Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-08

Mutfnous Conyicts Apply the Torch to the
Missouri Penitentiary-A Bold Plan OF
Escape Frustrated by Determined

Guards.
/ JEFFERSON CITY Mo. February %
| This CITY was to-day the scene Of one OF the
| most exciting egents in the states history
| d fire in the peni;cntiary, att=1ded Win
/ threatened outbreak Of convac1s-
oRIGIS OF THE FEE.
| TIE frewas set by a desperate named john
| b. johnson, who WIS sslf Apisff eEsh"a
robbery iii October, Issz. from shelby COUNT
He Is serving twelve year. sentence His
He once b kofe xried l. zul.i. his essape, in
| December last. By sutsls fae 2ass 2tSe ne"
! cell buildiag- smong his acc9mpiiees are W.
r. Taylor, zwlle~ wAS scuE WI frofa 1JkckSon
/ County for sixteen years. asso tor robbery,
AMI Perry Mar1in3ws0 s on a twelve years
| sentence from Barry County for stage rob
/ besy also John WfrTI3rn<, Here for two years,
| for breaking Jail in jackson GoGnty-. 4 little
! after twelve noon johnson wita three of his
aceo.nTIices went iato the cns-ing depart
Inent of the straw collar snop ana
commenced an p as~anlr ION = sfAfhe~
| Sehinierg formerly of the colar department.
He mare syerssT Tasses SFffh a big knife,
timing at sehialerg ssFea=t WREN the latter
| raised biz TO yard OF tue thrust ssnd Was
| severely cat III two places on. his arm. the
/ gashes going to the bone- The desperadoes
/ then knocked Schinlserg down. stood hfn Up
| again aud alked him over INTO ascorner and
CoggALLED HIM THEgE-
Having thus fixed ScfinbeTg they next at
tackled his parTnel.s-Jolsn nsxie<. made him
unstgip his clothes, which .JohEiSon put on.
and thus dressed in square csOtiSes he
wsIketi osst Of the shop seized a shQit Ladder
! and going 10 the northeast angie Of Iae peni-
Tertiary yard placed the ladder against the
WALL T. j. Love, guard o. tho round
house. not slspectIng. a convict there IN
square clothes, inquired. What are you go
ing 10 do with that ladder Johnson an
s~ered that there was n little trouble among
the prisoners IN the yard above and he was
sent there II assist in earring STE. point
The guard then threatened 10 sssoos him Il he
did not get down from the ladder.ht once
johnson then went back 10 the Styff1irr. shop
and wi h q match set fire 10 the loose stras
l-es. in StaGhu- collars II a,so cut tie hose,
and ueeii2g @sasan with >ch5nJe-g he threat
-aea TO XII lin 'e4Ef
He ARxEn RiHsE4
with club in one iIassd sr,t xnsfe md shoe
hammer in tHe Other aE.a tsren rsn into suIi-
vans sadcle-tree shop, drove IN zahe- guard
ami attempted rouse the secnEssas 81 re-
volt aaI. had he succeeded. amid the eSinersl
Confusion cansed BIZ the sire. he woziid have
been successful in making his esesee- @FaiI-
in IN this he went into TIRE o.F cett sslouse,
where he was captured by Captain ErsdH7ary-
He dropped his wes5pors on satiag Bradbury
He gas then eoRyeyed With his aceo4plices
into the bg snd-ceii. t>ek
CAPTAIN BE.DECgT's sTaTEaEST.
Capt Bradbury the Depu-v ws-fen, made
The following statement: The EEe oces-red
staxst ls.5o O'Clock. just AT the 1Eule when
nearly al. the contractors and fo-eRl-n had
e ne dinner. Word was sent mathacTac-s
WAS trouble and uI:iny among E2e convicrs
in the collar department. 4 itDrredi
st-lv notified Warden willis and then
! int rasn Tr-Ws NrS nd
and captured ala the csavscts t2sea
running loose and sen. them TO their
Cells vas not aware Gn-il after iris tEazs
a ire had bean ser, but soon n this fars
was asceTeaigsefe rlr1ed Oh. az -zEe c3slYscss
who could be srEa>-e 1 70 help save the prop
e-ty- 7 was 5n1oTEa9d saz- johnson He1
stsrtel the ire and IN 27sszay With : rEE-s-
bier al con e se-xtes were cCiaS al in r1seIr
y aSeE 80 10 ep s from being exz5agEis5es5- IN
company with NJ. Tol5a- captured .sss3Escz
ami Taylor, who Ss-e ARMED z512a-s kn5~ez,
and had been eating sac hose wheReer &R
opportunity aEa-ds4ls E<cssaasoa failed 10 -
cape by climbing ove- the wall He thea
hurried back - tie 90 La shop sid
SET II ON FEE
The shop was fall OF S.-z- and ss.z.s- cor
buSEib.e matter 2Ra consequently barred
very rapidly About sweasy--7Vse O. zaer Goa
viets were in the Iau.l-ay and zhp aEaass- in
creased until they were checked johnson
was the rins-I and with lis cs--<ess--
ates tasey oTe-Zso Es-se3 fae guarL Ez-. Eu--
whom johnson compelled ~ eAz=za- eaelaes
with him, IN siz-, no doaRt- tAas he c-pc26
pass the o1rs$5 guard without e47k,ct5oz Z
dressed IN c5s1zszass csosAeS- rT~~
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