The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-23
p.uo,t Started In the Kentucky
State Prison, at Frankfort,
by Three Murderers.
HELD THE FORT FOR FOUR HOURS.
Was Fatally Wounded, Another
s.ot in the Shoulder and a Negro
convict, Whom They Had I'm
pressed, Was Also Wounded be-
FIRE the Trouble Was Quelled.

c;als of the state penitentiary and the
citizeps OF Frankfort were thrown in
"a a state of wild excitement, Wednes-
day. by a riot in the prison, start
led bv an attempt to gain their liber-
Inv on the part of the three desperate
murderers, Lafayette Brooks, of Nor
gan county, and Wallace Bishop and
hi. Mulligan, of Kenton county.
Before the riot, which began at six
|o'clock in the morning, and lasted I'M
ill after ten. was quelled and the
mutinous convicts captured, Bishop
was fatally wounded, Mulligan was
shot in the shoulder and a negro con-
Wet. Albert Ransome, of Louisville,
whom the desperadoes had pressed
into service, was hit by a rifle ball.
Starting OF the RiotIng.
The rioting started while Brooks,
Mulligan and Bishop, one of whom
had a pistol concealed about his per-
son. were coming out of the dining
room to answer a hospital call. Sud
denly one of the convicts drew a
weapon and compelled Guard A.. II.
Gill to give up his arms. Guard f. f..
Hurst, who rushed to Gilrs assistance,
was also captured by the convicts.
Capt. Matt 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 yard, and at the entrance
to the reed department of the chair
factory. captured Charles Willis, OF
Clark county, a foreman
Used Captive As n Shield.
They covered him with their pis-
tolls and placing him between them
and the guards. retreated to the rock
pr department in the chair factory,
when they could command a good
view of the entire yard. At a window
they stationed Willis. and Brooks,
with a revolver in his hand, took a
|position Just beside the captive, rest
ing the muzzle of the weapon on the
|foreman's left side. The convicts then
Edefied Warden Lillard to attempt to
1capture them, shouting that they
would kill the foreman at the first
nove made against them.
Citizens Denied Admission.
By this time, several hundred citi-
zens. many of them heavily armed
had gathered at the prison gates
but the warden denied admission te
all. He issued order for all thu
shops to close, and for the prisoners
10 be returned at once to their cells
He then placed q guard of 60 mel
around the building in which tn
desperadoes had barricaded them
selves, and called on them to sur
render. The convicts' only reply wa
a taunt. For the protection of Fore
man Willis, the warden then deter
mined to starve the desperadoes int
: submission.
An Ignored Proposition.
In about half an hour a note wa
Cropped from the window of tn
room where the convicts had take
refuge, asking Warden Lillard an
Deputy Warden Madigan to come u
under a flag of truce and deal wit
: Them. This demand was -ignore'
, Shortly after this, James Buckle,
: Former city workhOuse keeper. an
I Morgan Brewer, a former guard
= the ~penitentiary, climbed to the roc
pf a residence overlooking the bull
ing in which the convicts mad TAKE
G refuge, and fired several shots in
& fhe room where the desperadoes we
& ntrenched. They were compelled
\, besist, however, as Foreman Will
WAS forced to the window in the lii
+ If fire. He called to the men to ST.
n shooting. and informed them that
negro convict whom the desperate
" bad forced into service had be
!, fhot in the shoulder.
Another Note Dropped.
" At nine O'Clock another note w
ropped from the convicts' window
ering to surrender If the men we
:. Insured safe delivery to the cellhou
Nj This request also was ignored. 1
& k~onvicts requested that Capt. Lila
ii md Capt. Madigan come in pers
o escort them, but it was belie'
iul hat this was merely a ruse to ]
a ms he officials.
I'D still Another Note.
~ Later, another note was broug
ar. rom the desperadoes by Fra
VI
III rooks, of Bond county. The M
n IA tated that if the warden would co
es the head of the steps leading
~ be reed department the convi
sd Fould surrender, first sending tn
~, Feapons down by Frank Brooks.
ss Proved TO De IA Ruse.
zen Warden Lillard prepared to acc
he terms of this note and as a m
~ II of precaution a h~alf-dozen qua
ere placed in the hospital overlo
rs e the reed department. Warden
ne nd accompanied by eight men Il
NJ roceeded to the foot of the stairv
IN nddenly the crack Of a Winches
as heard, showing that the II
as but a ruse.
One of the Three Killed.
Ter I'VE got Bishop" shouted
pard. "He Is dead"
The prisoners had emerged 4
"A e reed room as they had promi
It'll hands up, but as they proc
down the stairway Bishop droI
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