Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-06-10

Four Men Murdered One Guard Was
Carried by the Fugitives Until
They Got Bey ond Range and Was
Shot to Death.

Salem, Oregon. June 9.-Harry Tracey
and David Merrill. two desperate pris-
oners serving sentences of twenty and
thirteen years respectively, in the peni-
tertiary for robbery, this morning
killed four men and escaped from the
prison.
The dead are:
FRANK FERRELL, shop guard.
S. r.. JONES. fence guard.
i3. +. TIFFANY, fence guard
INGRAM, serving life sentence for
the murder of his brother
At o'clock the foundry gang of
prisoners was marched to work in the
usual manner. Frank Girard, a guard,
counted them into the shops and an
nounced the number to be Is to Frank
Ferrell, guard at the first post in the
shops Just as Girard announced the
number and received Ferrel's "all
right he heard d rife shot and also
| the exclamation: My Cod from Fer
rell, who fell forward from a shot fired
from a rifle in the hands of Tracey.
Tracey at once turned upon Girard
with an oath and began shooting. At
the same time Merrill began shooting
at John Stapleton and other shop
guards. all of whom escaped mirac-
ulously under the rapid fire Ingram.
4 life prisoner, attempted to disarm
Tracey, but he was shot and mortally
wounded by Merrill. The shooting at
the foundry was done so quickly it was
| impossible to summon aid and the two
prisoners at once started for the prison
/ wall which they scaled by means of a
! ladder.
Once outside the prison walls Tracey
and Merrill turned their attention to
the fence guards and S. r. Jones, locat-
ed on the northwest corner of the
stOckade, was the first to receive bull
let from the prisoners. Jones was on
the wall in full view, while the escap-
| ing prisoners hugged the fence and pre-
vented the guards from getting at
them. Jones was shot once in the alb
| domen and once in the breast, dying
| almost instantly.
Guard Tiffany commenced firing at
! the nen and soon emptied his Winches-
ter without hitting either of them. He
too was a good mark for the fugitives
and they sent a bullet through his right
| breast. The guard fell from the wall
and the prisoners carried him in front
of them as q shield. Finally. when
they escaped out of range of the prison
they shot Tiffally to death and took
his rife, which they soon threw away
! however, as it was empty. Then they
disappeared in the woods
! Duncan Ross. a new guard was on
the fence near Tiffany's station. but
assist his comrade who was being car
rio off l,1,t b, a
fleeing men fired one shot at Ross
inticting slight scalp wound While
Tracey and Merrill were shooting at
the guards on the fence the warden
summoned every available man around
the institution to his assistance in or
der to prevent the escape of any Other
convicts.
The penitentiary is only two miles
from town and the news soon spread
Sheriff Durham with number of citi-
zens. all heavily armed, rushed to ths
prison prepared to put down the riot
but when they reached there every
J thing was quiet. None of the Other
prisoners took a part in the revolt ant
only a short time was necessary t.
bring all convicts from the shops tt
their cells and lock them in. Superin
; tendent Lee at once organized posse.
] and sent them out to run down The
escaped convicts. Superintendent LIE,
posted a reward of 81 COO for the cap
ture of the fugitives.
Tracey and Merrill were armed will
J short Winchester rifles of 40 calibre
but where they secured them or con
cealed them is not known The theor,
is that the rifles, together with thre,
revolvers, which they are known t,
possess were passed in yesterday by ex
cursionists from Portland, who wer
allowed to go through the penitentiary