Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-17
ONE CONVICT KILLED
TWO OTHERS WOUNDED
Superintendent H. 0. Bursum and Captain
of the Guard Felipe Armijo Prevent
Three Oonviots from Escaping.
ARMIJO and ANOTHER GUARD HURT

An attempt of three convicts at the
penhtentlary early this morning to ell
feet their escape, resulted i'm the killlng
eff convict George Stephenson, the NOR
tai wounding of convict William SIM
MONS the serious Wounding OF conVact
Jose Monica Sena, the captain of tine
guard Felipe Armijo and guard Pedro
Sandoval.
Twelve prisoners who are detailed TO
work in the bakery We're lined up IN
the prison yeard directly i'm front OF the
door of THE cell house. Among these
was George Stephenson of Grant coun-
ty. a desperate character, serving live
wears for murder who is also under i'm
Gtctment for lilling Deputy Sheriff
George Scarborough in Grant county.
In t,he cell house was another convict,
not belonging to the DETAIL Wlillam
Simmons from Chaves county, who IS
serving a sentence for cattle stealing
and who is Indicted i'm Colfax county
for highway robbery. A third convict
was, i'm the conspiracy to make break
for liberty Frank Carper, Who was al
50 sentenced from Chaves county lor
cattle theft AMI three mem have been
iafl breakers, Stephenson having lfbelTa-
ted himself and -four fellow prisoners at
Silver City and the other two haVlng
broken oult of the Jail at Roswell. Ste
phanson had armed himself with a 9S
caliber Smith & Wessen revolver and
had 50 cartridges in his pocket. Sim
mons and Carper had each a solid iron
rod two feet long and am inch thick
The three made a dash out of the CELL
house Through ItIhe key room into the
main hall. Stephenson ran inIto the
dining room where the guards were as
sambled. all unarmed. He had his re-
volver cooked and commanded the
guards to- throw up tthetr hands. cap
tain of the Guard Armijo seized a chair
and threw iit at Stephenson and then
rushed out Of the dining room and out
of tfne building to the first watch tower
where HE seized a shot gun and returned
to the building. In the meanwhile
Stephenson had shot IA guard named
Pedro SandoNal, the bullet grazing SAN
doval's head and flooring him. Steph-
enson then made for the front door ITO
await Felipe Arnijo and ias soon as the
la,tter came i'm fired at him three times,
ONE elf the bullets piercing Arml1o' s
cheeks and entering his jawbone. Ar
milo shot at the same thine, two or
three slhotrs taking effect, but NOT SER
iously wounding Stephenson. A mo-
| ment latter, Superintendent Fl. o. Bur
sum who was standing ON the second
floor THIRTY feet above Stephenson, fired
a Winchester three times. two bullets
piercing Stephenson's heIart and a thlrd
entering his right eye, killing him an
| sanity.
! Garner had become frightened by this
time and sttood between Simmons and
Assistant superintendent James, who
was unarmed, and thus probably saved
the life of James. Simmons made for
Hha office and there held at bay DR..
David Knapp, THE penitentiary physl-
cian. and orle of the guards, Carlos Do
ming,lez, both rnarmed. Armijo Though
seriously wounded, rushed Quit of the
building ito the office window amo
Through it shot Simmons mortahly
wounding him, the shot entering SIM
MONS groin, back and arms. One o1
dlhe convicts, Josie Monica Sena from
Sam Miguel county, who was mistaken
for cne of the mutineers by the guards
who by tIhis time had come upon ithe
scene. was shot and wounded i'm tine
arm and in the back with buck shot.
DR. David Knapp at once attended tc
the wounded men, jbandaging the1l
wounds. Captain of the Guard Armije
was taken ito st. Vincent'sl hospital. His
injury. is serious. but mott fatal. Sim
mons will die, but Sena and Guard San
) doval, who is of this city, are mot SO Sc
rtously wounded.
A thorough investigation is in pro
gress tito discover how Stephenson Sc
cured the revolver and cartridges ant
tIhe other two men the iron bars. The
discipline ait the peniitamtiary lis 81
strict ard the supervision SO thorough
that lit seems very strange that a re
volver and cartridges could be smug
gled into the peniteu)tiary unobservet
by amy of the guards. .t,,
The GOODNESS amid courage off Supertn'
teindlenu H. o. Bursum as we'll as ot
Captain of tIhe Guard Felipe Armijo
i who lis from Socorro, prevented th'
success of the plot of the three convict:
ito escape and perhaps general mutt
my. The other prison officials also dit
their duty although being unarmet
, they We're somewhat helpless.
) Justice of the Peace Francisco Anay'
impaneled a, jury this afternoon to holt
am inuuest over THE remains of Steph
enson. The jury consisted i'm addition
to THE Justice Of tfhe peace of Rtcard'
Alarid, Amado Alarid, Manuel Alfare
Ansalmo Arunijo, Denla'cio Armijo am
. Charles Wheeler. The verdict of tn
0 jury completely eXoneSrahes THE peniten
tiary officials, stating that StephensoI
came to- llls death while endeavoring It
malke his excape from the penfltentiar
. and with arms resisting its officials.