Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-08-27
MUTINY AT STATE PRISON
Three Murderers Attempt to : Force
Kentucky's Penitentiary.
HELD GUARDS AT BAY FOR HOURS
wounded, One FatalIy-Thc Despcra-
does Finally Yielded to the Warden
and Sixty Men who Had Surrounded
Thcm-Einglcader Shot For Treachery.


Frankfort. Ky.-Fired hy n desire TO
gain their freedom. Wallace Bishop.
Brooks. all murdercrS and desperate
criminals made Il futile attempt to cS-
cape from the State penitentiary. AS 4
result Bishop is dead from bullet
shot through the shoulder. and Alfred
Ransomc. colorcd. Il Louisville" murder.
er who for few moments essaycd to
follow the three during leaders. is sur
fcring from wound in the shoulder
The mutiny. which lasted for four
ana half hours and ended in IN igno-
miniouS surrender 10y the convicts.
caused great excitement within the
prison and among the people of Frank
fort. The cunvicts chose the breakfast
hour for their dash for liberty, when
they hoped to stampede 4 large number
of prisoners
The riotinG started while Brooks
Mulligan and Bishop. one of whom
had II pistol concealed about his per-
son, were leaving the dining room TO
answer a hospital call. one of the con-
victS, suddenly drew a weapon and
compelled Guard y. III. Gill to give up
his arms. Guard T. t. Hurst. who
rushed Ia Gill'S assistance. also was
captured by the convictS. Captain Mai
MaIiiEdii, aCiiu@ warden, then rushed
forward with SIX guards. who fired an
Intellectual vollry as the couvictS ran
across the yard. At the entrance to
the chair factory they captured Charles
| Willis Il foreman. Placing him he
tween themselves and the guards they
vctrCated into III" chair factory. from
which place they could command =
good view of the entire yard At a
window they stationed Willis, and
Brooks. with Il revolver in his hand.
took II position just behind the captive.
resting the muZZlc OF the weapon on
the foreman's side. They then defied
Warden Lillard. shouting that they
would kill the foreman ut the frs.
move made against them
BY this time several hundred citizens.
many of them heavily armed. had gath
cred nj 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 he returned ut once
To their cells. He then placed a guard
of sixty men around the building in
which the desperadoeS had barrca ded
themselves. and called ON them To sur
render. At o'clock the convic,S Of
feIed to surrender if 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. accom- "anicd hy eight
men, proceeded to the foot of the stair
way.
The prisoners emerged rs they had
promised. with hands up. but as they
proceeded down the stairway Bishop
dropped his hands To his side rs if tu
draw weapon. He hardly had made
the motion when one of the Warden :
party tired the bullet striking RiShou
in the breast. inllictin% Il fatal wound
and also wounding Mdliyun. Brooks
ana Mulligan hegGcd the Warden Ia
save their lives. and at 1890 o'clock
The two deSpcradoeS. heavily shacklcd
were placed in their cells and quiet had
been restored