The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-10-16

A desperate attempt was made by
seven convlcts in the Utah peniten.
iary 10 escape on Friday evening.
and as a result Nick Haworth and
James Lynch. both condemned to
death. are at liberty. while Frank
Dayton. one OF the ringleaders In the
plot, was killed during the break for
liberty and the other participants In
the plot were rocapturod. That all OF
the prisoners in the plot did not es-
cape Is probably due to Alexander A..
Robertson the dofaulting teller Of
Wells. Fargo & Co.'S bank. Of Salt
Lake City, serving a fouryear sen.
tence. who. when hearing the scuflie
between prisoners and the guard from
whom they secured the keys to the
cells. sounded the alarm which speed
lily brought the prison officials TO the
scene Of the outbreak Counors. one
OF the ringleadors. saw Robertson run
upstairs to turn In the alarm, and at.
tempted to catch him with the evident
Intention Of killing him, but Robert.
son managed TO eludo his purseur by
secreung himself in a cell.
The men engaged IN the outbreak
were Mel, Haworth James Lynch,
Frank Dayton. Harry waddell. Franz,
Connors. Abe Majors and Edward
Mullen. But for the assistance OF
Shuckers. a convict. the delivery
would have been Wholesale. Other
convlcts rendered aid to the overpow.
cred guards. Maxwell. serving time
for a bank robbery at springvllle.
saved the life OF Guard Jacobs. When
overpowerod and beaten almost into
insenslbllty by the gang OF convicts.
Jacobs was dragged from his perilous
position by the prisoner. Tho enraged
mob turned upon Maxwell and beat
him down with their weapons.
Three OF the conyicts were armed
with revolvers at the time OF the es-
cape Lynch is stlll in possession OF
his. Another weapon was found on
the person Of waddoll and another
on Majors The chambers Of one had
been fired.
The delivery had been carefully
planned aud was desperately attempt.
cd. Just before locking up time Guard
zebulon Jacobs, who ia stationed at
the north cell house, went down the
corridor to turn the giant bolts. II
was few minutes past at tho time.
He reached the door OF the south cell
house and started inside. On enter
ing the door he was struck down by
the desperate convicts and beat into
insensibility II was during this en-
counter that Maxwell interfered and
was cruelty beaten over the head The
keys were secured from Jacobs and
the convlcts started for the death
row." where the men condemned to
death are confined, meeting Guard
Dave wilkins, oyerpowerlng him. and
the Iron grating which swings open
in front OF Haworth's cell. they shout
ed to him to accept his freedom. Hur.
riedly they opened the door OF
Lynch's cell, and were starting on an.
other. when. in their hurry and com
motion, they dropped the keys upon
the floor. They we're instantly seized
by Ed shuckers, another convict, who
had been attracted to the place by the
noise.
They had failed to discover him in
tho crowd and did not observe him as
he stealthily placed tho keys in his
pocket. Then he stepped inside an
empty cell and turned the key in the
lock. Searching for the keys the con-
victs were losing time, Other prison.
ors were shouting to them for liberty.
we are losing time" said Lynch,
who assumed the leadership as soon
as he was liberated. TO he'll with the
others; we haven't time"
The loss Of the keys probably pre-
vented tho delivery from the cells OF
King Mortensen and Botha. all await
ing execution.
The seven men then made dash
for the outer walls of the prison, but
the officials had been made aware OF
the outbreak by this time. and gave
chase. A ladder was secured by the
conyicts and they quickly scaled tho
wall, The leaders had barely reached
the ground when the guards opened
fire and Dayton was killed and Wad-
dell wounded the latter falling on the
body Of the former one OF the guards
grappled with Majors on top Of the
wall and succeeded in throwing him
20 the ground below, where he lay
stunned The other prisoners were
all captured with the exception Of Ha-