Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-11
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Deadly weapons.
ror about 10 minutes last eyen,pc bo
| tween anu o'clock, tho Lancaster cnunty q
! prison was IN tho hand0 Of IL of tLe mos,
uoSlorato criminals that havo over been
confined within its walls. They worc niI
| lohg Term prisoners and succeeded In
making thoir escape by shutting tho tw o
night watchmcn i'll cells aud taking nos
session Of the keys. 1t was a well planned
| job, and was carried ont with nentncgs and
dispatch. Not lock was broken nor n
| stone removed, and although tho prison
| lsnot damaged in tho least il contains .
less conyIcts than it did yesterday at this
| time. At tho time OF tho CSraps prispn-
! keeper Burkhuldcr was down street and
the building was left in charge of Amos
! Lut2 and Edw. {. Sample, tho two NIGHT
watchmen. At the time above mentioned
sample was in the cell occupied by Wm.
| Wccder, who was cutting Samplcs 3 hair and
| Lut1 was On guard in tho corridor, Ike
Bu22ard and his brother Joe occupied coil
! No. VI, which is ON the east sido of tho
| prison, ground tier, and right near tho
| table whcrc tho watchmen sit. Abo Rn,.
2ard was in coll No. II, on tho other sidc
OF the corridor almost opposite To that of
his brother. AS Lutl walked up the CORR.
dor Ike BuGaard called him and asked
whether ho would pass n canary bird in n
cage from his cell to that Of Abe, Int
said he would, and unlocked both tho door
and iron gate Of lkcs cell He tnoL
tho cage and walked across to Abc's coll.
leaving that Of Iko's open behind Wbiln
he was standing in the doorway of Ahc's
cell Ike quickly sprang across tho CORR.
dor, caught tho officer from bohind and
pushed him into tho cell with his brother.
Quick rs \ flash he shut the door of tho
cell aud tho officer was q prisoner. Bug-
llrd then took the keys and proceeded
to unlock the cells of all thosu whom hn
desired TO libcrato and in tow iniuutpg
ten more desperate mon wore running
loose in tho corridor They went at ones
to cell No. Q which Is used by the officers,
aud took possession Of q number Of ruug
pistols and knives SOmo Of thom ALSO
stripped of their COayiCts' suits and all tho
clothing belonging 10 the officers which
was ~ the eel. they took possession of
some q! the party kept guard in the CORR. |
dor, whiIo others securely locked the doors |
of nearly all Ot the other prisoners, taking |
particular caro- tO close tho ono m which |
old man Sample was having his hair cut. |
lhc men who were on guard were greatly |
cNc!ltu ana ihey threatened the prisoners |
IN the coils with instant death in raSo thcy !
made any uu'sr os attempted t. give an |
alarm. John Ferkrogd was armed with |
a long knife and lee threatened to kill a |
prisoner named Frank Blair if he |
madc noise. After all tho prisoners wero
safe the gang, who wcrc at liberty, went
To the cell u Abo Bu2zlrd. ia !
which the officer lad been thrust,
They called 10 Abe to como ont |
and when hut2 camc forward the |
muzzIcs OF several guns aud rovolyers |
were thrust in his face and he was threat. |
encd with death in case ho attempted TO |
get out Abe waB taken from the cell, |
which was again locked. and the party |
proceeded to leave. They went into tho |
yard where they wcro met by tho blood |
hound which they beat 50 badly that he |
was left for dead With the keys which Ike |
Buzzard had, they unlocked tho large gate |
IN the wal! on the Orange street side aud in |
that way escaped.