Show idaho convicts convict escape boise ida march 19 thirteen prisoners escaped in a bunch from the idaho penitentiary at I 1 this afternoon it was wag one of the boldest escapes in the history of the institution the men were at work in the quary with guard jackson guarding them alone they suddenly surrounded overpowered and disarmed him and then compelled him to walk with them a mile back into the hills bills he was then turned loose and two of the convicts came back with him voluntarily the alarm was given and in halt half an hour the hills bills were filled with armed men they caught six of the ru runaways na but the other five including the one who has guard jacksons gun are still at large the man with the gun is a desperate character so BO the posses are proceeding very cautiously and the men will bo be able to get well away before morning |