The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-17

worth and Lynch and It lie believed
Lynch was wounded.
Guard Wilkins was shot in tho
thigh BY one Of the convicts. but the
wound IL not serious. Guard Jacobs
was badly beaten. and while his
wounds are painful he 10 not serious
ly injured. Majors was badly bruised
by his fall from the twenty-foot wall.
and one arm was grazed by bullet.
Governor Wells has offered Q re-
ward Of $500 each for the return to
the state prison Of Lynch and Ha-
worth. Bloodhounds have been placed
on the track Of the prisoners. and II
is believed they will be captured.
Some Of the prison officials are of
the opinion that strange woman who
called on Nick Haworth recently may
have had something to do with the
smuggling Of the guns with which the
convicts were armed.
Frank Corners said to q reporter,
after he was returned to his cell, that
he was the first man to gain the
ground on the outside of the wall, and
that Lynch was second. He refuses
to say anything about the manner in
which weapons we're obtained. or to
tell who planned the delivery. Other
prisoners were equally reticent. Peter
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worth on murderer's row, was sitting
on the bunk In his cell when Quee-
toned. He absolutely refused to speak
Of the matter, and declined to say
whether he would have attempted to
escape had his cell been unlocked.
Nathan F. Haworth. commonly
known a. Mick" Haworth, was I'M
der death sentence for the murder Of
Nightwatchman Robert Sandal in the
Farmers Union store at Layton. The
death penalty was imposed on June
20. 1900. The prisoner confessed to
the crime after his arrest and in his
appeal to the supreme court for q new
trial. his attorney attempted to prove
that he was insane at the time Of the
confession. The fact that he attempt
ed suicide at the time of his arrest
was also urged to prove insanity.
James Lynch was convicted Of muir
der in the first degree for the death
of Colonel Godfrey Prowse in the
Sheep Ranch gambling house in Salt
Lake and sentenced to death January
II. 1900. Robert L. King. who assist
ed Lynch In the hold.up Of the place,
is also under death sentence in the
The escaped convict
had Q record before coming to this
state. and served time in Idaho under
the name Of WEIGH.
Frank Dayton, the man shot dead,
was serving q twelveyear term for
the robbing and shooting Of DR.. Kim
ball in Salt Lake City in 1900. After
robbing his victim Dayton attempted
to shoot him, and in avoiding q death
wound Mr.. Kimball was shot through
the palm Of his right hand. He was
confined in the penitentiary on DC.
tober 4. 1900.
Harry waddell. the ringleader Of
the plot, and who was shot in the
right thigh. was serving q ten-year
sentence for burglary and assault
with q deadly weapon with intent TO
do bodily harm. On February 81, 1903,
he was sentenced to q term of seven
years on the FIRST charge and on the
second to three years, which sentence
will take effect after the expiration of
the former. The man took q leading
part in the Jail break and was fore
most in the assault upon the two in
side guards. After being badly
wounded he attempted to rise from
the ground and get away and was
only prevented by the timely interior
ence Of Guard Schulze.
Abraham r. Majors, alias James
Morgan, was serving life sentence
for the killing Of Captain Brown OF
the Ogden police force In 1901. Ma
jors and his brother had been brought
to bay by the officers after having
robbed man. The two men put up
a desperate fight with the officers,
both Captain Brown and Majors's
brother being killed in the battle. Ma
tors was sentenced on October 8, 1901.
Edward Joseph Fullen, who was
grazed on the arm by ball from one
OF the guards guns, and who put up
, vicious fight for his liberty, has
been In the prison but a short time.
He was found guilty Of the crime Of
robbery and sentenced to three years
and six months on April 21st of this
year.
Frank Corners. another life man,
was convicted Of the murder Of or
dcer William Strong at Provo on the
Of June 81. 1899. He was
Of the murder In the FIRST
degree and sentenced to life impris-
on October 8, 1899. He Ia
said to be one Of the shrewdest OF the
convicts In the penitentiary and is
thought to have been one OF the chief
In the we'll laid plot.