The San Francisco call., 1901-11-08
Mutiny Among the Con-
victs Working at Fed
eral Prison.
One Man Killed, Five Serious
ly Wounded and Twenty
Six Escape.
The Prisoners Secure Weapons and
Engage in Battle With Guards,
Who Endeavor to Quell the
Outbreak.

LEAvENWORTH, Kan, Nov. Lone
man was killed, three others dangerously
wounded and twenty-six desperate con-
victs are at large as the result OF a
mutiny late this afternoon at the site
of the new United States prison. two
miles southeast of here, where 400 pris-
oners 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
revo1vers had been secreted in one of the
walls of the building by some unknown
person. There are two walls partly COM
pleted and the rest of the site Of the
building is surrounded by a high wooden
stockade.
Gus Parker. of Ardmore. I. T.. one OF
the ringleaders of the mutiny, under pre-
tense of a necessity. walked to the cor
ner of the stockade, where the revoIvers
were concealed, and under cover of some
weeds secured them without being de-
tected. He returned to the gang and
passed one of the revolyers to Frank
Thompson, negro from South McAles-
ter, I. T., who secreted it about his per-
son.
Guards Fight Gamsly.
Wn6n r. r. f1lQQS, superintendent Ok
construction. and three unarrned guards.
prepared to round up the men at the end
of the days work the two armed con-
victs covered them with the revolvers
and, encouraged by the 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 an opening.
ed by armed men, and when the convicts
appeared at the opening they were met
by c. E. Burrows, a guard, who fought
them back, but received two shots in the
| neck The convicts then rushed over to
the south wall to another opening and
were met by Arthur Trelford. an armed
guard, who is in charge of all the con-
victs Trelford resisted the convicts and
was shot twice but not dangerously
wounded. Defeated in their attempt to
escape 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 and dEove the convicts away
| from the guard house.
One of the Convicts Killed.
| j. P. WaIdrup. guard, shot and killed
Ford Quinn, from Ryan, /. T. The pris-
oners then made grand rush for the
main entrance, and twenty-six of them
succeeded in escaping. Most of the
/ escaped men are from the Indian Terri
tory Closely followed by the guard the
men ran to nearby forest and succeeded
in evaoing their pursuers.
The men went in the direction Of
Easton. Kan, and it is reported here
that they have held up many farmers,
taking horses and clothes en- route.
/ Major R. W. McCloughry, warden of
the penitentiary. was in Kansas City at
the time of the outbreak, making ar
rangements for the congress of prison
wardens to be held there next week
me convicts in their flight compelled
/ Kinds to go with them and he was not
allowed to return until they had gone al
most two miles. w. F. Peaslee, one Of
the fugitives, who has but fifteen months
more to serve. deserted the band few
moments after Superintendent Hinds was
released
The two men reached here almost at
the same time. They reported that the,
fugftives after holding a consultation de-
cided that they would form themselves
might escape though others should be
captured. 1t is the intention of all OF
them to reach the rough country south
east of here.
Soldiers Join Pursuit.
Twenty-four members of the Fourth
Cavalry hastened to the scene of the
trouble, but when they arrived the con-
victs had escaped and the soldiers could
not participate in the chase without or
ders from their suDeriors.
Forty armed guards from the Federal
prison are in pursuit of the fugitives.
The wounded men are in the prison hos
pital.
]. B. Waldrup was shot in the head and
is in a precarious condition c. E Bur
rows was shot twice in the neck, reeeiv-
ing serious wounds. Arthur Trelford was
shot in the leg. but his wound is slight
Andrew Leonard guard. IS in the hos
pital with a broken leg. He was hurt
as the prisoners were escaping through
the main entrance of the stockade.
One of the fugitives named Otter was