The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-10-14

twenty =ntne Dsspcradoes Escape
Matt pirteY " lied and Nearly q. II the
oHicers of the Prison Wounded,


Twenty-n,ne Desperadoes Escape
Matt pisiey Killed and Nearly III tn
Officers of the Prison Wounded.
Carson (5ept. 18 Dispatch to the San Franoiso
Bulletin.
At & O'Clock last evening the wind wa
blowing gale, and the whole valley wa
filled with binding dust. A desperat,
break was made by the convicts in tn,
State Prison, which terminated in tn.
death of Matt Pixley, of the Warn
Springs Hotel, the wounding of nearly
all the officers of the State Prison an6
| several of the prisoners, and the escape
OF twenty-nine as desperate villains as
ever trod the earth.
At the hour named, all the prisoners
beng III the cell room, Volney e. Rob
ms, Captain of the guard, entered the
room as usual, for the purpose of lock
ing the convicts III their respective
cells for the night Just as he stepped
inside the door prisoner struck him
on the top of the head with bottle,
cutting a cash three inches and half
long, and almost at the same instant
another struck HIM with slung shot
over the LETT eye, cutting to the bone
He Tell bleeding but not senseless, and
as he sank, half dozen convicts
rushed at him to deal the death blow,
when Pat. Hurley gathered Robins by
the body and threw him into an ada
cent cell and closed the door, thus say
ing his life.
All this took place without alarming
the guards outside. The prisoners
then climbed to the top of the upper
tier Of cells, and proceeded to cut
hole large enough to admit the passage
of Il mans body through the wall into
one Of the rooms occupied by the fam
lily of the Lieutenant Governor Each
prisoner had provided himself with a
slung shot, and piece OF iron or steel
sewed up III his clothes-the piece be
II so torn rs to form a loop around
tn wrist; and some of them had
knives of their own manufacture
Rushing into the room occupied by
Mrs. Denver, her mother and daughter
the break of the prisoners was first dis
covered and the alarm given. Instantly
they were met by Lieutenant Governor
Denver, who commenced firing on
them. The break appeared to be nm
der the leadership Of Frank Clifford,
ten-yCar horse thief, from White Pine,
and at him the Warden directed his fire.
The Lieutenant Governor had been
followed up stairs by Robert Dedman,
Il young man in for life, who was act
ing as servant in the officers quarters
Denver shot Clifford near the navel and
stunned him the tide poured on, and
soon Lieutcnat Governor Denver was
strack in the back Of the head with
some sharp-pointed instrument that
penetrated to the skull, and on the
forehead above the eye by slung shot,
which opened the skull for distance
OF three inches and a half This felled
him to the floor, when the convicts
rushed upon him, seized his pistol, aud
fired at him. AS the officer fell, Bob
Dedham aclzed chair and fought like
a tiger, knocking down no less than five
Of the prisoners, one of whom he
knocked over the halustradins and
Town the stairs. His heroic conduct
doubtless saved the life of the Licuten-
mt Governor, and was the theme of
praise III this city as soon as
it became known. Dcdman himself
was eventually Knocked senseless and
eft for dead, but was only slightly in
urcd.
Wounded as he was, Clifford made his
way down stairs. followed by the crowd,
who at once seized tie armorv Of the
prison, the Office, clothing, amrlum-
sion, etc. Nat piYlev, one Of the pro
lrictors of the Warm Springs Hotel,
bearing the firing, and imagining the
,ause, seized a six shooter, and III com
pany with a man named Perasish, rush
I'll into the prison-yard, to assist the
officers. The conyicts were still inside
.hc guard room, firing through the
main door of the building at Isaacs,
Newhouse and Pearsish. HiXley rush
ed up to the windoW and commenced
firing at the prisoners inside, when
from White Pine, fired at him through
he window. The ball, probably from
4 Henry rifle, carried away two panes
If glass, and struck PiXley just below
the left eye, passing entirely through
bis head. lie fell upon the stone
porch IN front Of the prison, dead.
DR.. Lee went to the prison to attend
to the wounded officers, all the wound
cd prisoners having been carried away
by their comrades. He found that in
TO his other wounds, Jieuten
ant Governor Denver had received a
shot IN the right hip, which passed up
the back and lodged near the spine.
DIR Zee extracted the ball.
Following IS list Of those who es-
sapcd Frank Clifford, from White
Pine county; j. i. Roberts, Washoe
Patrick McCue, White Pine; David
Lynch, White Pine; L. Ingram, Nye
county; u. 3. Parsons, Washoe John
Burke, Esmeralda; Tom Hebron, Ell
ko; VIM Russell, Storey county; G.
Roth, Washoe; Ed. Eigelow, White
Pine; Chris. Blair, Storey county; J.
G. Watson, Eiko; Thomas Flynn, Wa
shoe; Thomas Ryan, Lander county;
Charles Jones, White Pine; I. Cocker
FL, Washoc; Pat Murphy, Ormsby
john fSquires, Washoe county;
NJ. Fruit, Douglas county; VIM. vii
lis, Storey county; J, L. Chapman,
Washoe; Leasder Morton, Elko; Tim
Storey county; Dan Bake,
I1lko; Thomas Carter, Elko; John J.
Jacks, Lincoln: Moses Black, Lincoln.