The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-21
CONVICTS
 IN MUTINY Make Desperate Dash for
 Freedom. ONE OF THEM IS SLAIN Futile Attempt to Break Frankfort Penitentiary. Participants All Murderers and Most Dangerous Urlminais-Uaprure a Guard and Use Him
 as a Shield.

Frankfort. Ky. Aug 20.-Fired by de- sire to gain their freedom. Wallace Bish- op and Thomas Mulligan of kenton Coun- ty. and Lafayette Brooks of Morgan County, all murderers and desperate criminals, made a futile attempt to es- cape from the State penitentiary here this morning, and as result Bishop is dead, Brooks is shot through the should CT and Alfred Ransome, colored. Louis vile murderer. who for a few moments essayed to follow the three daring lead CTS. is suffering from a wound in the shoulder.
 The mutiny which lasted for four and half hours and ended in an ignominous surrender by the convicts, caused great excitement in the prison and among the people of Frankfort. The convicts chose what they considered a most propitious time for their outbreak. Selecting the breakfast hour for the dash for liberty, when they hoped to stampede a large number of prisoners, they overpowered the guards with their pistols. captured Charles WiiliE foreman of the reed department of the chair factory, and, using him as shield entrenched them selves in room where they defed the officials Threatened to Starve Them.
 It was not until they discovered that Warden Eph Lilard intended to starve them out that they decided to surrender Ransome was shot by Eph Lillard, IT, while the men were entrenched. Bishop was wounded as he was surrendering. be- cause when told to hold up his hands he attempted to put one of them in his pockets as if reaching for a weapon and Brooks was wounded by a stray ball at the time Bishop fen. Wallace Bishop, alias Burns, is from Hammond. Ind.
 Brooks made a statement to the war den this afternoon. He places the re- sponsibility for the attempted outbreak on Bishop. He says he and the other two men had worn shackles constantly for months for bad conduct and that Bishop assured them that he could get them out This afternoon Bishop joined the Catho- lie Church and begged forgiveness of Act ing Warden Madigan for the attempt upon that officers life.
 It was ascertained that Captain George Frye of Marion County, fired the shot which wounded Bishop. Captain Frye was detailed to watch the entrance of the reed department from a window of a hos p!tal He saw Bishop drop his hands at the surrender after being ordered to hold them up and thought he was going to attack Warden Iillard.
 Convicts Had Pistols.
 The mutiny started while Brooks Mul- ligan and Bishop, one of whom had a pistol concealed about his person, were coming out of the dining room at 6 o'clock ths morning. to answer hospital call Suddenly one of the convicts drew weapon and compelled Guard A. H. Gill, to give up his arms
 Guard F. F. Hurst. who rushed to Gill s assistance. was also captured by the con- victs.
 Captain Mat Madigan. acting warden then rushed forward with six guards, and fired on the bunch. but no one was wounded.
 and at the entrance to the reed depart ment of the chair factory. captured Will lis of Clark County. a foreman.
 They covered him with their pistols and. placing him between them and the guards retreated to the rocker depart ment from where they could command a good view of the entire yard
 At the window they stationed wlins and Brooks. with a revolver in his hand took a position just beside the captive resting the muzzle of the weapon on the foremans left side.
 The convicts then defied Warden IIl- lard to attempt to capture them. shouting that they would kill the foreman at the first move made against them,
 By this time several hundred of citi- zens many of them heavily armed had gathered at the prison gates but the warden denied admission to all.
 He issued orders for all the shops tt close and for all the prisoners to be re turned at once to their cells.
 He then placed guard of sixty mer around the hriding in which the despera does had barrcaded themselves and call ed on them to surrender,
 The convicts' only reply was taunt.
 For the protection of Willis. the war den determined to starve the conviCts into submission.
 Tried to Decoy Officers.
 In about half an hour a note was drop ped from the window of the room where they had taken refuge asking Warden Iilard and Deputy Warden Madigan tc come under the window with a flag Of truce and deal with them. This de- mand was ignored.
 Shortly after this James Buckley. for. mer city workhouse keeper and Morgan Brewer. a former guard at the peniten. tiary, climbed to the roof of a residence overlooking the building in which the captives had taken refuge and peerec into the room where the desperadoes werc entrenched.
 They were cOmpelled 10 ueslSl, however as Wills was forced to the window in the line ot fire.
 ell called to the men to stop firing anG informed them that the negro. whom the desneradoes had forced into service, haC been shot in the shoulder
 Al c o'clock another note was dropped from the conviets' window. offering tC surrender if the men were insured safe delivery to the cell house. This request also was ignored
 The convicts asked that Captain Lil Hard and Captain Madigan core in per son to escort them, but it w oenevet that was merely ruse to XIII the or ficers
 Later another letter from tfe despera doas nee hrougbt hv Franl ,. Int note stated that if the "oul, eaz2a to the head of the s HE