The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-20
A SOCIAL AFFAIR ON A SOLID BASIS Il
A Kentucky Function With Killing
on the Side. = -, -. r."
RIOT IN THE STATE PRIsol
Three Men Are Shot In the Melee,
I and One Is Fatally
Hurt.


Frankfort, KY, Aug 20.-The officials
of the state penitentiary and the citi-
zens Of Frankfort were thrown into a
state of excitement this morning by a
riot in the prison, started by an attempt
to gain their liberty on the part of three
deseprate 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 and the nut inous convicts cap
tured, Bishop was fatally wounded, Multi
gan was 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, Multi
gan and Bishop, one of whom had pis-
tol concealed about his person, we're COM
ing out Of the dining room to answer a
hospital call. Suddenly one Of the con-
| victs 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 war
den, then rushed forward with six guards
and fired on the bunch but no one was
| the yard and at the entrance to the reed
| department Of the chair factory captured
| Charles Willis, 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 from whence they could have good
view of the yard. At the window they
stationed Willis and Brooks, with a re-
volver in his hand, took a position just
beside the captive, resting the muZzle of
| the weapon on the foreman's left side.
The convict then defed Warden Lillard
to attempt to capture them shouting that
| they would kill the foreman at the first
move made against them.
| In a short time several hundred citi-
zens. many of them heavily armed, gath
cred at the prison gates, but the warden
| denied admission to all. He issued or
| ders for all the shops to close and for all
| the prisoners to be returned at once to
their cells He then placed a guard Of
| sixty men around the building In which
the desperadoes had barricaded them
| selves and called on them to surrender.
| The convicts only reply was a taunt. For
| the protection of Foreman Willis the war
! den then determined to starve the des-
4 peradoes into submission. In about half
| an hour a note was dropped from the
| window of the room where the convicts
had taken refuge, asking Warden Lillard
| and Deputy Warden Madigan to come up
under flag Of truce and deal with them.
This demand was ignored. Shortly after
| this James Buckley, former city work
4 house guard, climbed to the roof and
i fired several shots into the window where
1 the desperadoes were entrenched. He
j was compelled to desist, however, as
Foreman Willis was forced to the win
I dow. He called to the men to stop
I shooting and Informed them that negro
convict whom the desperadoes had forced
into service, had been shot in the
! shoulder
At o'clock another note was dropped
| from the convicts window Offering to
surrender If the men were insured safe
| conduct to the cell room. This request
4 was also ignored. The convicts asked
that Captain Lfllard and Captain Madi-
| ganrcome In person to escort them, but 1t
was believed that this was merely a ruse
| to kill the officials. Later another note
was brought from the desperadoes by
! Frank Brooks of Bond county. The note
| stated that if the warden would come to
the head of the steps leading to the reed
department the convicts would surrender,
first sending their weapons down by
Frank Brooks.
Warden Lillard prepared to accept this
proposition, and as matter of precau-
,tion half dozen guards were placed IN
the hospital overlooking the reed depart
l,ment.
Warden Lillard, accompanied by eight
men, proceeded to the foot of the stair
way Suddenly the crack Of winchester
was heard showing that the note was but
ruse.
1--WE got Bishop!' shouted a guard. HE
is dead" =, ,
The prisoners had emerged from the
, reed department as they had promised
with hands up. but as they proceeded
down the stairway, Bishop dropped his
| do 70 n
He had hardly made the motion whe1
one Of the warden's party fired, the bul
let striking the prisoner in the head
When Bishop fell the other two fel
to their knees begging for their lives
, and by 1870 the two desperadoes, heavil.
shackled and accompanied by ten men
, > had been placed in their cells.
. After the men were locked up it wa
i, discovered that Mulligan had beel
!. wounded in the shoulder, though he wa
: not seriously hurt. .. ...
3 Bishops Bad Record.
! Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 2o-Wallac
Bishop, The convict killed at .Frankfor
to-day, was under life sentence for tn
murder of Policeman Kelly Of Covington
Bishop and an accomplice had killed
tramp in cold blood at a tramp's resor
at Ludlow. KY, and had taken stree
cars for Covington when the police o
Covington were notified. Policeman Nc
Queery got into the car after Bsho
and when he attempted to make the ar
3 rest Bishop shot him. The murderer the
jumped from the suspension bridge int
8 the Ohio river and when men in boat
attempted to save him he threatened t
kill them. He was finally captured an
: received a life sentence. Bishop had
3 record Of killing several men, and alway
, | resisted arrest by attempting to Kill
officers. The police here and in the ad
d joining Kentucky towns regarded him a
I most desperate outlaw