Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-02
luRDERous FIGHT IN A JAIL.
pENIrENTIARy GUARDS BRAvE
uATrLE FOR LIFE.
CT ON By Desperate Trio-one OF
Hia AAsniInnts is shat Dead
Another seriously injured-rheir
victim Very Badly Used Up.

[ W Another seriously inturcu"S'
IA victim Very Badly Used Up.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan. The cpl
demie OF assaults upon guards at the
ohio penltentiary. at Columbus. when
Began about six months ago, cuimi-
mated in a bloody encounter in which
|looe prisoner was shot and Instantly
Killed. another dangerously wounded
Win pistol bali in his leg, and a
xtard seriously injured by being beaten
aver the head with a bar Of iron.
rhe shooting occurred in Reynolds'
landry, and only few moments after
fhe men had marched to the shops for
| NE days work. The convicts who par
|:firlpated In the affair were Joseph
Day, serving two years sentence
| IN forgery: John Burk, serving two
| tyears for robbery and John Bird. serv-
|Aing one year, for shooting to wound.
|41Prhe mounting room in the foundry
IA = for some time been in a state of
| ttrror, or. In other words, the prisoners
|3have had full sway, and they were IN
the habit of doing as they pleased. the
oficials decided to put stop to THIS
ana ON last Saturday Guard S. j. Tenn
r,a was placed ON duty in that depart
nafnt. Several OF the bolder prisoners
IN the shop at once began throwing out
5,ints to the guard that II he wanted
III retain his residence In America he
had better not attempt to enforce the
Guard Temple is rated as one Of tnp
bravest and most efficient guards at
fhe penitentiary, and consequently these
1iftle bluffs did not scare him in the
ieast from performing his duty. He
sized up the men he had TO deal with
and saw at once that O'Day was the
LEAD der of the gang.
FIVE Monday morning Temple had occasion
I'd report O'Day for violating the rules.
{Ypay and his pals at once threatened
Vengeance. and Christmas morning
when the men were at breakfast Temple
/ was informed that a plot had been
Matched TO kill him, and he was adj
vlsed by friends to arm himself and be
| prepared for the attack Prior to this
Temple had never carried weapon OF
am kind but decided to act on the
ndvice and purchased a revolver. He
hardly expected that the men would
carry out their threat. and when he re-
Ported at the foundry for duty Wednes-
div morning he had almost dismissed
the subject from his mind. But the
eyer of Kidding the shop of an official
Who dared to do his duty.
NJ Temple marched his company in at
7;S0 o'clock as usual. and Just as he
|. atepped inside the building, O'Day
hunk and Bird grabbed him and pro-
cfeded to carry out their threat Of
~ DING him up" Burk caught Temple
by the throat. Bird held his hands and
QDay struck him with an iron bar on
ithe top OF his head, Temple succeeded
ain getting his hands on his revolv sb
BIZ the prisoners prevented him from
a king it from his pocket. a desperate
etruggle then ensued between the prls-
hers and guard, each STRIVING to secure
ppssession of the weapon.
n. Feet mo Il knife, somebody" shouted
ODay. ''and IN cut his id throat"
|tfSeNeral of the guards in other depart-
ments heard the scuflle and rushed tc
Iemple's rescue Guards Fulton and
Hutler were among tho FIRST 20 arrive,
ahd they threatened to club the men,
| nnnd in this way succeeded In dragging
MON on OF Temple, who by this time
|1was eoverei with blood, whlsh TOW ed
uom tho wound on his head.
|m In the meantime, Temple had fred
Two shots from his revolver, having
aimed them at Reuben Gardner. a
prisoners; whom UDay had asked
zone shot struck Gardner on the leg.
ahd passing through, came ont on the
other side producing q very painrul
wpund. Temple fired,the shot without
taklng his revolver from his pocket.
knd, when few minutes later the
guards came to his rescue he took the
refolNer out, and deliberately aiming
az o'Day. shot him dead.
emple claims that when he hrc1 the
IAial shot ODoy had turned to rausy
|ttnf assault on him. CONSERVATION
*. Is,lsnea supreme Prisoners ran in all
ulFectlons and the guards were al nrst
~ aid to take hand in the affair for
irhr OF being shot. Temple stood in he
-Wddle or the floor with the SMOKING
|Nr9NolVer IN his hand md refus.d 10
ne IL up. He was dazed by ne severe
npW ne received on the head. ana II
WE only after the weapon had been
lAken from him that he could be in.
nqsed 70 go to the hospital ~. heton
S<hlhiieu ms injuries and found him
t93pe suHerinB from a sevAre bru "a ar,
ihe top OF his head nut n1fi,ing ~
fatal WI prove
HEX lay VINO already had BEEN rro-
nyuneeu dead, was carried 10 lie ies-
f+Naf coroner Herbert then he'd y
2{,1s -inoriem examination nAl fonnd
Nst the bullet had entered the /. n side
p4ssed through the fifth rib. ana
reing the lung, lodged Just under tbe
Nh on the right side. O'Dly was
III era1 as a q oaa prisoner, having Octn in
rtNefal different scrapes. re - co
Gays OF his good time tal,sn - w
ppy Tor assaulting Diamond go,rin,,
- iAchlahd county guard He wh, 81
i+.Is olu' ana the place of his ni,,,iiv
wood. $. d. % ~ au-
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