| Show PRISON BREAK AT THE UTAH penitentiary LAST NIGHT 4 haworth and lynch Escape sy but abe majors and other convicts r 11 are captured one of the desperate men killed guards wounded reward offered by the governor I 1 0 t fc t an fn a the state pen henl iary between convicts and guard frank dayton a convict was instantly killed and eight other combatants wounded james lynch and alck iia worth under of death and two of the roost desperate criminals ever confined in the prison made good their escape though their crates were captured by guards fit is believed that lynch was wounded he was seen to stagger for an instant in his flight but regained himself and was lost to view he left a bloody mans ket on the spot where he is supposed to have been wounded both men took an easterly direction going toward the east bench in the rear of the briwn posses of armed men with bloodhounds were sent in pursuit of the fugitives and armed patrols have scoured the valley since the escape sheriffs and police ou i cers in all the surrounding countes have been notified and a determined man hunt ha begun up to a late hour last night no trace of the escaped convicts had been discovered mounted guards will continue the search until the men are taken either dead or alive gov wells has offered a reward of 1000 for the capture of the two men the battle began at when guard F C on guard on the south wall turned in a general alarm the convicts had at that timo reached the call and were acaling the stone obstruct lion instantly the entire force at thet prison turned out and the began on top of the wall guard david wilkins fought heroically against tho land of convicts and was shot in tho thigh guards janney driggs nd others rushed round the wall and the convicts a they leaped down on the other side guard F C kaylor 1 the wall in the brilliant claro i of a searchlight and was the target for the bullet A ball struck the of his rifle and glancing off grazed his shoulder ed janney as brave a guard as ever watched a prisoner closed in upon tho men aa they fea from the wall and opened fire lie captured connera and ii believed to have wounded lynch guard driggs shot and instantly killed daytow as the prisoner made a dash for liberty he fired again and waddell fell upon the prostrate form of dafton ho raised binnek a if to ahmit dont move said the guard or ill kill you too lie captured waddell and giving him and the corpse of dav ton into the care of a band of trusties to be removed to prison joined aga the conflict lynch and JIa worth were among thal first over iha wall and running rapidly in its soon disappeared from view it ii believed tha they took little part in the battle but devoted knerr efforts to making their escape lynch is known to be armed with n W tall bra revolver guard hilton joining in the battle mullan in the leg and captured him ho attempted to overtake conners but leaving him to guard janney who was nearby leaped upon a and started in pursuit of mullein lul lm had almost almo st cleared the wide stretch of open ground between alio prison walls ind the ravine to the south unable to overtake him while mounted opened fire and brought the fugitive tu liis knees but for alio of Shuc kers convict the delivery would hae been wholesale oilier convicts rendered acif to the overpowered guards SI axwell nerving time for bank robbery saved alio life of guard jacobs when overpowered and beaten almost into insensibility b the gang of convicts jacobs was dragged from hia terilous je rilous position by alie prisoner the enraged mob turned upon maxwell and beat him down with their weapons three of alio convicts were armed wih nac alie time of the escape lynch is still in possession of liis w other weapon waa found on the of waddell and another on majors both I 1 werft smith wesson revolvers of 38 calibre the chambers of one had bean alred emptied while the other biad not been the delivery had been planned and was desperately attempted hist before locking up time last night guard zebulon jacobs who n stationer at the north cell house went down tho corridor to turn the pant bolts ft was a fw pt at the time he reached the door of the south cell house and started inside he was one of the two inside guards who were on duty at the time on entering the door ho was struck over the hea d with a heavy blunt instrument ment rallying quickly he started lorn aid again and realized that he was confronted by half a dozen determined convicts they dashed upon him and raining blows upon his head with revolvers and billies soon forced him back upon the ground ed maxwell adoth er convict who was not in the plot saw tha attack upon the glaid and ran to hia assistance he plunged into the fight and succeeded in dragging the guard from under the men they immediately turned and beat him cruelly over the head both men were too severely wounded to found the alarm guard jacobs was delivered of hii keys in the melee realizing that only a few more minute and their attempt would bo discovered the convicts de aisted in their assault upon the guard and maxwell and ran toward the tiers of cell celli i en route they encountered guard dave wilbina Wil kina he attempted to draw his revolver but waa too late the convicts were upon him in an instant and overpowering him in arched him at their head along the corridor having secured the keys from jacobs nd leaving him in an unconscious condition the prisoners anahed inside and proceeded to unlock the cells in a body they hastened to the deathrow death row where are confined the men who have been condemned to death unlocking the iron grating which swings open in front of Ha cell they shouted to him to accept his freedom hurriedly they opened the door of lyncha lynchs cell and were starting on another when in their hurry and commotion they dropped the keys upon the floor they were instantly seized by ed Shuc kers another convict who had been attracted to the placa by the they bad failed to discover him in the crowd and did not observe him as h e stealthily placed the keys in his pocket then ha stepped inside an empty cell and turned the key in the lock searching for the keys the convicts were losing time other prisoners were shouting to them for liberty we are losing time said lynch ano assumed the leadership as soon as jie waa liberated to hell with the others we time Leaving the others behind in the cells the convicts hurried out into the court and were intercepted by guard wilkins holding him ache point of their revolvers they forced him to walk in front of them until aylor appeared in sight apparently they had anticipated no trouble in picking naylor off from the wall before being overpowered however bad succeeded in bounding two bella on the wall alarm two bells is the signal for the bouth cell house guard to come on watch guard F C aylor is the south cell house guard covering wilkins with their weapons they forced him at their head in front of the cell house window he was forced to friand until naylor walked out into the light on from the dark acs naylor was met with the report of a revolver and felt the harp stun of n bullet alie bullet struck alic block of hiis rifle and he