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Show PRISONER KILLED BY GUARD. Shot "Will Attempting to Make His Escape. D,ETROIT, Oct. 29. Frederick Matthews, Mat-thews, a general prisoner at Fort Wayne, serving a sentence for desertion, deser-tion, was shot and killed by Private Frank J. Hlla while trying to escape. Hlla was conducting Matthews to the wood pile for his day's work when Matthews Mat-thews broke away and ran toward the fence about the fort grounds. Hlla ordered or-dered him to stop, and when he failed to do so shot him ln the back. Matthews Mat-thews lived but twenty minutes. It Is believed at the fort that Matthews, Mat-thews, who had been despondent for a number of days, made the attempt to escape with the deliberate purpose of being shot by the guard. Last Friday he tried to hang himself, but was discovered dis-covered Jn the attempt nnd prevented He said to Sergeant of the Guard Young before being taken from the guardhouse: "I am going to put myself out of th way. I am going to try to duck this morning and I hope I will get plunked " |