The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-08-21
|I0T IN A PRISON
|eoepATE cONvlcTS ATTEMPT
ESCAPE FROM FRANKFORT
PENlTENTtARY.
kH1 BATTLE WITH GUARDS

c. the Desperaeoes Killed. An
kher Wounded and . coiored Con.
hex, Pressed Into Service BY the
au,inous Prisoners. Hit by Rine
|all-oaei Held II Bay Four
4ours Before the Men Are Retaken.
Frankfort. Ky. Aug. 3i.-The Of.
as ot the stat. peniicniiary and the
eleas D. Frankfort were thrown
D. 3 state o. Wild excitement during
morning ny riot In tho prison.
rtcl ~ an attempt tn gain their
,F't On the par; os three desperate
lTtegegs. latay.tt. Brooks OF Nor
county and Wallace Bishop and r.
Cl!fan q k"nton county. Before tn.
,. which began AZ 6 o'clock and
'fl uhu! after 10. was quollcd and
= ml'inogs conyicts captured Bish
"as fatally wounded. Mulligan was
~ II the shoulder and a negro con
II. Albert Ransom. Of Louisville.
pom The dcsp.radocs had pressed
70 service. vas hit by a rim. ball
Le .'o''ug started while Broohs.
u'"san and bishop. one OF whom had
pS'o4 concealed about his person.
r. coming out Of the d!ningroom nj
COCK 10 answer n hospital call.
-'''h'y one OF the conyicts drew .
l'.,a.oa and compelled Guard A. II.
4" = give UP his arms. Guard r.
- who rushed to Gili's assistance.
&" "'so captured by the conylcta.
E''"'A Mat Malignn. acting warden.
!" rushed forward with six guards
e. "if'l on the bunch but no one was
Lo'H''l The conYic,s then ran
s. - we yard and At the entrance "a
n,, ~ department Of the chair fac.
ba, Nartnfed Charles Willis. n fore.
Isaa h'y covered him with their
h. - 10 Ahd, placing him between
a"a ID" guards. rctrea,ed tn IN.
-, a"parimcnt In the chair fac.
,s.i aom a whence they could com.
|, good view OF the entire yard.
IA p'"ao" they stationed Willis.
ma ''ooHs. with revolver In HIS
ANA, '"o" position just beside the
reana. resting the muzzle of the
No. -" on the forcman.s loft cid.
lrd ,a pn.'c's then dcficd Warden LII.
" ,ha. .'..inpt To capture them. shout.
tho ey 'nsy would kill the foreman
move made against them
:, Aimed Citizen. on the scene.
ens ma r"o'. time several hundred cit.
a,hcr.nn, many OF them heavily armed
arden ,a.,e :. me prison gates. but the
sued en-" u.h'ed admission to all. He
nd for o,nets ~, Tor all the shops to close
one. 81 VI" prisoners To be returned
guard =, :, .heir cells. lie then placed
x IN aa ~ sixty men around the hnila.
caded ,''h ,.h the dcspcradocs hnd har.
snr. themselves and cnIled nr 49,,
y was a'sr. - , The convicts' only re-.
oreman w.', ,auht For the protection ~
rmlnen Wills the warden then do.
to subm,s. s.arse the desperadocs
note Sa'sslon. WAS a, In about hall an hour
the roon 'roppod from the window
ken refuro where the convicts had
ID Depn,uus asking Warden Lillard
Under dr",s . Warden Madigan to come
en-. TN nag OF truce and don, with
horly ar,a demand was ignored
er city wnr. .hls James Buckley. for.
IN brcworr Ahouse keeper. and Nor.
=, ,an,'teatlary' a., . former guard at the
as,'d,ence. over1naad " .hmeed to the roof of a
ID fired sevns evnvicts had taken refuge.
ee,nchea' e, NE r,.de .despcradoes '' were ser room IN.
~ howeverr' We're compelled to do.
&c ,eed to ths as Foreman Willis was
'eo., 'e, lie eallos cali window in the line Of Of
'''''Hs and '% info2manS' ,% the men men to stop