, 1881-06-19
4 Story of cowardly Canadian
Guards and Desperate,
Convicts.
Escape Of Seven Of Thirty-three Pris-
.onera While on q Railroad
Train.
The Flights Made at Different Places bY
Exit Through the Car Rin-
d0Ws.
L Scene Of the Bulldozing By Manacled
Men Of Guards Heavily Armed.
Tie President Of The Globe Company Surrendtrs to
: The Boston Police.
Three Thousand Dollars Stolen from a
Safe in Cleveland, O.

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KINGSTON, June ls.-Yesterday morning
Chief Keeper Cooper and four guards of St
Vincent de Paul Penitenttary started for the
penitentiary here with thirty-three conyicts.
They made constant efforts to break their
shacNes, and at last. one little man broke
bose: He was rebound and again broke
loose, jumping through the window. The
train was stopped and he was pursued for
half mile, but he escaped. All vas now
confusion, and four more got free By the
time Brockvllle was reached, the num-
Der being increased to seven In all
before Kingston was reached. Mr.. Cooper
tells the following story: @At 6
o'clock Friday we left ST. Vincent De Paul
Penitentiary with thirty-one men and two
women convicts, bound for the Kingston
Penitentiary. Matters were quiet TIL the
converts uear Montreal were reached, when
1noticed that number of the conylcts had
released their hands. After changing cars
noticed that more Of them had removed their
irons. At first there was no apparent dan
ger, and not until Cornwall was reached
we're the escapes attempted. After passing
that place they demanded whisky, which
Tas refused They then proceeded to
create disturbance, snapping their chains
fro,n fha;r wr;ets nsfn~ so,,, tvhi.h +lar ~.
tsined bv some mrsterions means fnr +his
purpose They held one anothers arms
while they pulled off the handouts, and in
some cases tore the skin from the back of
their hands and knnckles. The guards
aboard the train, to the number OF five, ell
deavored to prevent these proceedings, but
failed. Indeed they were repeatedly pounced
upon. and hantl-to-haud encounters ensued,
The eonyfcts said every pnarf1 won1f} he mnr-
5o-aa hafo~@, +ta., <,o',id .ar,o;, E.'a =,
ueteo peto1e uaeJ ~oulu .ema'n 1--WE ,e@'s IN
the Kingston Penlsentlary. Others said
they preferred death to living in
the Penftenttarv. The excitement vas
,nos+ ;ntan.a and 4ha caran o,,o-t,e ~.
a','d,,a ~ %1,aa ~ ssa,f 80 s"". =: ha., IL
posidon,-thirty-one desperate men to CON-
bat with seven! Every attempt made by the
Ruar11s to rehandcuff the men was nnsuc-
raecfr1 Eaar AT,,t Roche hetwaan cornxran
~ m,o,;rsnn,a 1andin~ , Dea ,r,',,a foh4 as
proceeding, one Of the conylcts, named
Chapute, smashed q window near the end of
the car. and. in the tyinkline Of m eve. shot
thronch II H. was seen tn faI, m his nact
pick himself up. and run away. The express
was stopped. and two guards were
dispatched TO capture him. He was
chased for upwards Of half a mile but was
not sefured. The Guards were afraid to nur-
sue nun lut.nel, le1Ilns lndl ener eol'laues s
IN the t1aih would pe murdered. Agaln the
IRAN Starfea anu me astnr9ance was sha; r.
ae f6 ~s Sad ueI T
upper hand o1 tnem. Inc latter , nsed the
1roh Guns ano also tnelr nea'y neeiea ooots.
70 qulet tnem one 1 shot was nIea, Dot tnls
nnly ni9tiAtsa M tae conslcts ano !nole' anu
they said that II the revoIve:s were used
&E1l0 IQEF N1ulQ Kill LlR WHOLE ESEUEL,