The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-10

ALIEN. Ore. June 9.-Harry Tracy
and David Merrill, two desperate
" prisoners serving sentences Of
,,srtv and thirteen years. respective
r. in the penitenuary for robbery this
morning killed four men and escaped
,-7m prison. The dead are:
Frank Terrell. shop guard.
r. Jones and b. F. Tiffany. fence
60 Ingram. serving a life sentence
s,. the murder of his brother.
Al r o'clock the foundry gang Of
,r.eorers was marched to their work in
fbs usual manner
Frank Girard. a guard. counted them
into the shops. and announced the
r,v,ber ta I5g la Frank Terrell, guard
sf the first most In the shops Just
I'D gfrard announced the number and
received Fcrrclrs All right" he heard
rifle shot. and also the exclamation,
CIV God" from Terrell, who fell for
ward from a shot fired from a rifle i'm
fine hands of Tracy.
Tracy at once turned upon Girard
with an oath, and began shooting. At
tine same time Merrill began shooting
AZ John StauletOu and the other shop
guards. an Of whom escaped miracu-
,ously under the rapid fire. Ingram,
q life prisoner, attempted 90 disarm
Tracy. but be- was shot and mortally
wounded by Merrill.
The shooting at the foundry was
done so quickly that it was impossible
90 summon aid, and the two prisoners
ha col
which they scaled by means Of a lad
der Once outside the prison walls,
Tracy and Merrill turned their atten-
ton TO the fence guard. and s. r.
Jones. located on the northwest corner
Of the stockade. was the first to receive
q bullet from the escaping prisoners.
Jones was on the wall i'm full view
while the escaping prisoners Rugged
the fence. and prevented the guards
from getting aim on them. Jones was
shot once in the abdomen and once i'm
The breast, dying almost instantly.
Prisoners Deadly Aim.
Guard Tiffany commenced firing at
thc men, and soon emDtied his Win
chester without hitting either OF them.
He. too. was a good mark for the fuEi-
II
his right breast. The guard fell from
t5s wall and the prisoners carried him
in front of them as a shield. FINALLY.
when they escaped out Of range of the
prison. they shot Tiffany TO death and
took bis rife. which they soon threw
away, however. as IL was empty Then
they disappeared i'm the woods. Duncan
Ross. q new guard, was on the fence
49,. ga.
armed, he was pOWerleSs TO assist his
,'mrade. who was being carried of by
The desperate convictS. The fleeing men
a-ed one shot at Ross, inhicting a slight
s.al7 wound
While Tracy and Merrill were shoot
ms al the guards on the fence, the
warden summoned every available man
al5lnd Tie institution to his assist
aa-a n order TO prevent the escape of
any OF the other COnvicts. The peniten-
uary IS only two miles from town. and
Tho news soon spread. Sheriff Durbin.
with "a number of citizens, all heavily
armed, rushed to the prison prepared
90 put down the riot. but when they
reached there everything was quiet.
No1e Of the other prisoners took a di-
iel- part IN the revolt. and only a short
N.ae was necessary to bring all the
u1viets from the shops to their cells
ana lock them i'm.
superintendent Lee at once organ
l1 posses and sent them out 10 run
..Nh the escaped Convicts. He also
".lloned an surrounding points where
--'P could uc had. The insane asylum
arms the reform school and deaf
-..e school all located within two
-.s OF the penitentiary. were notified
W arrow out Cordons in every direction.
."f sheriff Durhin aud Marshal Glib
A started with strong forces to scour
ne surrounding country.
.ll'01eut Lee posted a reward
fi'' for the capture of the fuCi-
Convicts Heavily Armed.
Tracy and Merrill were armed with
winchester rifles of .30-calibre.
& ...--7e they secured them or con-
item Is not known. The theory
a- 'ae rifles, together with three
lowers which they are known 10
ss were passed i'm yesterday bv
.r-.S.'nists from Portland. who we're
..ls1 To- so. through the peniten-
S'lSon Superintendent's Story.
,.S-Psrntandeut J.. d. Lee of the peni-
ulIary said.
"A -. outbreak was entirely uupxppCt-
M. under the circumstances could
$50. prevented The two men were
-a with rifles from che outside
49,. l brought over the wall during
.- -.s5t and cached in the place where
- loa.s in the foundry are Kent and
--.,- .Ae prisoners secured them. This
.,.-.-. Or possible during the night. as
s.....s out one guard inside the ward
,t. was not in the prison when
-,'reak occurred. but came soon
ts,. -.t nave directed the pursuit. 7
,-,- sent Tor brace OF bIoodhoun1s
n ~. stndietoD and they win arrive at
hin t...N tomorrow. when the trail
followed and the mur6erers run
MIN .l. It is an awful affair and 7
F,-.- 'E rest until ] run tine tends
General Outbreak Was Expected.
s,.'gi Warden a. C.. Dmev said;
n, ~ clock this morning we sent
men into the shops. Warden ] r.
$3.50. and myself counted them before
. vent IN NJ To- - . q