Arizona republican., 1901-11-09
PRISONERS BROKE AWAY
Wholesale Delivery at the New Leav-
 enworth Federal Jail.

Leavenworth. Kan. Nov. s. One
 man killed. five others dangerously
 wounded and twenty-six desperate con-
 victs at large is the result of a mutiny yesterday afternoon at the site of the new United States prison, three 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 rebellious prisoners had only two revolvers. These revolvers had been secreted in one of the walls of the building by some un-
 known person. There are two walls partly completed and the rest of the
 site of the building is surrounded by q high wood stockade.
 Gus Parker of Ardmore, I. T. is one
 of the ring leaders of the mutiny. Un- der a pretense of necessity he walked to a corner of the stockade, where the re volvers were concealed under the cover of some weeds and secured them with out being detected. He returned to the gang and passed one of the revoIvers to Frank Thompson, q negro from South MacAlister, I. T. who secreted it about his person. When F. F.. Hinds superintendent of construction. ani three armed guards prepared to round up the men at the end of the days
 work the two armed convicts covered
 them with revolvers and encouraged | by other mutinous convicts forced the
 men to walk before them toward the northwest corner of the stockade, where they expected to make a rush through the opening.
 Outside the stockade was guarded by armed men and when the convicts ap- peared at the opening they were met
 by the guards, who fought them back. but who received two shots in the neck The convicts then rushed over to the south wall to another opening. where they were met by Arthur Trelford. an armed guard, who is in charge of all the convicts. Trelford resisted the con
 victs and was shot twice, but was not dangerously wounded. Defeated in their attempt to escape at this point the men rushed to the guardhouse. q temporary frame structure where the arms were kept. The guards from the
 outside rushed in at this point and drove the convicts away from the
 suardhouse. Waldrupe, guard. shot ! and killed Ford Quinn. The prisoners
 made a grand rush for the main en-
 trance and twenty-six of them succeed
 ed in escaping. Most of the escaped
 men are from Indian territory. Close ly followed by the guard, the men ran to nearby forest and succeeded in evading their pursuers. The men went in the direction of Easton, Kan. It IS | reported here that they held up many farmers, taking horses and clothes en route.
 The convicts in their flight compelled | Superintendent of Construction Hinds | to go with them and he was not al Q
 lowed to return until they had gone | two miles. w. F. Peaslee, one of the ! fugitives, who has fifteen months more | 10 serve, deserted the band d few | moments after Hinds was released. The 1 two men reached here almost at the
 same time. They reported that the
 fugitives, after holding a consultation. ! decided that they would form them
 selves into several small parties so tha1
 some might escape. though the others ! be captured.
 . It is the intention of all of them to
 attempt to reach the rough country ! southeast of here. TwenIy-four mem-
 bers of the Fourth cavalry hastened to 1 the scene of the trouble, but when they | arrived the convicts had escaped anl
 the soldiers could not participate in the
 chase without orders from their su-
 periors. Forty armed guards from tn, federal prison are in pursuit of the fugitives. The wounded men in tn.
 prison hospital are J. |. Waldrupe