Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-21
WHY'D RIOT IN PRISON.
lhfee Murderers Run Amuck In a
kentucky Penitentiary.
ALL ARE FINALLY CAPTURED
Warden Succeeds In Starving, ,r,
Out OF Room In Which Th.,
sought RefuIc--one of the
Tire" Fatally Wounded.

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flHiH ~ 'no STATE pehlltntiary and lii,
citizens OF Frankfort were thrown inf,
state OF wild excitement bv II rio,
III the prison, started by an nttcnu
10 escape on the part of three dcspcr
ate inlIrdercrs, Lafayette Brooks nj
Morgan county and Wallace Bisho,
and I. Mulli@an of kcIton county
hrfurr the riot, which began ar ,
O'Clock and lasted until after 10. WA,
quelled ana the mutinous convict,
were captured Bishop was fatally
wounded. Mulli@an shot in the shouI
DER ANA Il negro convict whom the
d''sperldocs had pressed into seryic,
was hit by rifle ball.
ne rlotlng started while Brooks
MuIigAn ana Bishop, one of whom had
pistol concealed about his nerson
were coming out of the dining room
10 answer hospital call. Suddenly
one Grew weapon and compelle1
Guard a. ii. Gill to give up his arms
Guard +. +. Hurst. who rushed ia
Gllls assistance, was also captured
ny the convicts. Captain Mat Madi-
gan. acting warden, rushed forward
with six guards and fired. but no one
was wounded.
The Convicts then ran across the
yard, and ut the entrance to the reed
department. OF the chair factory cap
tured Charles Willis of Clark county,
a foreman. They covered him with
their pistols and, placing him between
them and the guards, rctreated to the
rocker department in the chair fac
tory, from which place they could COM
mahd good view of the entire yard
At window they stationed Willis,
and Brooks. with Il revolver in his
hand, took a position Just beside the
captive. resting the muZzle of the
weapon on the forenlan's side. The
cOnvictS then dcticd Warden Lillard to
attt mpt to capture them, shouting that
they would Kill the foreman at the
first move made against them.
Citizens Gather by Hundreds.
BY this time several hundred cit-
zens, many of them heavily armed,
had gathered ut the prison gates. but
the warden 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 Il guard of sixty men
around the building in which the ueS-
peradoes had barricaded themselves
and called on them to surrender. The
conVicts' only reply was Il taunt.
For the protection of Foreman Willis
the warden then determined to starve
the dcSperadocs into submission. In
about half an hour a note was dropped
from the window of the room where
Warden Lllard and Deputy Warden
Madigan to come up under a flag of
truce and deal with them. This de
mand was ignored.
Shortly after this James Buckley,
former city workhouse keeper. and
climbed to the roof of a
residence overlooking the building in
which the convicts had taken refuge
and fired several shots into the room
where the dcsperadoes We're in
rcnched. They We're compelled to de-
list. however. as Foreman Willis WAS
'orced to the window in the line of
ire. He called to the men to stop |
shooting and informed them that a no
no convict whom the deSpcradoeS had |
'orced into service had been shot in
he shoulder.
ConVictS Offer to Surrender.
At . O'Clock another note was drop |
1pd from the cOnvictS' window offer
ne to surrender if the men were in
.urcd safe delivery to the dollhouse.
This request was also ignored, Later
mother letter stated that If the war
ten would come to the head OF the
steps leading to the reed department
he convicts would surrender. first
,rndin@ their weapons down by Frank
Crooks.
Warden I.illard prepared to accept
Ar terms of this note, and rs Il matter
If lrpcaution Il half dozen "hVlrts
were placed in the hospital overlooking
Ap reed department. Warden Lillard,
by eight men, then pro
'ppdpd to the foot of the stairway.
The prisoners emerged from the teed-
'oyu, as they had promised, WIN
sands up. but rs they proceeded down
lie stairway Bishop dropped his hands
% Lis side as if to draw a weapon. lie
lad hardly made the motion when one
If the warden's party fired the bullet
uIking Bishop in the breast, lhHlctih&
fatal wound.
When Bishop fell, Mulli"an ana
Brooks sank to their knees begging
he warden to save their lives ana at
u.,,i o'ciack The two deSperadOcs. heaN-
iN Shackied and accompanied by ten
l-eu With drawn pistols. were placed
il their cells. and quiet had been re
turcd