leaped out of the light instantly discovering that it was a battle for life he ran to the guardhouse guard housa and rounded a general alarm the hugo iron boll sounded a wild clang of fear and dismay and bluecoat cd guards came rut thing from their quarters after sounding alic alarm naylor back to hit place and standing in the alio fac ot a brilliant light opened fire on tho escaping convicts with wilkins still in lie lead aliey ne cured a ladder which was left inside and placed ft against the wall the ladder had been used in painting the roof of the ami had never been removed then it was that kaylor turned in tho general alarm and opened fire on the convicer connors scaled the ladder first with lynch close on his heels the oth ers followed rapidly benners leaped first with lynch alongside of himl he sprained his ankle in 10 fall and limped as ho started away me ran in a southerly direction evidently headed for th ravine which ia only a short distance from the wall lynch and haborth ran directly cast keeping clofe in the shadow of the walls they had barely reached the ground when the jiaras rounded the comer of the wah to the west janney at opened fire with the other guards anil started in pursuit of connors either ho or brigga shot waddell in the groin aa lie run conners crippled with his injured ankle was boon overtaken and resumed to the prison triga shouted to dayton to liall dayton failed fo heed and a bullet went speeding after him he stag lynrod forward upon hi fare and was killed instantly who was run inn ale bv side alth dayton fell almost simultaneously lie fell across the he raised upon hia wv of ilia elbow and readied back to his pock search for a weapon ot in nn apparent warned not to move by digss lie WAR he was the ground and fell back upon of of ft number custody the riven into alm to the ru otlea who returned the arison they alo al o earned bota of inai ile battling WB meanwhile wall the men tiro upon against be threw over anck into the 1 hurled hen ar with SIai ors court lie drifts who guard when he v immediately under them pointing fl hati he ihnot tor G fr sant shouted and hurled bi ck nl into the court below of pd their e prevented the convicts were bv the of Wj lkins killon who walf also in re which huttl atin the ans ow annen ifil captured dr t cita in md dr gwng for the institution ar the irison diet hafl attention bifi fertit triv n tu auard ard their wourl were and he p med through the gates into tho convicts tf art of tho wounds waa made and each injured convict received proper attention none of the hicri are seriously injured saad dr stewart after the in had keep made 1 I think that they will ll rc cover rapidly and that few if any will buffer serious re fulfs it is miraculous however that more were not killed for bullets flew like hail for a time and there are good marksmen here at penitentiary ione of the men who were wounded in the battle were fatally injured aside from the wounds ot guard wilkins and waddell the convict they are not considered to be of a serious character wan shot through the middle thigh the ball entering in front and passing through emerged from the rear the bone was fractured but the wound is nol thought to bo serious huard jacobs received painful wounds on the head and face he was pounded over the head by revolvers and heavy clubs until he was almost in a state ot no bones were broken and aside from possible scars there will be no permanent results from the wounds jacobs and wilkins worn the only two inside guards who were on duly at the time odthe escape was injure by being from the twenty toot wall by guard wil edns hiis lack was injured and a bullet also grazed his forearm hiis injuries are not wag abw durw from tie wall by wilkins ho likewise ni stained a sprained back as the result of the tall he sustained w other injuries waddell was shot in the right leg the ball entering an ahe front where tha joins the abdomen it emerged two and ift half inches in the rear of the place of entrance dayton wax was killed in the encounter was shot in the back as he ran the ball entered just below the ribs to the left ot the spine it passed entirely the body and emerged just blow the naval on ins person was fauna a small slung shot which is supposed to lave been manufactured acy himself it was made of leather covering a heavy piece of lead with a twine handle tt was covered with blood and was faed by dayton in the attack upon guard jacobs and convict maxwell the body Is in a temporary morgue at ahe prison and m be interred in tho prison cemo y the plo one that had been worked out in every detail aa far as possible and there hag been a suspicion in the minja of some of the guards for several weeks that some me on foot the systematic manner in which the affair was carried out on the inside of the wall indicates that this supposition is correct the billy club found on the corpse of dayton and the blanket rope which lynch wore around hia waist are other proofs of the fact that the scheme had been carefully worked out it was no little job to make the ropa carried by lynch and the prisoner must have worked for hours in tying the blanket together the with which two of the convicts were armed show that not alone those within the prison walls were implicated in the break the convict have friends on the outside who furnished them with tha weapons and it is a safe conjecture that these same accomplices were neap by last night with horses or the use of the convicts after they had scaled the walls if this supposition be correct haworth and lynch have ift good chance to escape they had a good two hours start of the posses and with good riding animals coula place a long distance between them and their pursuers in that length of time descriptions script ions of the two men however were dent to all the nearby towns and tha will be on the lookout for the desperate men some of the prison officials are of the opinion tant a strange woman who called on nick may have idail something to do with the smuggling of the pups with which the convicts were armed she came to the prison office wednesday afternoon without giving lier name she stated that tle wa a friend of IIa worth and naked permia ision to sea him he ivas brought out from hia cell into the reception hail the woman greeted him familiarly and they conversed together for half an hour or longer A guard waa present at the in ter view but his attention was not always fixed upon the pair and it is not considered impossible that the puns might have been delivered at that time the woman was very dark and her skin was tanned aa though by exposure to the bunas confirmatory proof that the plot was well concocted and prearranged ii the blanket rope that james lynch wore around liis waist the rope was made from a double blanket unfolded and then rolled lengthwise and tied neatly with s aripa tripa of doth every six or seven inches the blanket was recognized an that belonging to the cell of the convict and it was also observed that lynch had the same tied about his middle it was found by guard janney some distance from the wall and the blood spots i on the rope showed that the convict had been hit |
