Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-13
THEY FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS.
Three Escaped Convicts Keep Fifty
Guards at Bay.

A San Francisco special to the New York
World today says: No more dramatic escape
and capture have been known in years than
those at the state prison at San Quentin yester-
day and today. Three convicts-Charles Man.
ming, W. ii. Hanlon, serving sentences of seven
teen years each for stage robbery, and Abraham
Turlock. sentenced for life for murder-by a
plan concocted on the outside, escaped, under
the pretense of repairing tank. Secreted I'M
der the boards near the tank were supplies con-
| sisting of two rifles and other weapons, put
there by friends. Opposite the tank, running
from the hill, is a ditch three four feet deep.
After securing their equipments the convicts
entered the ditch and reached Green Brae road
unperceived. Then they ran slowly to the hills,
Guard Flynn noticed their outbreak and freda
rifle shot to stop them. The only heed paid to
the command by the men i'll stripes n cry
of defiance rs they started on their run for
freedom The guard fired repeatedly. Volley
after vollev was sent after the men and bullets
rained about them, but still without effect
further than to cause them to accelerate their
speed.
Situated two miles from the prison wall is
a growth OF thcket, through which a gulch
runs and into this the convicts plunged. They
were com pletely hidden, but the thicket, which
is situated between the prison and san Rafael,
was soon surrounded by about fifty guards
who Immediately began to explore it. Guard
Bowen was several yards in advance of the
other pursuers. Suddenly the report of a
pistol rang out, and the guards made for thu
spot from where the sound proceeded.
stretched upon thu ground was Bowen with q
bullet imbedded in the flesh of his arm. This
fact told the pursuers something they had not
known bcfore-the convicts were armed.
When darkness closed in the guards were re-
inforced and scattered around the thicket. The
convicts separated and all through the night in
different parts of the thicket quick flash
would be seen and the guards would answer it.
In fact, they shot at everything that moved.
The fusiilade kept up until dawn. when
Warden NlcComb took command of the forces
Sh riff Manning, who was q little IN advance,
heard bullet whiz by and he tumbed down
unhurt but badly scared. Then for an hour
the firing was resumed and the prisoners called
| for halt.
A truce was established and Manning and
| one guard went to the men and held con-
| ference. The men had built fort at the top
| of ridge in the thicket, were, il they had
| provisions. they could have withstood 100
men. The convicts made terms. They
frs. demanded to know if any guard
| had been killed and when assured that
there had not they then demanded that they
| be not shot down when they surrendered.
| This was guaranteed them and then the three
men laid down their arms and were marched
back to prison in irons. They will be put in a
| have now lost all hope for pardon and commu-
tation for good conduct.
The escape and the firing i'll the hills created
| the widest excitement. 1t is near famous
| camping -out place and the campers spent .
night OF terror.