Deseret Evening News | 1907-10-19 | Page 3 | Makes Break for Liberty

0 MAKES BREAK fOR LIBERTY Cornelius Kooyman Attempts to Escape from Chain Gang but butIs butIs butIs Is Captured by Citizen Cornelius Kooyman who ho was a sen sentenced n nten lend ten to servo serve 26 25 1 days dya at III labor Ibor In the city jail recently for A 1 brutal assault upon his bitt sister litter made an n unsuccessful attempt to escape from the th chain gang about S 8 elk this Ihl morning as th t thc h ha wagon a hauling the prisoners was WA pass passIng a aIng Ing Ine through the tM Eagle Kagle FI Gate Otis The TIle prisoners oara about a dosen dOHn of them are ml St work in City Creek canyon re no repairing repairing pairing the road reed Kooyman had been there before and nd had evidently decided decide upon the time and place for a dash duh for tor liberty He lie 11 made the attempt this thle morning and that his hla body Is I not now In Ip Inthe inthe the tb morgue with a couple rou of oC bullet wounds In It U Is II due either to 10 luck or orthe tile the poor aim of officer Kaat Kt who Is III In charge of the tM prisoner UP lP STREET JIT Kooyman was wa sitting on a rear Seat neat t tot of ot the wagon and had hd not shown phon any of 01 attempting to escape until the tM wagon twitted passed through the sate gate Then TheIl he suddenly made mad a a flying leap l p for tor the pavement and nd began begar bf an to sprint up u South Bouth Temple street treet Ot Kat icat drew dreA hi h his revolver and nd tIred Bred twice at the th flee II fI ing IlIg snarl man Kooyman was WUI stopped topped by a citizen who held him until Kaat t ar at arrived rind rived The prisoner was Wall then ordered beck back Into Inlo the wagon anti and taken with the balance of the Ih chain to their work Hereafter Kooyman will be In itt shackles and will wUl not be bo given another opportunity to escape