The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-15
SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
TO ESCAPE EXECUTION
TWO Prisoners With Death
Sentences Leave the Prlson
Cells Behind.
oNE CONVICT SHOT DEAl
During the Conflict Two Guards Weir
Wounded. 40 Were Thres Other
Prsoners-A Posss 10 After
the Escaped conviotA

Salt Lake, Utah.. Oct. I'm q well.
organized and partly successful att
tempt at a wholesale delivery Of prison
Eers at tn IMtahspenitenttary one pris-
oner was killed, one guard was shot
and wounded, another man was beaten;
almost into tnsensibility, three prison
ers were wounded and two other death
sentences escaped.
The dead:
FRANK DAYTON, serving j twelve
year term for attempted highway rob.
berry.
The wounded:
Guard Wilkins, shot in leg.
Guard Jacobs, badly beaten.
Convict Ed Mullen, serving g. three
year term for burglary, shot Y. leg.
Convict Abe Majors, serving life term
for murder of Captain Brown OF the
Ogden police, shot In arm.
Harry Widdell. serving seven-year
term for burglary.
The escaped:
Nick Haworth, s~entencedsto death for
the murder Of Night Waterman Ken
dali, in Layton, Utah.
James Lynch, sentenced to death for
the murder Of Colonel Prowse, n q
gambling house in this city three years
ago.
None OF the wounded, 1t Is said. is SEE
riously hurt. "A posse Of prison guards
with several bloodhounds was prompt
ly started on the trail OF the W es-
capped convicts, blu owing to
and the wild nature of the country In
the Immediate vicinity of the prison no
results are looked fer today.
The outbreak occurred Just as the pr1s-
oners were being placed in their cells lor
the night by Guards Wilkin and Jacobs.
Two OF the prisoners cverEawered WI.
ktns and jacobs, the former being shot
and slightly wounded and IN latter
frightfully beaten. TIE coagicts took the
prison keys from the guards n released
i've other prisoners who had already been
locked up. The sever prisoners then
compelled Guard Wilkins, nstwithstand-
ing his injuries, to march at their head
and with the assistance of ladders found
near the workshop they scaled the wall.
Wilkins was made to ascend first
AS the first convict reached the top
Guard Naylor, who was on the south
wall, opened fire. This was the signal for
a general alarm, and several guards has
tened to the scene. Guard briggs reached
the wall as Dayton and Mullan were de-
%scending on tie outside. He ordered
them to halt, but as they paid no atten-
ton to the command he fired, killing
Dayton. A second shot struck Mullan In
the leg as he was coming dow the lad
OeTN aua ne 0Oppeu ~ SAS EAouAo. LIS
other five convicts had reached the
ground outside the wall when they were
fired upon by other guards. -abe Majors
was shot in the arm n fell to the
ground. Haworth was also shot and fell.
but quickly arose and continued his fight.
Waddell was shot in the leg. Lynch es-
capped unhurt it is believed. After run
ming about 100 yards from the wall Ha-
worth. dropped a rope made from blank
cts, which was found stained with blood.
At the foot of the wall were found sew
eral cartridges which the convicts
dropped as they came over.
Two of the prisoners were armed with
revolvers. Where they secured the weap-
ons is not known.