Telegram-herald., 1889-11-20
FULL PARTICULARS
OF me Dynamite Explosion IN the
state Prison.
EOW lyY ESCAPE VAS HEADED OFF.
Moment or Grsat EEeitsmsnr-L4ti-
aasr saaP~stsa - Have Bs~a IA tas
FlsG-ylzss % ms Prison Omeiais
oa tds Anairs

J4cKsos. Mch.. N0g l9.-The fol-
ios.ng are fuller PARTICULARS of the ar
tempt made Monday evening . blow
~ tne Michigan state PRISON. shortly
after O'Clock the PRISON school went
Ito session, with about 80 convicts
in Attendance, and when the roll was
called three we're found % be absent
without the required excuse.
This vas something unusual, and al
che instant e Vas discovered and an
explanation demanded. The explana-
tom came .n tne form OF an explosion
that shook ire solid stone masonry OF
the prison from top % bottom and
reveroerated throughout the clty,
alarming the people and causing
great crowd o. swarm pr sonHard.
INSIDE tae walls great excitement pre-
vailed a an instant. but tine authorities
controlled the confusion admirably 10y
hastily locking -he inside gates, double
amlug tine guards and n,tuctiug
thetn 90 shoot dead any convict
attempting % escape The rap.dly
Nth uri..n t,. r,soeivers we're n,ode
shows that the rrson officers had been
booking Tor trouble tnd were prepared
for &.
80 have" -a.d Capt. Avery, IN an
interview wata late hour last night. "been
on the lookout tor something 0f tins
kad. To state o. you how positive /
was that tins was gong 10 occur. may
saw that when th.. exp'o..on took nlacc
4 had man with q repeating rifle
standing on the outside of the wall near
vnere the window is on The ledge of
which th.s dynamite was laid when II
exploded and had n convict stuck his
head out me would have been shot
dead "
Tie cantain was exclted but deter.
rlmpd and tbe cause iust,fied h,s re-
max.
Tne evoio.,o, ocorr,od ~, tho v,;,
dow If Inc ve.f coll bio,.t and 49,
,artr,3oe rausi,,, - vr,s I,id mon the
window I'm. Tic wall boiow The vim
dow i. two feet thick and of stone. hut
10 vas shattered BADLY ALTHOUGH not
enouoh 10 alloW Convict
r Pei q
r,urh crowded ,h,r., or fort,. co,v;,ts
sleen,ng ou cot. in tbe corridor and
~ r,t, ,rb,, b,,,r,,,,,I ,e,- tbc NJ
DON whom the eT1ios,on occurred Wa
hurled mo, t.,. b,.,l ,e,,;,,st H. sto1o
foor and basIv injured
Tbe idcntitv of tbe tbree co,victs i'm
nii.ated h no,no,y, onfside tho nrison
and viii bc kcot n socrot n loost nnt,i
,he aut1orit,.s "a, iear, v,betber a
rr,r-i,sr ,.f others urero not also MO tho
r1o,
Wben tho ov~los;on occurred tho mon
who had dronned from, tho ranL,s in tho
march to IN school room n nernetrate
if only waited to see that = did not
omen the wav 10 e..,ape and then scur-
rod "a therr- coils However thev could
not lock the cell doors. and bv this
means they were identified even before
thor absence from the school was re-
t0rtcd.
Pros. don't smith visited the nrison nj
an rarlv hour this morning rnd was
r.a4atsd with Depittv Fifelf and Can't
Averv ror.,rfer found tho combine
t.,r and h~ole s., or thcp,
N think sald can't. Avery. "tbat
Tatner was in the scheme. but Dlaved
,,., .i,. ,,,C,,,o.,, 49,. o,l.',,',G y
~ .,rlz and was lorkcd In 3is cell for
b. MN. locked .n and had the bole heen
l-rEr, ,r.s, ~ tbe o,,,s,I,. no ,or,lJ
NOT hav, tt<c, advant,ge ofit,
r-.s,,laDt smith so,d, DT am told
+h,t two III tho co,,,,c,s loctoJ ~, ,re
l.fc mon. and as tbov were AN ON tho
lVf.-.. ..-.-.~,~+ --..b T,4,,,,cr .bo,.
wor. ..t F., t1e Eliot Uow nanv more
Tr4rtf .1,- .farv W, shall r1aLe a
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T.. --.7 tb,, -.rer,r s-e s,.5 80 49,
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t.o .r.rn- so n-osunoc NC
.,u ~. ,t tbc s,.ts 49,, Tbe, 80