Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-21
MUTINY IN STATE
PRISON OF KENTUCKY
Desperate Convicts Make a
Dash For Liberty.
DEFlED WARDEN AND GUARDS

Escaped from Cells and Stationed
Themselves In Chair Factory-one
Convict Fatally Wounded Before
They Were Captured.
Frankfort, Ky, Aug 2O.-The Off
cials sf the state penitentiary and the
citizens of Frankfort were thrown
into a state Of wild excitement this
morning by mutiny in the prison
started by an attempt to gain then
liberty on the part Of three desperate
murderers, Lafayette Brooks, of Nor
gan county and Vallejo Bishop and
T. Mulligan, of Kenton county. Be
fore the riot, which began at 6 O'Clock
and lasted until after 10 o'clock, was
quelled and the mutinous conyicts cap
tured, Bishop was fatally wounded,
MulHgan was shot in the shoulder, anC
a negro, whom the desperadoes haC
pressed into service, was hit by a rife
ball.
When Mutiny Started.
The mutiny started while Brooks
Mulligan and Bishop, one Of whom
had a pistol concealed about his per
son, were coming out of the dining
room at 6 o'clock this morning to an
swer hospital call Suddenly one o
the convicts drew a weapon and com
PEELED Guard A. H. Gill to give UP hi
arms. Guard F. 2, Hurst, who rush
ed to Gill's assistance, was also cap
tured by the convicts. Captain Ma
Madigan, acting warden, then rushoC
forward with six guards and fired OF
the bunch, but no one was wounded
The convicts then ran across the yart
and at the entrance to the reed depart
ment Of the chair factory, captured
Willis, Of Clark county, foreman
They covered him with their pistols
and placing him between them anC
the guards, retreated to the rocker de
partment, from where they could com
mand a good view of the entire yard
At the window they stationed Willis
and Brooks, with a revolver In hi'
hand, took a position just beside th'
captive, resting the muzzle of tht
weapon on the foremans left side.
convicts Defiant.
The convicts then dofied Warder
Lillard to attempt to capture them
shouting that they would kill the fore
man at the first move made agains
them. By this time several hundred
citizens, many of them heavily armed
had gathered at the prison gates, bu
the warden denied admission to all
He issued orders for all the shops [,
close and for all the prisoners to b.
returned at once to their cells. HI
then placed q guard Of so men aroun'
the building in which the despera
does had barricaded themselves an,
called on them to surrender. The cor
victs' only reply was q taunt. Fo
the protection Of Willis, the warde1
determined to starve the convicts In
to submission In about half an hou
note was dropped from the windoy
of the room where they had take
refuge asking Warden Lillard an
Deputy Warden Madigan to come ur
der the window with flag Of true
and deal with them. This deman
was igBored Shortly after this Jane
Buckley, former city workhouse keeT
er and Morgan Brewer, a former guar,
at the penitentiary, climbed to the roo
Of a residence overlooking the build
ing in which the captives had takel
refuge and peered into the room where
the desperadoes were entrenched
They we're compelled to desist how
ever as Willis was forced to the win
dow in the line Of fire lie called T.
the men to stop firing and informed
them that the negro whom the desper
ADDE'S had forced into service had
been shot in the shoulder At
O'Clock another note was dropped
from from the convicts' window Of
fering to surrender if the men were
insured of safe delivery to the cell
house. This request also was ignored d
Ruse to kin officers.
The conyicts asked that Captain
IAllard and Captain Madigan come in
person to escort them. but it was be.