Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-08-21
MUTINY ON CONVICTS
Three Make Desperate EGlrts TO f..
cape from Prnitcntiary.
THEIR PLAN FAILED
For Three Hour. Th'y stand Guards
on Inside the Walls Three Men
Shot Down Du.irg That
I'm, One Fatally.


state peniteniary and citizens Of
Frankfort 1orc thrnwl into a state Of
Wild excitement tia morning By
a mutny in prison started by an at
tempt 20 gain their liberty on the part
Of three desperate murderers. Lafay-
o,te Brooks of Morgan county and
Wallace n. hop and T. Mul.ran ~
Kont1n county
Before the riot which bcsan al G
o'clock and last until after 10. WIS
quelled and the nutinous convcts cap.
turcd. Bishop was ;l'aiiy wounded
Mullian was 10, In the shoulder and
negro convic'. Albert Rausome tf
Louisville. whom desperad1eI bad
pressed. in:l service. was h.t b. a riho
ball.
The mutlny was started While
Brooks. Muisan and Bishop one q
whom had a pistol concealed about hii
person. were coming out OF the dinins
room at 6 o'clock % answer hospital
call Suddenly one OF the conyicts drew
weapon and compelled Guard a q
GIN 20 give up his arms Guard r +.
Hurst. who rushed 70 Girs assistance
was captured by the conyiets Capt
Mat Madigan acting as warden. then
rushed forward with six guards sui
fred on the bunch but no one was
wounded
The coEy.cts then ran across the
yard aud at the entrance 70 the reed
department OF the chair factory cap
turcd Charles Wills. Of Clark county.
q foreman. Trey covered him with a
pistol and PIE ng him between them
and the guards retrcatcd 10 the rocker
department from whence they could
command -1ol view ~ tho entire
yard A. De window they stuuoncl
Willis and Brooks. wiki reviewers IN
hand took a position Just beside the
captive resting tie muzzle uf the
weapon on the firemans lCft side
Tho couvicfs then 'ched Warden ILL
Hard 20 attempt 10 capture them
shouting Nhey would Kin the foreman
az the Grs, move made asa ns' them
By this time several hundred c!ti-
zcus. mluv of them heavily armci
had gathered 90 the prison gates but
the warden dcu'ei admission 20 all
He issued orders Goa all shops % co. .Cl
and flr az 10 son,rs 10 De returned az
oace 10 .hs cells. lie then plccd q
guard 0f sixty men around The build
ing ln wi eh d. legpersdocs hal bar
ricadrf them hcs and cal'Ct lu t'cnl
90 surrender. The couy.cts' only rl-
ply was a 1unt
For ,he protection of Wills. the
warden determined 90 st3rye the con-
victs into submission. In about an
hour a note was dr0pcd from the vim
dow of the room whore they had taken
refuge asking Warden Lillard and
Deputy Warden Madigan 20 come up
under a flag OF truce and 90 deal with
them This demand was ignored.
shortly after this james Buckley.
former city work house keeper and
Morgan Brewer. former guard az the
penitcntlary. climbed 20 the roof of a
residence overlooking the building IN
which the convic,s had taken refuge
and fred several shots into tho room
where the desperaGoes were intrench
"a They were compelled % desst hOU
ever. as Willis was forced 20 the vim
dow In line of the are. lie called 20
the men 10 stop shooting and In
formed them that the negro convict,
whom the dCsperadoes had forced into
Tsr n .L..sfN.
der.
~ o'clock. another note was
dropped from the convicts window
Offering 10 surrender II the men were
insured safe delivery from the cell
house This request was lgnored. The
convicts asked that Capt Li'llard ana
Deputy Madigan come In person 10 cs-
cort them. but n vas believed th
was merely a ruse TO Kill the officials
Latter another letter was brought
from the dosperadoos by Frank Brook
OF Bond county The note stated that
n the warden would come 10 the head
of the steps leading TO the reed de-
rlI.acs. tla C1nyicts would surren-
d,r. nrst sending their weapons down
by Brooks. Warden IIll.lrl prepared
10 accept terms OF Oh s. note and a. a
matter nf precauj'Cn n hall dozen
guards were placed IN the hospital
ovcrlooklng the rced department
Warden LilIarj. accompanied by
eight mon. then proceeded 90 the foot
Of the stairway Of The department sud
denly the crack of a winchester was
heard, showing that the note was
ruse. I'VE cot Bishop." shouted the
guard He Is dead The prisoners
had emerged from the reed room a.
they had promised with hands up, but
as they proceeded down the stairway
Bishop dropped his hands 10 his side
as II To draw a weapon. He had hard
~ made a motion when one Of the
wardens party fired. the bullet strik.
ing Bishop In the breast. innicting a
fatal wound. when Bishop fell NULL
gan and Brooks sank 10 their knees.
begging the warden 10 save their lives.
"a hv n. 90 O'Clock the two despera.