The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-07-02
PRISON nltIsArS N, sALrLAIxE.

~ three o'clock yesterday evening,
says tie Salt Lake Tribune Of tho 23rj
instant the prisoners ut tho Pcnitcuti:
AIRY made n break, and Willis the Mai,
robbcri captured near Chicken Creel.
three days ngo; q. l.. Williamson,
Charles Patterson md las. Cain, NOW
under indictment for tho murder Of
Wnrdcn BcrGhcr; WiIlinm Kelley, the
horse thief Thompson Davis anu lIar.
r. olayhc1d, serving out terms Of i'm.
prisonmcnt of several years each, for
larceny; seven i'll all, effected nh cscane,
AS i'll tho instance when the Warden
was killed, the Guards were ut dinner
Mt the time Of the break. Being nlluw:
cd tho freedoms Of the yard during din:
her, Cain, one Of the most dcspcrnlc
"t tue prisoners, throitled the only
guard, FilHruUl;, who was in the nc' OF
washing his face i'll the gunr,l room,
threatening him il lie raised nh alarm.
ana with the help Of Davis, forced him
INTO the prison and bound him! the
pair standing ready 10 make good their
words, should liz a!:c,apt to give nn
alarm. The other conspirntors tore un
long plank which was spiked to tho
fonndntion, hnd isnning il ngninst tho
wall, Hsccnded easily to tile top by
means Of the prptru,ling spikes, AMI
passing along 10 the gnarrl room and
nrinory, taking Possession Of nIl tho
nrms md Ammunition. Williamson
and Willis then, by long strips Of blank
ct tied together, reached tho ground
outside md entered tho Wardrn's
house by the front dopr. Willis
lead the way. and passing through
into the dining room, with PISTOLS and
c"rbinca icvclcd upon the guards, who
were sitting 1T dinner, captured MI in
the room, with the exception Of the two
cooks, Carter and Woodward, both pris.
"ucrS, who dashed into the kitchen and
ur TIE stairs for the nrnory, but werc
driven back hy AZ armed convict. They
then IIp oui "f back door, when Cain
ana Kelly. wllo We're Oh the wall above
the gate, fired upon them, hiItiu. Car
ter, severely wouuding him in the urIiii;
but they ran on, and concealed them
selves in Goms brush below the build
inS. Woodward, after binding M hiI
cuinrndc's MN, ran to house near by
and borrowing "a horse, carried the nuws
I" tlr MnialInl in tho city. Tho con-
vic'S, after dircharging NIL the firearms
they couldn't use, locked tho Warden
and guards inside The rrisoII, together
with some OF tho prisoners who wrro
not in the conspiracy. after which Viii
lian'son mud Kelly took the Wnr,lcn's
horses and struck out a.. :I.r noun.
tains. The balance Of tho party. after
securing what pruVisiOus were handy,
followed the hur6VIEen. UpOn the de.
pGrturc of their Cdpiors, tho Wnr,l,n nt.
tempted 10 unlock tho door, bat four0
TINT The lock- had been cilcclunlly doe.
tered, the Keys being OF no avail. In
twenty minutes tho lock WIS hurst by n
convict who Ind been overlooked in tho
has,y IctrCut, but tho birds had flown.
carrying with them Nil the ammunition
and AIMS Oh the promises. Cain fol.
lowed tho cooks down tho Crucl; 10 kill
Woodward, it is supposed, whom he
bears n mortal Eru,lgc, and IN hour after
HE escape he was seen running through
fold IN tho southeast part of tho city,
With IL pistol IN his hand. The Marshal
nnd Deputies arc securing the country
III pursuit Of the escaped conyicts.