The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10
BIZ THE DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO
APE AND THE BATTLE That FOLLOWED

I The prison officials began shooting.
Lynch fell, but picked himself up and
disappeared into the brush a few hun
dred feet from the wall. HaWorth
never stopped. He also got into the
brush. MUllin ran on, unscathed by the
hyinE shots.
briggs, who was some distance
ahead Of the others, reached the place
near the center of the south wall
where the prisoners were dropping. He
STOOD back little distance and raised
his revolver. Dayton was on his knees
preparing to let himself down.
81, Get back or III kin you| yelled
the guard
Dayton Is Killed.
The others were pushing the prisoner
on A bare chance for liberty was still
( his. he took the chance. CHnging
with his hands to the wall, he started
TO lower his feet. The guard pulled
the trigger Of his big 45-caHbre re-
volver, a shot rang out and Dayton
fell TO the ground. writhing. The bull
let had passed clear through his in
testines and emerged in front.
Waddell was close behind.
Get back. 1 say, or I'll kill you!"
warned the guard.
WaddelI. desperate man that he is
paid no heed. He dropped to the
ground. Driggs fired again, and an
other convict lay PROSTATE.
COnnors leaped and came down on
the stomach of Dayton, who was strug-
Cling and endeavOring to crawl off.
This finished Dayton, who died shortly
after.
Connors, handicapped by his injured
knees, started for the brush. Shots
rained about. Naylor, from the wall,
fired with true aim. The bullet struck
a watch which COnuors had just taken
from Guard Jacobs. The watch saved
COnnOrs. It was smashed badly, stop
ping at exactly 6:25.
Connors Is Caught.
Connors ran on. followed closely by
Guard Janney The fugitive crossed
the creek that flows near the walls.
Janney's revolver had been emptied,
but he blUGed COnnOrs into submits
sion.
,'Counors." he called, eff you don't
stop. right now, I'll kill you in your
tracks"
Connors hesItated
Throw up your hands," called Janney.
The man in stripes raised his hands
and turned slowly and sullenly.
Jump that creek and come back here
commanded the guard.
Connors obeyed, falling as he did so
He rose and made a threatening move
but Janney felled him with blow with
the revolver, COnnOrs then yielded read
lily and was returned to his cell
Guard David Hilton was out near the
barn milking He heard the shots and
saw Mullin run past. He started after
the fugitive. calling TO kbner York a
truSty, TO bring a horse. York overlook
the guard. Hilton leaped on. bareback.
rode on. caught up with the convict and
forced him to return without firing a
shot.
Pursuit of Fugitives.
Majors was turned over to Robertson
and ScnuCkers to lock up. influenced by
a sense of humOr they placed him in the
cell IN which, only a short time before
he had locked up SChuCkers.
Seeing that Lynch and HawOrth had
got into the brush ana could not be found
IN the growing darkness without a thor-
Ough search, the guards gave ND the
chase temporarily. The wounded men
v ere brought into the peDirentiary and
Drs G. w. Stewart and A. G. Young
called TO dress the wounds. The police
department and Sheriff Emery were nOti-
fled and a posse organized to pursue on
horseback The posse started two and
a half hours after the C0nvicts had made
their dash, Just as the moon began to
show Ov -r the summit Of the Wasatch
mountains
The break for liberty began. as nearly
as can be estimated, at 6:1S o'clock. Null
lin. the last man to be captured. was tax
en- in about $3.50 o'clock. Therefore all
the intervening events were crowded into
a space Of approximately seventeen min
utes.