The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-27
RIOT IN PRISON.
Exciting Times in Kentucky Peniten'
tiary.
RIOT LASTED FOUR HOURS.
The Mutincers Finally Su--cn deE.
One Prisoner Mortally Wound
ed and Two Others Seri-
OuSIy Shot.
ouSsy Shot
tiary.

ed and Two Others Seri-
ouSsy Shot.
A special from Frankfort Ky, says.
The officials of tie State pcnitentiary
and the citizens Of Frankfort were
thrown into state Of wild excitement
Wednesday by a riot in the prison
started by an attempt to gain their
liberty of three desperate murderers,
LAFAYETTE Brooks of Morgan county,
and Wallace Bishop and T. Mulligan
Of kentOn county.
Before the riot. which began at =
o'clock and lasted until after 10. was
Quelled the mutinouS cOnvictS were
captured. Bishop being fatally wound
ed, Mulligan shot in the shoulder and
a negro convict, Albert Ransome OF
Louisville. whom the deSperadoes had
pressed into service, was hit by rifle
ball.
The rioting started while Brooks,
Mullgan and Bishop. one OF whom
hada pistol concealed about his per-
son. were coming out of the dining
room to answer hospital call. Sud-
denly one of the convictS drew a
weapon and compelled Guard A. II.
Hill to give up his arms. Guard +. +.
Hurst who rushed to Gill'S assistance.
was also captured BY the cOnricts.
Capt. Mat Madigan, acting warden,
then rushed forward with six guards
and fred 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,
a foreman. They covered him with
their pistols and placing him between
them and the guards retreated to the
rocker department in the chair fac
tory, whence they could command a
good view of the entire yard. At a
window they stationed Willis. and
Brooks with a revolver in his hands.
took position just behind the cap
tive. resting the muzZle Of the weapon
on the foreman's side. The convictS
then defed Warden Lillard to ATTEMPT
to capture them, shouting that they
woulo 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
ed at once to their cells. He then
placed guard Of 80 men around the
building in which the oesperadoeS
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 starve the des-
peradoes into submission.
James Buckley, former city work
house keeper, and Morgan Brewer, a
former guard at the penitentiary,
climbed to the roof of a residence
overlooking the building in which the
convicts had taken refuge and nred
several shots into the room where the
desperadoeS were entrenched. they
were compelled to desist, however, as
Foreman Willis was forced to the Win
dow in the line of fire.
Finally letter was dropped from
--.e 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 Lillard prepared to accept
the terms of this note, and as mat
ter of precaution a half dozen convicts
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 as they preceded down
the stairway, Bishop dropped his
hands to his side as if to daaw weap-
on. He had hardly made motion
when one Of the warden'S party fired,
the bullet striking Bishop in the
breast inflicting fatal wound.
When Bishop fell Mulligan ano
Brooks sank t. their knees begging
the warden to save their lives and at
1880 o'clock the two desperadoeS
heavily shackled and accompanied by
ten men with drawn pistols. were
placed in their cells and quiet had
been restored.