful, strict warden, war-den, who attends closely to his business: busi-ness: yet he cannot keep men in the penitentiary in its present condition, hence the absolute necessity of some j change not particularly in men, but in the place of confining prisoners. |