Show GUARDS KILLED CONVICTS desperate attempt of prisoners to cape from california prison frustrated A number of prisoners at the state penitentiary at folsom cal made a desperate attempt to escape on churs day afternoon and as a result seven at nine convicts who bad planned to get away were almost riddled with bullets three are dead and three in a critical condition captain R J murphy is wounded by a shot in the leg and received two slight knife wounds the break was similar in plan to the big emette of last july but the tact that it was within range 0 the guns of seven reliable guards all dead ehlts and one of these within beet makes it more bold and desperate the convicts who engaged in the break were all employed in the rock crusher where of the most desper ate prisoners were at work captain murphy was acting as general over about the rock crusher and tour other prison attaches L daly M hogan charles taylor and charles jolly were employed as pushers to keep the men at work A large sledge hammer was thrown into the crusher causing the ponder ous machine to come to a standstill this attracted captain murphy chas jolly and taylor to the place immediately thereupon the convicts rushed to seize murphy jolly and lay lor they succeeded only in catching the two first mentioned the others en deavo red to take the other tree men who managed to escape them during this time the scene of trouble was under cover and the guards oa the outside could not see the gling men the convicts with their captives made their way toward a small post commanded by guad gua d W H harris who was armed with a rifle five of the gang surrounded captain murphy and two of them had jolly the convicts had knives in position for immediate use but had no sooner stepped into the open than the seven guards began firing and within twenty seconds seven of the convicts were on the ground helpless the convicts approached guad gua d har ris who stood ready to act according to the standing orders to shoot re gard less of consequences when with in forty feet of the outside guards one of he convicts gave the command hand out your gun or we will stab murphy to the heart instead of handing out the drije har ris sent a bullet into the fellow s body and he fell to the ground in quick sue cession harris fired at each of the remaining convicts who were trying to shield behind murphy and jolly at the time the first shot was fired warden yell was in his office grabbing his revolver he rushed to the scene he signaled the guards to con dinue shooting and be put his revolver into operation also at the same time giving orders to the remaining con evicts who crouching behind rocks and in other safe places to line up and march in this they did in quick order going on the run |