The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-09
Desperate Penitentiary Birds Sue
coed in Securing Their Liberty.
0yERPOWERED THE GUARD
TOOK HIS PISTOL FROM HIM
AND FLED.
Captured a Horse and Buggy and
Drove Up Parleys Canyon-A
Posse In Pursuit-Description of
the Men.

Four convicts at the penHentiary sue
ceeded in making their escape yesterday
afternoon. The prisoners were working
between The peni5entiary and the rescr-
Yoir, in Parley's canyon, on the new line
Of pipe that is being constructed. They
were under the charge of Guard John
Van Streeter. They overpawered him and
possessed themselves Of ms pistol and so
made their escape.
Mr. H. a. Storms and wife were driving
IN buggy about 3 o clock, on their way
10 StarbuckS ranch in PQCley'S canyon
10 get some chickens They noticed 0he
prisoners at work on the pipe line about
q mile above Uhe p6nLeutiary and one
man approached them. He wore a guard 5
uniform and when he reached the buggy,
he ordered Storms 10 throw up his hands.
Storms replied U1st such a demand was a
strange one to come from United States
othcer. The man then explained that he
I'D quick
Storms and his wife cbeyed and the
prisoners who had come up in the mean
time got in the buggy. They took Mr.
StefuS oVercoat and pulled out his Watctl
but returned ii 10 him and the four drove
away The fugIttCes abandoned the buggy
about q mile above the WaterWorhS and
UO1k to Jhe hills.
1t is reported that the convicts used a
pistol 10 overcome the guard. They rad
1t hidden in the sand when they went
to Work, and ii was evidently furnished
by some confederate on the outside. The
men are tough characters and We're sery-
ing long terms The mems names and
the.r descriptions are as follows:
Harry Traey-4 years of age. feet 9
lnches IN height, weighs l54 pounds, light
complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair
burglary.
W.niam H. Brown-Aged p years. feet
~ inches in height. weighs lj3 mounds
and is a mulattO. He vas serving a sen
~ =
the man who held up a street car some
inns 50 ana was sent up for the deed.
FRANK Edwards, alias Charles Glide
Medium competition, fees 10 inches in
height gray eyes and brown hair. Serv-
ing sentence of ten years for burglary
David Jones. alias D. Lant=Aged u
years light complexion, height feet II
inches blue eyes and brown hair. He was
serving sentence OF eight years for
burglary
They were all new men in the peniten-
tary, having been in there but a short
time. Every effort is being made 10 cap
lure the f1EltiVes and a reward of $40
has been offered for each. In a short
time after their escape the hills in the
neiGhbarhccd OF Parley'S canyon were
hlled with mea in hot pursuit. Up 30 a
late hour last nigapt no word had S,een
received OF the conVictS, who are st!ll
at large.
i special message from Park City last
night says: Sheriff Lindsay received
word from Salt lake tonight that four
conVicts had escdDed from the peniten-
tiary. and were headed up Parley's can-
yon. The sheriff immed ately organized
4 posse Of eight men. consisting Of James
Snedden. Isaac Mckay, L. Carmack.
Frank Hague and John johnson. They
armed Themselves With W9nchestes-s and
started out On horseback and by wagon
along the line of the Utah Central"
Word has been sent TO AL the surround
M towns and sharp lookout - beng
kept all over the country for the men
Warden Dow IS very anxious TO RECAP
tire them and no stone win be LEFT IN
turned 70 accomplish his purpose The
country m the vicinity of the place at
which the buggy was abandoned has
been thoroughly secured and the search
IS St.1I being instituted