Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-04-20
THE FATAL ATTEMPT.
Convict Stephenson Killed, Others
Wounded,
8UBSUws TRUSTED WINCHESTER.

The particulars of the attempted
apo 81 DunvirtR from the New
Mexico ponitrntiary az Santa De yes
iay morning in connection with
what The Citizen published in a spe
..Il Telegram yesterday afternoon. are
follows taken f,om the New Mex
can.
Twelve prisoners who are detailed
iu work iu the bakery. were lined up
Boo lhp prison yard directly iu front uf
the door uf tho cell house. Among
those was George stephenson. ~
Grant county q desperate character.
serving I've years for murder and who
Be- also under indictment Tor killing
Deputy sheriff George Scarborough in
Grant county ln the cell house was
another convict not belonging 10 the
a tail William simmons. from cha
YES county. who is serving "a sentence
iur cattle stealing aud who is indicted
u ColfaX county for highway robbery.
a third convict was Ice the conspiracy
to make break for liberty, Frank
tHTpoT who was also sentenced from
Ihavcs county for cattle thcn Az
three men have been jain breakers.
stephenson having liberated himself
and four fellow prisoners at Silver
CITY. and the other Two having brukcn
out of the jail at Roswell stephen
son had armed himself with "a 3SCaii
bor smith a WcsHon revolver and had
| Hny cartridges in bis pocket Sim
mons and Carpor had each "a solid
IRON rod two feet long and an inch
thick
The three made dash ont Of the
| t,Ilhuusu through tho Key room into
] d HFsH.
1.-The dining room where the guards
were assembled an unarmed We had
II.s revolver cooked aud commanded
] the guards to throw up their hands.
Captain OF the Guard Foupo ArmiIO
! seized "a chair and throw h at Ste
phcnsuu aud then rushed out Of the
ldnins room and out of the building
Ito the first watch tower. whore hc
seized shot gun and returned To the
IhWlding in the meantime stephen.
SON had shot guard named Pedro
| SIndUyal the bullet grazing Saudo
ls8rs head and flooring him stephen
SON then made for the front door On
luVait Felipe Armiio and as soon as
1.-The latter came iu fred az him three
Itmps. one OF the bullets piercing Ar
|w.u's cheek and entering the jaw
|luup Armilo shot M the same time
1.-two or three shots taking effect bat
luuf seriously WuundiuE Stephenson
! q moment later superintendent ~ %
Hursum who was standing ON thJ
Isu.uud Hour thirty feet above stephen
Isuu fred "a Winchester three times
1.-TWO bullets piercing stephenson
lh.art and % third entering his righ'
Ipyu. BILLING hW instantly
Curp,r bad become frightened h'
This tim. and stood between Sim
lmuus AMI Assistant superintendent
llum,s. vino Wu- uuarWDd. aud thu.
Iuruhanlr saved 90. life uf james
lSmmuu. made for thD office and there
.ld at tay Or David Knapp the pen
lltntiarr physician AND one of th'
lrulrds Carlos DumuEuuz both un
EARNED Nrmiio though ecrinusL
wound ra.hDd ont of the building
Z. the uUb. window. and through ]
shot simmons. wuually wuundinl
hm tho but .lt,-nr simmons groin
, IUIrk and Uu. ono 90 the conyicts
II.#o Monica soma. ir.m San Miguc
d county who wHs mistaken for one %
I'm. mutluH,r by Jh rards who %.
This time had coma. uuon the scene
was shot and Wuun '.d 90 the arm
land Ina the back with nuckahut.
IN. lNNNlA lNNaNI WN 'it'' autumn
. Ito the wounded mon handuging thoi
wounds Captain of the Guard ArmiJ
was taken tn st Nlnccnts hospital
b Hi- injury is serious but not fata
- simmons viii die. bat Scna and Guar
r ~auduyal are not soseriously wound
Jed
a thorough investigation is ia pro
, gross tu discover how stephenson 81
/. Toured tho revolver and cartridges an
/. the two other men the iron bars Tn
discipline a. the pDnItputiary is 81
/ strict and the supervision SO thuroug
4 lthat IL seems very strange that "a o.
~ yuIycr and cartridge could hc smul
n rl.l into the pauitontiary unobscryc
hg Bny 90 tbo guards
Ihv uUU'ua.s urI courage 81 So
pc utcudrut " O HuIsum as well a
y IOf Captain of thc Guard Felipe Armil'
. Ivhu is from SoCorru prevented "a
y success of the plot Of the three cor
y IyIDts Co escape, and perhaps n genera
m tins Tho other prison official
% Ia Uil their duty although b"iu
Z. Iu...r.I ta w,r" somewhat hell
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