Show COIN CONVICT KILLS DESPERATE DEED OP OF chrisi CHRIS 1 DENSON AT OLYMPIA WASH the sheriffs sheriff a wife with a pistol in hand pluckily Pluck lly prevents the other prisoners from escaping christ benson ft giand larceny pis oner in jail at olmpia wash ou on sunday aft aften ericon con killed hilled jiller jailer bild and mado ills hb escape bergbon left open the inn anni i and dmitr cufr loois of the jail mrs jessie mills v ife of cl the sheriff arched an lied on en the scene with avith a 0 ren revolver olver in ti time me to present sm an fn p pita Is boners front from gaining their labeit ken den son who N as a logger was accused ot of 15 biorn his partner pleaded guilty and about a week ago was ia son ben fenced to one bear 3 ear 8 imprisonment and was in jail waiting malting to be transported to the penitentiary Satur saturday lav night the steel tank being crowded denso denski it who was mas considered a quiet prisoner was placed in an ante ant room off tile the main entrance c nt rance of the jill lit in the night benson wren died lied loose a piece 0 of lead drain pipe and concealed it in ills his clothing about 2 0 clock sunday afternoon jailer morrell gave the pris boners their midday meal in the main corridor and then started to lock all but benson and a trusty named kahla into the steel tank ile he had his back bach to denson and was locking the door when denson benson struck him on the head bead the door of the corridor as open and denson benson ran out into the main entrance with the jailer in pursuit ben bell son aon failed to get the outer door dpn and the two men clinched lit in the main entrance it is supposed that morrell drew dren his revolver and that denson benson 6 in getting it away aay there as a desperate fight in which mor alor roll rell was vms truck on the I 1 ead four times with the pipe cliot in the body twice and through the head once and left lying dead on the floor henson benson got the outer door open and covered with nith blood ian i an up one of the main residence streets of the town and learea in the brush |