The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-15
CONYICIS INSURRECTI0N.
FRA'.(KFoRD, KENTUCKY HORROR
'JonspirinG Culminates-A Gallant Trusty
Terrible Battle Between Guards
and Convicts-0uellcda at Last
Bloody Scene-Einale.

dldIll VI Us gwen ny Ollc Va tiic ttl HNuNHt
riding through the city on horseback,
and calling upon the citizons to go to the I
rescue of the guards. The excitement
spread and citizens with arms in their
hands poured out Of their houses and
ran with great speed to the penitcntiary.
In the nloanwhile brisk firing was
heard, Tho alarm bell in the engine
house rang, and the trusty messenger
on horseback stopped several times at
points for pistols. BY the time aid arrived
ut the prison the terrible struggle was
over and nothing was to be seen hut
great number Of bullet holes,
the blood Of the wounded men and /
panic-strickcn citizens. The gates were
locked and barred, but when the author
tiles were satisfied that all was quiet /
and all the convicts placed under lock |
and key in their cells, the outer doors
were unbarrcd and the Abundance OF !
persons granted. Capt. Ed Johnson, |
who isa guard at the gate, says he had /
received intmatiOn OF Il conspiracy That /.
had been ON foot for the past two weeks.
He had been Watchiul and careful il
locking md unlocking the gate 10 has
been the custom to allow the prisoners
to make, at leisure hours, little
articles OF various kinds Tor
their friends and relatives,
and when John Il. Wolf, son Of the
| County Clerk Of Scott county, who was
recently sent up for ten years from
| Lexington, for forgery, drew near the
gate with box and asked PERMISSION
/ To set IL ON the outside, that the clerk
might have it shipped to Georgetown,
| Captain Johnson opened the gate and
told him to step out and put IL down in
! the DOORWAY. James Cunningham,
trusty, sentenced for life from Hickman
county, fourteen years ago, for the muir
der Of a man who seduced his sister,
was within the gateway, but little re-
moved from the gate at tho time. Just
rs Johnson opened the gate he turned
to speak to Mr.. Charles T.. hage, one of
the lcssees, who was IN
another room across the doorway
directed. Johnson says he does not re-
member anything; he fell scnseless from
a blow struck by bottle which
Wolf hadH concealed - upon HIM
Eight other prisoners, who must have
used Wolf for their purpose, were at
that moment along the wall on the in
side, lust out of sight OF the guard.
When Johnson fell they pushed the
b gate open and made Il rush for arms,
which are kept in one of the rooms near
by. Cunningham ran to the rescue of
T. ''tlHSol anu uIuSN'h '''pl 80 "''' " NV
prisoner, sent from Jefferson county,
/ of him, Just as he was in
the act Of plunging knife into
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 G. w. Graves, Il
prisoner sent from Madison county for
fifteen years for murder and finally
G managed To run him up stairs aud put
o. him under lock and key, he drcw d
pistol ON Can't. l.. ID. Holloway, prison
l. clerk, who jumped ont OF the window
v into the street. Wolf, with arms, haC
Is got into the street, and WA
. hrmg into Capt. ii. G. Payne, one of tn,
" guards, who returned the fire, GuC
Il though fully exposed to their asssaul
q was making brave effort to drive TIN
- prisoners back. Capt Holloway, wh
was unarmod, was describing the circl
II in the street, while Alsop was pouring
e volley after Noiley ut him from behind
Il tree. Bud South, young man, VIII
M CHANGED to have u gun in his hand whel
w. the alarm wUS given, took ain
at Alsop and it is believes
IS lit him in the shoulder
~, The two couvicts thon attempted {
~ cover the retreat by rapid firing ~
IL Payne and South, but the brave bO
al from behind the tree shot Wolf i'm tn
rs leg. lie fell and was captured.
49, AlSap, who was sent from Jackso
u" county for twenty three years for mu
'l- der, aud w. T.. Grant, sent from Andel
son county for twenty-onc years (,
murder, started ON u run out ON I'll
Owcnton turnpike, when they mt
gY Allen Jones, an owen county tarme
IA, coming into the city i'm u buggy. The
forced him to give the bugg
iE up to them, and drove two or three mil,
i'll i'm the buggy, left 1t ON the road and toe
ne across the hills. Moro than thirl
-, armed men gave pursuit. but no tidini
~ rs vet have been received from thel
Tor Each of the escaping conyicts are armC
II with more than three revolVors. y
ne. are regarded rs the most desperate mC
under sentence of confinement. Ais
's' loully murdered Constable Harrison
Use Jefferson county, who was merely int
viewing him with a summons.
al Grant is one of the prisoners who {
"' tempted to escape nearly u year ago
oil scaling the walls. His wound is SeriOl
,lic SCATTERING the bone OF the thigh al
.,ut prOpably will nccessitute amputatiOn
the leg. Ii is thought however, that
cSe will not prove fatal.
Ids Robinson, the gaurl, will also, it
md thought, have to suffer amputaliln
I,,, the leg. Cunningham, the trusty, W
" rendered such praiseworthy services,
leu receiving the gratitude of the city, u
II will have powerful pleading in his
,art holf for pardon. He was cut in the 81
with a Knife, hut the wound is not dj
vi gcrous. Capt. johnson, who was cut
ms thu head and back, is suffering mt
ton W Ia pain from his wounds, hut is $
iio,, at his post.
wv" Only the three convicts named
per capped, the others being captured
ouk driven back. Wolf says there W
nearly fifty In the plot to escape. IL,
severe In his denunciation of those "
sur did not follow, calling them a lot of d
1ng towards, He said also that he Y
II be sorry he did not kill George Alsop
.,.1 going back on his word. The arran
wv" mcni between him and Alsop was
pos stand at tho gate and kill the first gu
him who dared To approach them, aud To
main until the whole gang I'm the
., camo out. This, he says, Alsop dc
llSh' do, while he himself was true to
hris- word,
"'l Their Remains to be Taken Back
slty' Burial.
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hose in thci South, were In the city tot
s,u. Elder Roberts Is of Ccntcrvillc, L
with headquarters at Chattano
Elder Roberts, In answer
the enquiries, said their bust
the hero was to make arrangem
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/, this went To Gov. Bates office TO See
r the assistance he could give them, but Fl
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