The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-09-03
MUT|NY At STATE PRISON
Three Murderers Attempt to Force
Kentucky's Penitentiary'
HELD GUARDS At BAY FOR HOURS

During the Riot Three Consicts Wers
Wounded, One Fataily-rhe Despera.
does Finally Yielded to the Warden
and Sixty Men who Hsd Surrounded
fhsm-Rinsieader blot For Treschsry.
Frankfort, ky.-Fired by desire 10
gain their freedom. Wallace Bishop.
Thomas Mulligan and Lafayette
Brooks. all murderers and desperate
criminals, made futile attempt to es'
eape from the State penltentiary. As n
result Bishop Is dead from bullet
wound through bis heart: Brooks Is
shot through the shoulder. and Alfred
Ransome. colored. Louisville murder
or who for a few moments essayed to
follow the three daring leaders. Is sur
fering from q wound In the shoulder.
The mutlny. which lasted for four
and a half hours and ended In an igno-
minious surrender by the convicts.
caused great excitement within the
prison aud among tine people OF Frank
fort. The convicts chose the breakfast
hour for their dash for liberty. when
they hoped to stampede large number
Of prisoners.
The rioting started while Brooks.
Mulligan and Bishop. one OF whom
had q pistol concealed about his per.
SON, were leaving the dining room to
answer a hospital call. One Of the con-
victs, suddenly drew weapon ana
compelled Guard \. Fl. Gill to give up
his arms. Guard F. F. Hurst. who
rushed to Gill's assistance. also was
captured by the convicts. Captain Mat
Madigau, acting warden. then rushed
forward with six guards. who fired an
Intellectual volley as the c0nvicts ran
scross the yard. At the entrance to
the chair factory they captured Charles
Willis, foreman. Placing him be-
tween themselves and the guards they
retreated into the chair factory. from
which place they could command n
good view Of the entire yard. At a
window they stationed Willis. and
Brooks, with 4 revolver In his hand.
took n position just behind the captive,
resting the muzzle Of the weapon on
the foreman's side. They then defied
Warden Lillerd. shouting that they
would kill the foreman at the drst
move made against them.
BY this time several hundred citizens.
many Of them heavily armed. had gath
cred at the prison gates. but the war
den denied admission to all. He issued
orders for all the shops to close and for
all the prisoners to be returned at once
TO their cells. He then placed guard
of sixty men around the building. In
which the desperadoes had barricaded
themselves. and called on them to sur
render. At o o'clock the convicts Of.
fered to surrender lf the men were in-
sured safe delivery to the cell house.
Later they agreed to surrender. first
sending their weapons down by Brooks.
Warden Lillard prepared to accept
the terms. and. accompanied by eight
men. proceeded to the foot OF the stair.
way.
The prisoners emerged as they had
promised. with hands UP. but as they
proceeded down the stairway Bishop
dropped his hands to his side as II to
draw q weapon. He hardly had made
the motion when one OF the Warden's
party fired. the bullet striking Bishop
I'm the breast. innicting a fatal wound
and also wounding Mulligan. Brooks
and Mulligan begged the Warden to
save their lives. and at 1880 o'clock
the two desperadoes, heavily shackled.
were placed In their cells and quiet had
been restored.