The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
DESPERATE KENTUCKY G0NVIGTs.
Three Murderers Make Deter
mined Effort to Escape.
One. Prisoner MortaIIy Wounded and Two
Others Also Seriously Shot.

Une. PRISONER MoFiatiy M0unuSu dHu = VIZ
Others Also Seriously Shot.
Frankfort, KY, Aug. 2o.-The Off
Gals of the State penitentiary and the
citizens Of Frankfort were thrown into
state of wild excitement today by
riot in the prison started by an at
tempt to gain their liberty Of three
desperate murderers, Lafayette Brooks
of Morgan county, and Wallace Bish-
op and 7. Mulligan of Ketonn coun-
ty.
Before the riot, which began at
o'clock and lasted until after.10, was
sauelled the mutinous convicts were
captured, Bishop being fatally wound
ed, Mulligan shot in the shoulder and
a negro convict, Albert Ransome of
Louisville, whom the desperadoes had
pressed into service, was hit by rife
ball.
The rioting started while Brooks,
Mulligan and Bishop, one Of whom
had a pistol concealed about his person,
were coming out of the dining room to
answer hospital call Suddenly one
Of che conyicts drew weapon and
compelled Gnard A. HI Hill to give
up his arms. Guard f. F. Hurst who
rushed to Hills assistance, was also
captured by the conyicts. Capt. Mat
Madigan, acting warden, then rushed
forward with six guards and fred on
the bunch, but no one was wounded.
The conyicts then ran across the road
and at the entrance to the reed depart
ment Of the chair factory captured
Willis, of Clark county, a foreman.
They covered him with their pistols
and placing him between them and the
guards retreated to the rocker depart
ment in the chair factory, whence
they could command good view OF
the entire yard. At window they
stationed Willis, and Brooks with a
revolver in his hands, took a position
just behind the captive, resting the
muzzle of the weapon on the forenan's IS
side. The conyicts then defed War
den Lillard to attempt TO capture
them, shouting that they would kill
the foreman at the first move made
against them.
By this time several hundred per-
sons, many of them heavily armed,
gathered at the prison gates, but the
warden denied admission to ali. He
issued orders for all the shops to. close
and for all the prisoners to be return
ed at once to their cells. He then
placed guard of 60 men around the
building IN which the desperadoes had
barricaded themselves and called on
them to surrender. The convicts only
reply was a taanS. Fer the protection
E5of Foreman Willis, the warden then
determined to starye the desperadoes
into submission.
James Buckley, former city work
house keeper, and Morgan Brewer, a
former guard at the penitsntiary,
climbed to the roof of residence over
looking the building in which the con-
victs had taken refuge and fred seve-
raj shots into the room where the
desperadoes were entrenched. They
we're compelled to desist, however, as
Foreman Willis was forced to the win
dow in the line Of fire.
Finally a letter was dropped from
the window saying 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 Li1lard prepared to accept
the terms of this note, and as mat
tier of precaution half dozen convicts
were placed in the hospital overlook
ing the reed department.. Warden Lii
lard accompanied by eight men then
proceeded to the foot OF the stairway.
| The prisoners emerged from the reed
room as they had promised with hands
up. bnt as they preceded down the
stairway, Bishop dropped his hands to
his side as If to draw weapon. He
had hardly made the motion when one
of the warden's party fired, the bull
let striking Bishop in the breast, in
ficting fatal wound.
When Bishop fell Mulligan and
Brooks sank to their knees begging
!! she warden to save their lives, and at
80 o'clock the two desperadoes,
heavily shackled and accompanied by
ten men with drawn pistols, were
placed in their cells and quiet had
been restored.