Show MURDERED FOR MONEY I Detectives Uimravel the Pittsburg Trunk Mystery The Italian Peddler Cruelly Murdered for a Paltry 8300 I I As Fine a Trio as Ever Tightened a Hangmans Knot A IHwrdercr Last Chance Gone WASHINGTON May 12 Langster the murderer of Police Officer Fowler who is to be hanged in this city on Friday next made a desperate attempt to escape from jail yesterday He was taking exercise in the enclosure set apart for that purpose which is separated from the central court of the jail by an iron lattice work fence and when the officer in charge for the day opened the gate in the fence to pass through to the court he suddenly attacked and overpowered the guard on the inside and then struck Woodward an officer who was passing through the gate and forced his way into the central court He was quickly secured however before he could get any further and was hustled back into his cell Several parties who have interested themselves to secure a reprieve for Langster went to the Attor neyGenerals office to urge attention of the matter upon that officer but learning that the President had looked into the case and received the report of a medical expert as to the sanity of the prisoner and was satisfied Langster knew right from wrong they did not proceed any farther |