The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-08-27
RIOT IN PRISON.
Exciting Times in Kentucky Peniten-
tiary
RIOT LASTED FOUR HOURS.
The Mutinccrs Finally Surrcnd er.
One Prisoner MortaIIy Wound
ed and Two Others Srri-
ously Shot.

A special from Frankfort Ky, says.
The officials of the State penitcntiary
and the citizens of Frankfort were
thrown into Il state of wild excitement
"Wednesday by riot in the prison
started by an attempt to gain their
liberty of three despc rate murdererS,
Lafayette Brooks of Morgan county,
and Wallace Bishop and II. Mulligan
OF Kenton county.
Before the riot, which began at Is
O'Clock and lasted until after 10. was
queilcd the mutinouS cOnvictS were
captured, Bishop bring fatally wound
ed, Mulligan shot i'm the shoulder and
negro convict, Albert RanSome of
Louisville, whom the deSperadOeS had
pressed into service, vas hit 10y rifle
ball.
The rioting started While Brooks.
Mulligan and Bishop. one of whom
had a pistol concealed about his per-
son, were coming out of the dining
room to anSwera hospital call. Sud
denly one of the convictS drew a
weapon and compelled Guard \. II.
Hill to give up his arms. Guard f. f.
Hurst who rushed to Gili'S assistance.
was also Captured by the cunvictS.
Capt. Mat Madigan, acting warden.
then rushed forward with six guards
and fired on the bunch. but no one
was wounded. The convictS then ran
across the road and at the entrance to
the reed department of the chair fac
tory captured Willis. of Clark county.
foreman. They covered him with
their pistols and placing him between
them and the guards rc treated to the
rocker department in the chair fac
tory, whence they could command
good view of the entire yard. At
window they stationed Willis, and
Brooks with revolver in his hands.
took position just behind the cap
tive, resting the muZZlc of the weapon
on the foreman'S side. The convictS
then deted Warden Lillard to attempt
to capture them, shouting that they
would kill the foreman at the first
move made against them.
BY this time several hundred per-
sons, many of them heavily armed.
gathered at the prison gates, but the
warden denied admission to all He
issued orders for all the shops to close
and for all the prisoners to be return
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placed Il guard of 60 men around the
building in which the deSpcradocS
had barricaded themselves and called
on them TO surrender. The cOnvictS
only reply was taunt. For the pro-
lection OF Foreman Willis, the warden
then determined to atarVc the dCS-
peradoeS into submissions.
James Buckley, former city work
house keeper, and Morgan Brewer.
former guard at the penitcntiary.
climbed to the root OF n residence
overlooking the building i'm which the
convictS had taken refuge and fired
several shots into the room where the
desperadOcS were entrcnched. They
were compelled to dcSiSt. however. as
Foreman Willis was forced to the win
dow in the line of fire
Finally a letter was dropped from
the window saying that if the warden
would come TO the head of the steps
leading to the reed department the
convictS would surrender. first send
ing their weapons down by Frank
Brooks.
Warden Lilard prepared to accept
the terms of this note. and as a mat
OSl vi plGNduJlOll' al Idll NOLtll COllNlclS
were placed in the hospital overlook
ing the reed department. Warden
Lillard accompanied by eight men
then proceeded to the foot Of the stair
way.
The prisoners emerged from the
reed room as they had promised with
hands up, but us they proceeded down
the stairway, Bishop dropped his
hands to his side as if TO daaw wcap-
ON. lie had hardly made motion
when one of the wardcnS party fired.
the bullet striking bishop in the
breast intlicting fatal wound.
When Bishop fell Mulligan and
Brooks sank to their knees begging
the warden to save their lives and at
1870 o'clock the two dcSperadocS.
heavily Shackled and accompanied by
ten men with drawn pistols. were
placed in their cells and quiet had
been restored.
\ Bad wreck.