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Show SHERIFF BPEHED FIRE OK ESCAPING PRISONERS Orcak for Liberty Frustrated by Officers, Of-ficers, Who Killed One Man and Wounded Another. ttouidor, Colo. A break for liberty by prisoners confined In tho county Jail horo was frustrated Monday night by Sheriff Bartoll and deputies who fired into tho corridors of tho Jail, killing kill-ing Louis Clnkus, awaiting trial for robbory, and wounded James Rutan, confined for assault with Intent to kill. Rocontly saws mado of knives woro found In tho cells of tho Jail and nn Investigation disclosed a plot of tho prisoners to llborato themselves. A clqso watch was kept and Monday night when Under Sheriff Thorno served supper to tho prisoners. Sheriff Bartoll and a deputy, armed, stood gunrd outside Ab Thorno was leaving tho corridor ho was struck down with a heavy table leg In tho hands of Clnkus. Cln-kus. Tho sheriff and his deputy Immediately Imme-diately opened flro, killing Clnkus nnd wounding Rutan. Thorno crawled beneath be-neath a table out of harm's way during dur-ing tho fusllade |