CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-06-25


pistol pointed directly At ths small Of
his back. the army Of small boys that
tagged" behind reminded one Of
circus parade. 1t may be explained,
by -the-way, that the fact Of Lantz
firing twice at Fallon Mt such short
range and missing, spoken offacetious-
ly by the prisoner being shot 1t, was
more through desire not to hit the
fellow unless absolutely necessary THAI
because Of poor Workmanship. Like
Will Cleghorn with his empty gun in
the capture Of Armstrong, Lants Was
doing little judicious biufing-
ii. had the desired effect.
Citizens RssponSsd Quickly 20 Alarm
Citizens turned out from all parts Of
the town when the alarm was first
given and could be seen scurryiug
from every direction armed with rifles,
shot guns, revolvers and various
weapons. There was absolutely no
hope for the convicts to get away, even
after they got on the outside. A
hundred men were on their trail with
in ten minutes, on foot, in wagons and
on horseback, and among them were
some of the best rifle shots in Colo
RADIO. Had the chase lasted longer the
number would have been increased to
hundreds more. Citizens and guards
fell into line on the trail of the escap-
ing convicts and deployed in every di-
rection like trained skirmishers.
Excitement in town was intense,
although not much Of IL showed on the
surface during the trouble. After the
prisoners began to get hack. however,
it became more apparent. An indica-
cation Of the interest in the affair was
shown BY the demand for the Record
extra. Although 1t was put In every
part OF town there was . constant
stream of people to the Office for the
story all sfternoon and large demand
yet the next morning.
1t is a pretty safe guess to say that
this is the last break that the Colorado O
peniteniiary will witnrss for some
time A bitter lesson was taught those
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An Six Were Dsspsrsfs klsn
A more thoroughly desperate hall
dozen men could probably not have
been secured among all the convicts OF
the penitentiary than were those con-
cerned in the attempted escape. Par
ticularly is this true OF Armstrong,
Kuykendall, Fallon and Fisher. Kane
is not tnown rs such . thoroughly
bad man" as th- others, but be 10 q
life prisoner with murder to his record
and that alone IL sufficient IA make him
desperate. Cordona, the Mexican, has
the best record OF any Of the men, and
at the same time he was one Of the
coolest Of them all during the prepare
tionk for blowing the gates and the
flight that followed.
Kuykendall wss serving time for the
part he took in the robbery Of the
Stratton Independence mine at Cripple
Greek in January, 1902. A battle under.
meath the grourd between ore stealerl
and differs resulted in an officer being
desperately wounded. Kuykendall and
his pals escaped At the time but were
arrested next day, being surprised
while asleep.
The trial Of Kuykendall was one oi
the most sensational In the history OF
the state. Kuykendall's father died
during its progress and charges and
counter-cbarges against the attorneys
on both sides were continuous during
the trial. Afterwards disbarmens pro
ceedings were brought against some Of
the attorneys as result and perjury
charges against various witnesses.
Kuykendall was q member Of
Company g.. First Colorado volunteers,
and served in the Philippines with
bravery and distinction in battle,
but with little further honors as a
soldier. He has two sisters living at
Cripple Greek.
Armstrong Wsntsd in Utah for fsrSsr
Armstrong had good reasons for
wanting to escape. While he is serving
here only for burglary charge Of MUIR
der hangs over him in Utah and he
will be taken from this penitentiary to
that state with almost positive indics-
tion that he will be convicted. He and
. man named Brown are supposed to
have murdered Chinaman at Ogden.
Brown was sentenced TO forty Year, In
the Utah penitentiary. Armstrong,
whose real name ID Young, escaped
from Jail before his trial.
After being arrested at Florence and
while in jail at this place awaiting trial
Armstrong and . prisoner named
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