The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-14
CONYICTS In MUTINY
Inmates Of Leavenworth Prison
Battle With the Guards.
DESPERATE RUSH FOR LIBERTY
Two Of the Prisoners Had Revoivers
which Were Freely Used-Twen.
ty-Six Succeed In Breaking
From Stockace.

A special from Leavenworth, Kans.
says: One man was killed, three 9th.
ers dangerously wounded and twenty.
six desperate convicts are at large as
result of mutiny late Thursday af,
ternoon at the site Of the new United
States prison, two miles southeast of
the city, where 400 prisoners from the
federal prison, in charge Of thirty
armed guards, were at work.
When the trouble began the rebel
lious prisoners had only two revolvsrs.
These had been secreted N one Of the
walls of the building by some unknown
person. Gus Parker, of Ardmore, Ind.
T., one of the ring leaders Of the mu-
tiny, under -pretense of a necessity.
walked to the corner of the stockade.
where the revolvers were concealed and
under the cover of some weeds secured
them without being detected. He re-
turned to the gang and passed one Of
the reyolvers to Frank Thompson, q
negro, who secreted it about his per-
son. When T. E. Kinds, superintend-
ent of construction, and three unarm-
ed guards prepared to round up the
men at the end of the days work, the
two armed convicts covered them with
revolyers and encouraged by the 9TH
er mutinous convicts, forced the men
to walk before them to the northwest
ern corner of the hign wooden stock
ade, where they expected to make a
rush through an opening. On the out
side Of the stockade was an armed
guard, and the convicts were met at
the opening by C. E. Burrows, who
fought them back, but who received
two shots in the neck. The convicts
then rushed over to the south wall to
another opening and were met by Ar
thur Treelford, an armed guard, who
is in charge Of all the convicts. Treel-
ford 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, temporary frame struc-
ture, where the arms were kept. The
guards from the outside rushed in at
this poinS and drove the convicts away
from the guard house. ]. P. Waldrupe,
a guard, shot and killed Ford Quinn,
from Ryan, Ind. T. The prisoners then
made a grand rush for the main en-
trance and twenty-six Of them succeed
ed in escaping.
The convicts, in their fight, COM
PEELED F. E. Kinds, superintendent Of
construction, to go with them and he
was not allowed to return until they
had gone almost two miles into for
est. W. F. Peaslee, one of the fugi-
tives, who has only fifteen months
more to serve, deserted the band few
moments after Superintendent Kinds
was released. The two men reachd
Leavenworth almost at the same time.
They reported that the fugitives, after
holding consultation, decided they
would form into several parties, so
that some might escape, though 9TH
ers should be captured.
Twenty-four members Of the Fourth
cavalry hastened to the scene OF the
trouble, but when they arrived the con-
viets had escaped. and the soldiers
could not participate in the chase viii.
out orders from their superiors.
However, forty armed guards from
the federal prison started in pursuit
OF the fugitiyes.
The wounded men are in the prison
hospital. J. B. Wal6rupe, who was
shot in the head and neck, is in 4 PIE
carious condition.