The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-08
MOUNTED GUARDS
BEATING THE BRUSH
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Leavenworth, Kas, Nov. S.-One
man was killed, three others danger
ously wounded and twenty-six desper-
ate convicta are at large as tie result
OF a mutiny late yesterday afternoon
at the site of the new United States
prison. two miles southeast of here,
where 400 prisoners from the federal
prison in charge of thirty armed
guards. were at work.
When the trouble began the rebell-
ious prisoners had only two revolvers.
These revolvers had been secreted in
one OF the walls Of the building by
some unknown person. There are two
walls partly completed and the rest OF
the site of the building IS surrounded
by high wooden stockade.
Gus Parker Of Ardmore, J. r., one
of the nngleaders of the mutiny un.
der pretense Of necessity, walked to
the corner Of the stocbade when the
Irevolvers were concealed. and under
cover OF some weeds secured them
without being detected. lie returned
to- the gang and passed one Of tho
revolvers to Frank Thompson a negro
/ from South McAlester l. t. who Sc
creted It about his person. Then r. r.
I Kinds. superintendent Of construction
and three unarmed guards prepared to
round up the men. at the end of the
days work the two armed convicts
covered them with the revoivers and.
encouraged by the other mutinous con-
Ylcts, forced the men TO walk before
/ them toward the northwest corner Of
The stockade where they expected to
make rush through an openeing. The
outside Of the stockade was guarded
/ by armed men and when the convicts
appeared at the opening they were met
/ by c.. r. Burrows. guard, who
fought them back but who received two
shots I'm the neck. The convicts then
rushed over to the south wall to an
other openeing, and were met by Arth-
ur Trelford. an armed guard who is in
charge of all the convicts.
Trolford resisted the convicts and was
shot twice but not dangerously wound
ed. Defeated in their attempt to es-
cape at this point the men rushed to
the guard house a temporary frame
structure where the arms are kept The
guards from the outside rushed in at
this point ana drove the convicts away
from the guard house. j. p Wald-
Irupe a guard, shot and killed Ford
Quinn, from Ryan, !. r. The prisoners
then made a grand rush for the main
entrance and twenty-six of them sue
ceeded in escaping. Most OF the escap-
ed men aref rom Indian Territory.
Closely followed by the guards the men
ran to northerly forest where they
escaped their pursuers.
Teh men went in the direction of
Easton, Kansas. and it Is reported that
they have held up many farmers, taxi
ing horses and clothes enroute. Mai.
iR w McCloughey warden Of the pen
itentiary was in Kansas City at the
time of the outbreak, making arrange
ments for the congress OF prison war
dens to be held there next week.
The course that the fugitives have
taken in indicated by the local cities in
which they have committed depreda-
tons Many of their robberies are be-
In reported here late tonight. S. A.
Dawson. a farmer ten miles southwest
Of here was robbed Of horse and some
clothing. Three of his employees Were
robbed of their coats and hats c. T.
Ferguson, a mail carrier, was robbed
of his horse and cart. No report of the
pursuers having encountered any OF
the fugitives has reached here at mid.
Z night