Show TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN GUARDS AND CONVICTS Jeffor wn city mo nov ai A dea berato attempt to escape from the state prison was made ty tout convicts at this afternoon resulting in a terrific battle with beai ons and nitro glycerine at the prison gate a running fight through the streets ot city and the alai capture of the tour convicts two of whom shot and wounded two prison officers were shot dead and a third seriously wounded the dead john clay gatekeeper E arilson AI Ilson officer of the commissary department wounded deputy warden R E see shot in arm and hip harry vaughn convict st louis shot in arm hiram blake three year burglar from grundy county shot and proba bly fatally hurt mutineers Muti captured unhurt georgo ryan from kansas cil v charles raymond a three year burglar from st louis warden matt W hall porter gilin and five prison guards departed this morning for fort laeben laeven worth kas on a special train convel ing seventy one federal prisoners who were being transferred from the missouri state penitentiary to the government prison at fort lovenworth Leven worth it Is believed that this fact had much to do wath the outbreak today as it 11 surmised the convicts had counted largely upon warden halls absence in their premeditated attempt to escape thero was not the slightest premonition of any trouble within the prison walls suddenly convicts harry vaughn charles raymond hiram blanc georgo ryan and iau zeigler who were working in close imin to the prison gate inside the inclosure as if by a given signal made n rush for tho gate from their pockets they drew pistols and it is presumed that at least one of them carried a bottle of nitroglycerine nitro glycerine where these weapons and the explosives wore ob talked has not yet been discovered rushing past tho gate they entered deputy warden sees office and ahoi him as he sat in his chair he sank back and was to resist them instantly they returned to the gate and met Gatea ian john clay who had been alarmed by the shots before he could raise his weapon he was sho anad guard 13 allison who was ai by the shooting was their nelc victim he was shot through the head and died almost instantly then as I 1 to signal the convicts generally that the attempt to escape had been started the convicts seized the bell rope hanging by the gate and momentarily rang the bell gateman clay had left the wagon gate ajar when he appeared and wa shot dead tho convicts rushed through dragging his body alti them slammed the gate shut and fast ia it on the inside they were tun ui the wagon entrance to tho this entrance being about forsfe forT fe long by fifteen feet wide to the public fil reet through an ather double this outside gate was locked buethe desperadoes were deterred but for a moment placing choir nitro glycerine under the outside gata they blew an opening through the massive steel doors and before the smoke had cleared from the opening they had dashed through past a number of trusty convicts working in the street and ran madly for twelve blocks zeigler was found had failed to leave the penitentiary walla almost before the four escaping convicts had covered the distance of one block abo prison officials heavily armed were in pursuit shooting aa they ran pedestrians jumped behind trees ran into houses and crouched down behind any obstacle that presented refuge those living in houses along the line of flight alarmed by the shooting rushed out to ascertain the cause women screamed and fled while the majority of aba men seized weapons and joined the prison officials in the pursuit A desperate fear gave speed to the convicts and they autran outran their pursuers near tha missouri pacific railway station they came upon a wagon being driven by orville lane jumping into this dagou they seized lane and held him to act as shield from the bullets of their pursuers one con vict lashed the a run the wild ride was of short duration how ever as another posse consisting of city police augmented by citizens appeared in front of them and seeing that further flight was cut off the stopped tho horses and made a desperate stand lane was thrown to the bottom of tho wagon and crouching over him shielding themselves to the best possible advantage adan tage behind the aldr of the vehicle the convicts opened fir back to back on their pursuers pur tho prison officials shouted to them to surrender or they would bp shot dead their only reply was a vollee from their revolvers then followed a desperate street battle the posse men jumped behind trees and sho with telling effect splintering the wagon and finally putting a bulle through one of the convicts who fell to the ground thereupon seeing that death was inevitable and resistance useless the convicts surrendered it was found that convicts and blake ere suffering from buller vou rids driver orville lane and con evicts ryan and raymond were uninjured the convicts were immediately taken back to the penitentiary where the wounded were given medical attention while the uninjured were placed in solitary confinement in dungeon cells convict hany from st louis was sentenced to tamy fiam years tor first degree robbery vaughn was a member of the Morris Rosenau gang with which three detectives fought a terrific battle on chestnu street in st louis one detective wa shot dead and the other two detectives died later in the city hospital from wounds rosenau one of thi loaders was shot dead and morris the other leader died subsequently from wounds vaughn vas badly beaten up and after recovery was convicted and sentenced to the penitential penitent ian ell from warrensburg was sentenced to three years for robbing dead bodies at a railroad wreck london nov 24 it was officially announced this evening that sir thomas henry sanderson permanent under secretary of the foreign office dice retires early next ear and that he will be succeeded by sir charles hardinge now british ambassador bas to russia |