The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21
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LouisvILLH, Aug, IA frankfor,
special 10 the Evening Times saysi TIL
most desperate outbreak known Ia th
history ~ the ponltontiary took plac
morning ut about san o'clock, Tn
alarm was given by ono ~ the turkeys
riding through the city ON horseback
and calling upon the citizens To go Ia tn
rescue Of the guards. The eScitomcn
spread and citizens with arms In thoi
hands poured out Of their houses an,
ran with great speed Ia the ponllenllary
Iu the meanwhile a brisk firing wa
heard. The alarm bell In the engin'
house rang, and the trusty messenge
on horseback stopped several times a
points for pistols. by tho time aid arrived
NJ the prison the terrible struggle wa
over and nothing WAS Ia be seen On
"A great number Of bullet holes
the blood OF the wounded men ana
panlc-strirkon citizens, The gates were
! locked and barred, but when the author
| tiles were satisfied that all was qulcl
and all the conyicts placed under lo'h
aud koy In their cells, the outer door
were unbnrrcd and the admiltance al
persons granted. Capt. Ed Johnson
| who is guard ut the gate, says he had
received intlmation of IA conspiracy that
| had been on foot for tho past two weeks
| lie had been watchiul and careful In
| locking and unlocking the gate. IL has
| been the custom to allow the prisoners
To make, AT leisure hours, ltlle
articles az various kinds for
their friends and relatives,
and when John II. Wolf, son of the
County Clerk of scott county, VINO was
recently sent up for ten years rom
Lexington, for forgery, drew near the
gate with q box and asked permission
To set IL on the outside, that the clerk
might have IL shipped to Georgetown,
Captain Johnson opened the gate and
told him to step out and put II down IN
the doorway. James Cunningham, u
trusty. sentenced for life from Hickman
county, fourteen years ago, Tor the muir
der of man who seduced his sister,
was within the gateway, but little re-
moved from the gate nj the tiinc' JUST
rs johnson opened tho gate he turned
to speak to Mr.. Charles f. liage, one ct
the lossees, who was IN
another room across the doorway
To which Wolf had been
directed. Johnson says he does not re-
member anything; hefcll scnseless from
n blow struck by bottle which
Wolf had concealed upon him.
Eight other prisoners, who must have
used Wolf for their purpose, were NJ
that moment along the wall on the in
side, lust out of sight of the guard.
when Johnson fell they pushed the
gate omen and made a rush for arms.
which are kept in one of the rooms near
by. Cunningham ran to the rescue OF
Johnson and dragged George, also life
prisoner, sent from Jefferson county,
off him, just as ne IVA WAS inn IN
the fallen guard. In the meanwhile d..
o. Robinson, "A guard from the shop,
came to the gate, and firing became
brisk and general. While Cunningham
was wrestling with &. w. Graves. n
prisoner sent from Madison county Tor
fifteen years for murder, and nnaliy
managed to run him up stairs and put
him under lock and key, he drew II
pistol on Capt. l.. ID. Holloway, prison
''lerk, who jumped out of the window
into the street. Wolf, with arms, had
rot into the street, and was
iring into Capt. II. G. Payne, one of the
guards, who returned the fire, and
though fully exposed to their assault
was making u brave effort to drive the
prisoners back. Capt. Holloway, who
Was Inarmed, was describing the circle
in the street, while Alsop was pouring
volley after volley at him from behind II
tree. Bud South, II young man, who
CHANGED to have a gun in his hand when
tho alarm WA given, TOOK am,
at Alison and it is believed
hit him in the shoulder,
The two cOnvicts then attempted To
cover the retreat by rapid hrinS, on
PAYNE and South, but the brave boy
from behind the tree shot wolf in the
leg. He fell and was captured.
A hn u
county for twenty three years for muir
der, and w. II. Grant, sent from Ander-
son county for twenty-one years for
murder, started on run out on the
Owent0n turnpike, when they me,
Allen Jones, an Owen county farmer,
coming into the city in buggy. They
forced him TO give the buggy
up to them, and drove two or three miles
in the buggy, left it on the road and took
across the hills. More, than thirty
armed men gave pursuit, but no tidipgs
rs vet have been received from them.
Each of the escaping convicts are armed
with more than three revolvers. All
are regarded as the most desperate mon
under sentence of confinement. Alsap
fouly murdered Constable Harrison III
Jefferson county, who was merely inter-
viewing him with u summons.
Grant is one of the prisoners VINO at
TEMPTED TO escape nearly ,NtitT dto ~
sealing the walls. His wound is serious,
SCATTERING the bone OF the thigh anu
propably will necessitate amputation OF
the leg. 1t is thought, however, that II
will not prove fatal. -,
Robinson, the gaurd, will also, it Is
thought, have to suffer amputa' lon OF
the Log. Cunningham, the trusty, VIII"
rendered such praiseworthy services. il
receiving the gratitude OF the CITY, ana
will have powerful pleading in his be
half for pardon. lie was cut in the side
with a knife, but the wound is not dan
gerous. Capt. Johnson, who was cut or
the head and back, is suffering. much
W tn pain from his wounds, but is still
at his post.
Only the three convicts named es-
capped, the others being captured or
driven back. Wolf says there were
nearly fifty in the plot to escape. He ~
severe in his denuncation of those who
did not follow, calling them lot of ID
towards. lie said also that he was
sorry he did not kill George Alsop for
going back on his word. The arrange
ment between him and Alsop was to
stand at the gate and kill the first guard
who dared to approach them, and to re-
main until the whole gang in the plot
came out. This, he says, Alsop didn'i
do, while he himself was true to his
word.
The Political Pot at sulphur Springs.
SULPHUR SpRI SOS, Aug. TO- Especial.