Show i I I IA A A. PRISON BURNED BURKED NARROW ESCAPE FOR FEMALE CONVICTS Destruction of the tho Indiana Womans' Womans omans at nt Indianapolis Th The Te State Woman's Womans Prison and Reform school schol at In Indianapolis was wa burned on th the 1st The building was wa entirely destroyed ed The fire fre was wa discovered a t few v minutes supper in the laundry lundry of or the reform depart depart- depart ment meet Julia Jula Kerr one of the trusty inmates and the day watchman discovered smoke issuing from the tho room rom almost simultaneously on onE from front the Inside of the Institution and th thi other from without The Kerr girl hastily informed one of the guards that the laundry room rom was ablaze and the tho guard ran to t the engine room rom where he summoned the te aid aIe ol of the engineer and day watchman These with wib the fire fre apparatus at hand succeeded as a they supposed In quenching the lIre fire fre when the hose broke Before Defore it could be mended the flames lames burst burt out again and rapidly spread i iThe I Ithe The prison department w was as the last lat to go and the noise of ot the crashing of ot the Iron coops cops a as the te s supports gave way was fa heard for a hall half mile mUe from the burning building The Institution w was wa as situated In the center ofa ol of ola a five acre field feld In the te east cat side of ot the city cly It I was WM a model prison and one of ot the most mosi noted In the country When the fire fre was wa first firs noticed Miss Kelly Kely the superintendent of ot th the inmates of ot the reform department was wa in the yard These Tese were ere taken back bick bak when the fire was nas supposed to be under perfect Upon the discovery cry that the had communicated com corn to the stairway and up to t the root roof the girls girs were once more ordered to t the yard and were guarded by half hal a dozen attendants In this portion of the thi porton Institution there were O Of 01 those confined conned In the prison department the most trouble was anticipated by thE officers Miss Kelly Kely went Into Int the halwa and with a loud tone called I caled the attention ol of tho the prisoners that the building was wa on fire I am going to unlock these doors door but I want you to promise you will stand by me and not nol attempt to escape The women with one om voice promised this and the doors were flung funG open The fifty three prisoners hastily haty followed fol followed lowed Miss Kelly through the thc hallways and t U Uthe 1 the grounds Here they were placed It iz charge of th the attendants Of DL the te Inmates of ot this department there an arE eight tight who have been sentenced for life and t s half hal dozen or more for long Jong terms Other Otherl were for minor charges for fo grand and petit larceny and several for abduction So 80 far fr ai w known not one of the prisoners made mae an ah at tempt to escape though some of the ref one girls girl were discovered during the evening roaming ramIng about the streets of the city and somE were sent to the police pollee station The fire fine fre w was WI at of incendiary origin the girls Imogene Imogen Thompson Mary Stevens and L Lj Lydia dla la It is claimed by other inmates having formeca ore orea a a conspiracy to free themselves In this w way ay 0 if I possible by creating a stampede ThE Th prisoners and Inmates TV will wi ill be confined in the various state stat institutions The rhe loss will wi ex cx exceed e. e coed with wih an Insurance of ot but 51 1 51 |