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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10

prisoners had congregated, Waddell
covered them with his revolver and told
them to hold up their hands, which they
did.
Schuckers was stuck uD" by Wad-
cell. and Majors who then took a hand.
did the turn for Guard Wilcken. After
Wilcken had been relieved of the keys
in his possession. and which were
turned over to Waddel. the latter
stuck the gun he had behind Schuck-
er's neck, and told him TO walk in
front of him down the corridor. Going
to the last condemned mans cell Wad-
dell opened it, 1t was the one occupied
by Lynch. He walked out i'm an instant
Waddel gave him the keys and told
him to let out the other death-doomed
men, With hands trembling with fear
and emotion, Lynch unlocked Ha
worth's cell.
Just at that moment Lynch dropped
the keys upon the floor. In his ner-
vousness he dtd not realize what he
had done. Schuckers saw them fall,
and during the excitement and uu
noticed. he stopped down. picked them
up, and put them in his trousers peck
et To keep them from rattling.
SChuckeTs put his hand IN his pocket
Observing thar he had not been
noticed, Schuckers stood by in an in
different attitude while the men
looked for the keys. Gradually he
moved past the cells occu2ied by the
other three condemned men. towards
the west end Of the tier of cells. near
the door which OPENS into the room
where he was held IN just as ne
reached the last cell, he was asked
where the keys were. Instmtly hc re-
piled.
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Although Guard A. G. briggs did not
arrive upon the scene of the shooting
until after a fusilade Of shots had been
fred, he succeeded in killing the only
man who lost his life Frank Day
ton, and put a bullet through Abe Ma
jors' right arm between the elbo= and
the wrist. BY the time he nad got
ten through shooting the outbreak was
about qUelled and Lynch and HawOrth
were well out of sight.
1t was with remarkable GOODNESS that
Guard briggs shot Dayton through the
abdomen from the back as the latter
jumped from the prison wall, after
first calling upon him TO stop Then
he took deliberate aim at Majors and
winged him in the arm. The bullet
had hardly passed through the mans
arm before Guard Wilc6en knocked
Majors off the top of the wall into the
yard, the man falling the nineteen
feet striking on his back on the hard
ground. Guard briggs version of the
part he played in the affair, as given
by himself, is as follows:
briggs Hears Of the Break.
at was seated in the office talking to
a man over the telephone when some
one ran in and yelled to me that
man was getting over the wall. with
out waiting to say goodbye to the man
7 was talking to, 7 dropped the tele-
phone not even taking time to hang
up the receiver and ran out Of the
door and down TO the southwest cor
neS of the wall AS I rounded the cor
ner Of the wall 7 saw a man about
to jump. 7 yelled 10 him.
Stop. or I viii shoot.
''He did not stop. as L commanded.
and I fired. he fell in a heap at the
bottom Of the wall and lay there. I
did not have time 10 look at him TO
see who he was or whether he was
badly hurt I am told he was Dayton.
guess it was, for come to think e
it, the man never moved after he
struck the ground.
las I looked up another man was
about to jump. and I yelled to him to
stop. saying:
Stop. or I'll shoot you. toor
He also refused to listen to my
words OF warming and came sliding
down the side of the WALL I fired at
him. but whether 7 hit him or not
do not know. He fell in heap at the
base Of the wall.
Wilcken Fighting the Convicts.
-All this time 7 was running toward
the place on the wall just below where
Guard Wiclen was lighting with the
men on TOD. The first shot I fired
was just fifty feet from the base Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10
PAYNE HANGS on.
Cabinet Discusses the Postofice In
vestigation.

Cabinet Discusses the Postofice In
vestigatiou.
Washington, Oct. Sat the cabinet
meeting today an the members ex-
cept Secretary Root and Hitchcock
were present The principal topic OF
discussion was the postOfice investi-
cation, which was considered at length
and especially with reference to the
trials Of the cases now pending before
the courts.
At the conclusion OF the meeting
Postmaster General Payne said that tt
was not the expectation that there
would be q wholesale dismissal OF
clerks and division chiefs of the post
Office department as q result OF the
investigation some further dfsmissal IS
might be made. he said. on TIE recon-
mendation Of Mr.. Bristow. but thus far
it had been the PIC 1fc'ess,- Rsniss of-
tenders as soon as the evidel3 6rE6eir
corruption. or incompetence ha8t
obtained.
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REWARD IS OFFERED.

At midnight last night Governor
= He5er d. Wells-offered $1,000 reward y
= for the rccapture Of Lynch and Ha- ,
= worth. When he was appraised Of y
y the escape of the condemned men he =
= lost no time In writing out a notice =
= Of the reward offered Less than ?
= two hours after the men scaled the y
y wall CLERK stow OF the nenitentiary =
y offered reward Of 500 -or the cap =
= ture OF each man.
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DETAILS OF THE DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO
ESCAPE AND THE BATTLE THAT FOLLOWED

