The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-16
! FORTY DEVILS.
Forty Convicts Near Bryan
Escape, Arm and Attempt
to Sack the City
Brave Lev. smith Gives gp HIS
Life TO save the Town
They Ascend the Brazos.
The Fight in Illinois -Washing-
toms Budget-GalvestOn's
Mayor Will be Fulton.
Grimes and Hangings-A Man
Blown TO Atoms by Dyna-
mite-Otiier happening.
BRYAN,s PERIL.
Forty Escaped Convicts Under Arms
Attempt 10 Burn and Piilagc
the Town.


the Town.
Special to the Examiner
Bryan, May 10 There was gen.
eral escape of convicts near this city
yesterday. The Pilot at noon to-day
issued an extra giving the details as
follows:
About forty convicts ovcrpowcred
the guards and escaped from Clay's
farm near Welborn at 3 o'clock yester-
day evening. They provided them
selves with horses and arms and start
ed oil in the direction of Bryan. This
was telcgraphed to the authorities
here, and laterdispatch was sent from
Ed Farquhar at Welborn, who saw
the furious mob as they passed that
place. We learn that they fired sew
eral shots at Farquhar, and passed on
in regular line of battle toward Bry-
an. City Marshal Carr, with Mr.. Lev.
y. Smith and Levi Neal, stationed
himself behind the powder-magazine
mile south of town, Deputy Robert
smith aud Mr.. j. p. Nall taking
places on tho college road near the
home of Judge Thomas. Between
came uIbhg- llItr eesissea ~. tnp"inia
mauazine and were ordered to
halt by Marshal Carr. His order to
halt was responded to by n terrific
yolley from the convicts, who were
well armed aud mounted and ready
for battle. The fire was returned by
Mcssrs. Carr and Smith until the lat
Ter was shot through the breast and
killed. Besides the fatal shot, another
took oil one of the unfortunate mans
fingers and the stock of his pistol
Cant. Carr received a shot through
T The top of his hat aud one through his
} cloihing, neither injuring him any
the news was sent to town, the fire
: hell rang, and excited men armet
! themselves promptly aud started II
: uureuit, and by the time this reaches
: The reader the criminals will doubt.
less be caught. Last heard of them
: they were still going in IL bod.
: toward Moseley's Ferry. IL seem
certain that their purpose was to hr
aud rob the town, and that the hgh
In which poor Lev Smith lost hi
i life saved Bryan from great loss
i property and perhaps OF life.
7, One report is that masked citizen
II turned the convicts loose and flu
o uished them arms, seeking to brea
IS nm the convict labor system, to while
n many are opposed. A more plausib
l. theory is that ''trusty' placed arm
N where they could get them, and a
IF ranged for the escape.
le ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
N Another version OF the escape sa
III that arhed friends of the convicts Il
of in ambush aud, as soon as the squa'
~ night in number, reached the end
h. tile rows they were blowing, open
fire ON the guards and a hot fight
sued resulting inthe guards being ov
powered and compelled TO surrend
or The convicts then mounted the mu
as which had been drawing the plo
III aud rode away.
at IL is thought the greater portion
m the convicts are making their way
Us the Brazos river. They are tax
TX horses and saddles whenever q
zen can be found and hold the guards
wv hostages.