, 1880-10-02
Jail Delivery.
-Four Prisoners Escaped from the PeRiten.
tfary--A Desperate Fight Wiih Guards
and >osdicr~---Ouc Of the Guards and
One soldier Scserrly Wounded
And enc Prisoner Killed.

A few minutes after four O'Clock Thursday
/ Afternoon, says the Boise .Sn.esn,sn, the
town was throwuinto Wild state of excite
( m N, by the arrival on the street of Mr. j.
). White, one Of the guards at the peuiten-
tAry, and Mr. Cutting Clark, who hives in
the neishborhcod OF the prison. bringing the
news that SIX prisoners were ar large and
a hight was then gH!ng on between the pris-
oners on enc side aad guards and soldiers on
the other As soon as these facts were
made known L. S. Marshal Chase, Col. Rob
bins, Mr.. J. +. oldham and rs many citizens
as could get mounted started to the scene.
where they We're soon joined by Iirut. Gal
!raith and detachment of soidiers from
Fort BOISE
The circumstances of their eScape Wer.
substantially as follows: In the afternoon Of
Thursday SIX prisoners. namely: Wm. NAYS
and w Ii. Ov,rhol'z, who were serving a
lie seHtence for rabLins the L. s mail ::
YIN F. Rees- and - Woods, sentenced
Tor ten years for rohJIas the paS;uifcs at
Wilson. each sentenced Tor ten wears tor
ma'iSiauch,er, we're engaged in picking aad
cut;Ing fruit IN the orchard and near the
house oi Mr R"ht. NiSon, under the care of
the guard Mr. j. 5. White. At precon-
ceried signal. Mays, one OF the prisoners.
ruS'ed upon White and beng Joined by threa
others they overpowe.ef Whit All roal
from hlm his two rsvnlve:s. Wilson the
owa-r o; ;ke orchard. aad his hired man vino
WAS near. We're then compelled by the prise
ners who were armed with the revolvers
taken fro;a White, to - with White INTO
W lSoas hoase, where they were deta,uei
until tour of the prisoners scccgei,d IN cut
tIrg the chains connecting their skackles,
and IN getting from the house two hTe-ch-
loadI.g shotgUns aad belt of carrIlges
belonging IL the same While this Was
gong cp, Mrs. Wilson gave the alarm,
which was heard at Clark's mill and
repeated until It was heard by Mr.. c.
w AeNmin, another ? Is IN gnlrd, who
II the time was working some prisoners on
;he hill hack Of the prison Upon hearing
tins and ST eirg several soldiers who happen
ed I" he at the mill IL the tl.ne riding TO-
ward the PRISON, Mr. Newman rushed the
met the soldiers. who 1t the moment cam
up, mounted hut uIarmei. lianiing a car
bne to oae # the solliers Mr.. N-wa.an then
mounted and ride with the soldiers to the
place where the prisoners Were. As he lir-
ins had yet taken place, neither New man
nor the soldiers knew ihl: the prisoners
We're armed. Ridiug up to them Newman
received a charge Of shot directly in his face,
severely waundinS him about the forehead
and eyes, and turning to escape received
another charge of shot In the hack. By this
time several ether parties were on the ground,
when several shots were exchanged In the
melee that followed, Corporal Coppa,cs. Of
Co., F., Ist Cavalry. was pretty severely
wounded by shot from one Of the pris.ners.
which struck IN the trout OF the body VIM
Reese, one OF the convlcts, was shot IN tI Ie
back by solder with a carhine at Ion.
range, the ball passing through the bowels
and coming ont inst below the navel. The
wound proved To h.. mortal Ree-e wa
taken 10 his ell, Were he died al four
O'Clock ye>t .rday morning.
An emisrant who happened to be in thr
orchard at the time, was also 0sligh'ly wounded
Of the siN pms 'ners working IN the 0rct-
ard at the time of the outbreak, Woods,
who had been sentenced with Reese, took
no part In the scrap, and made no effort t.
escape with the Others, but returned to the
prison of his own accord
The four convic's who escaped across Boise
river are VIM. Mays, W. H. Overhaltzer,
John Wilson and Naroni hicks.
Marshal Chase and his posse, with the
force from Fort Boise, followed them across
the river aud kept up the search until n:ne
O'Clock Thursday night, when they were
compelled to return to town for fresh horses.
Procuring these the Marshal went with a
detachment Of six solliers and some citizens
to Dnnn's Station On the Overland road
Thursday night