mand. He also obeyed. Both Waddell
and Majors had slung-shOts in their
left hands
Majors held his revolver on Wflcken
while Waddell went through the
guards pockets and secured the KEYS.
Majors then kept Wilcken covered
while Waddell. with the keys. marched
Schuckers down "AIurderers' Row
They passed the cell of Dutch Charlie
Botha, under sentence of death for the
murder of his wife and her Daramour
BOtha looked at them wonderingIy but
said nothing
Past the cell of Peter NIOrtensen they
went. Mortensen. condemned to die
Nov. 20, peered through the narrow
apertures Of the steel door. He saw
the two stop at the cell of James
Lynch, condemned murderer, next to
him.
What the hell's up?' asked Lynch
Of Waddeu.
There's a break" was the reply.
Come along"
The key grated in the lock. the door
flew open and Lynch pushed out. Wad-
dell gave the keys TO Lynch
Let out Haworth," he said.
Mortenssn Wanted to Get Out.
Peter Mortensen heard this. with
death impending I'm six weeks. a chance
Tor freedom suddenly burst over him.
He pleaded to be let out. but in vain.
trembling in every fibre with excite
ment. Lynch went on 20 the next cell.
where Nick Haworth was awaiting
death at the hands of the law. Again
the key grated I'm the lock. the door
creaked and changed. and another muir
derer emerged, ready to make a dash
for freedom.
Shaking as he was, Lynch dropped
the keys Schuckers watched his on
portunity. picked them up and thrust
them quietly into his pocket.
Lynch determined to waste no time
ran down the corridor and started for
the outer door Wadden came uD to
SChUCkers.
Where are the keys?" he demanded.
preparatory 90 letting some of the other
gave them to Connors." said
Schuckers.
Locked Schuckers in Cell.
wadden. greatly excited, started
down the corridor with Schuckers and
locked him in a cell J. H. Riddle. the
prison barber. was locked IN another
cell. The plotters tried TO get some
razors. but the cabinet was locked. In
their excitement they did not think to
search Riddle, who had the key in his
pocket
Majors placed his revolver at the back
or Wilckeu's neck.
III tell you what you've got to do. 4"
Continued on Page Two.)
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Harry WaddeU is believed TO have
been the principal i'm the plot. assisted
by Majors and C0nnors. Waddell and
Dayton tried 20 escape once before.
They sal wed through the bars Of their
cells. but were detected ia time In
some way Waddell and the others
managed 90 get smuggled TO them two
revOlvers and some slung shots. They
laid their plans and waited. The time
agreed on was last evening.
At 6.15 o'clock Robertson. who oc-
cuuies position of trust at the pen
itentiary. went 10 the floor above the
second tier of cells I'm the north cell
house and rang the bell Tor the prison
ers 90 so 90 their cells. Guard Jacobs
was ON the floor below. I'm the library,
which looks our on the second tier of
cells.
The men began to file I'm their cells.
WaddeI. COnnors and Majors came up
together. Suddenly they rushed al the
Jnsuspecting guard. With their slung
shots they beat him over the head.
He struggled desperately against them.
Maxwell. former Robbers Rooster
and later a model prisoner AZ the pen
itentiary, saw his plight and rushed TO
his aid. Mullins came 60 help the plot
tiers. Jacobs fen under the blows that
Tained over his head. Maxwell dropped
under slung shot.
Guards Told of Break.
Robertson heard the sounds of a
Bcuf1e and came part way down the
stairs. He ran hack 90 the hOOrabOve
and rang the bell which gave the alarm
20 the guards IN front and on the walls.
Connors. filed with thoughts OF ven
Eence and armed with "a slung shot,
Started mp the stairway after Robert
son. The latter ran down the corridor
and turned Co the next corridor. elud
ing his pursuer by stepping unnoticed
into a cell.
Tell Dayton there's q break and to
come along" called Connors to Majors.
THE message was quickly delivered.
Dayton left his unlocked cell and Joined
the gang. Waddell. COnnOrs. Dayton.
Mullins and Majors dragged the un-
conscious form Of Guard Jacobs
through the dining room to the door
OF the south cell house.
Waddel and Majors went ahead
through the door. Guard David Wick
en- and j. g.. Schuckers. sentenced for
forgery. clerk OF the prison and one
Of the most trusted of the inmates.
were Engaged in locking the convicts
in their cells. WaddeU thrust into
Wilcken's face a wicked-looking blue
barreled Lueger revolver.
Throw up your handsl" he said.
Wiicken looked for a second into the
aperture Of the weapon, and ubeyed
Had Guns and Slung-shots.
Aschucbers was given the same com
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10

2 Topeka. Kan. Oct. 9-The To-
2 peka Democratic Fiambeau club.
= the largest Democratic organiza-
= ton in the state, has unanimously
. endorsed General Miles for prasi-
. dent The club VIII make an orr
? ganized effort TO deliver the Demo-
? cratic support in Kansas 10 Gem
? eral Mines for the nomination.
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WORST BLOOD N YFaTs

Scranton, Pa Oct. 9--Reporls from
up and down the wyoming valley COM
ing in tonight are that The flood IS The
worst in years. No. 4 mine al Car-
bondale and the Glenwood at Maynsld
are filing with water
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AUDIJ
Resignation
IN


Oct. z. and was directed toyfhe score
tary of the treasury. who has Indicated
his acceptance. The resignation is to
take effect when his successor is ap-
pointed and qualified, and Mr. Castle
said today that he had rendered his
resignation last spring, but that when
the investigation of the pOstohice de-
partment affairs was BEGIN Secretary
Shaw asked him to remain, and he had
consented to do so. Mr.. Castle added
that his reason for resigning IS found I'm
the necessity for giving attention to his
private business, and that as soon as
relieved from the duties of his Official
position ne would return TO his old
home in st. Paul.
To a question as to whether his resfg-
nation had been induced by any charges
connected with the Investigation into
the affairs Of the pos Ofiice department
Mr.. Castle replied inBhe negative j.
Knows of no Charges.
Il know of no charges" he said. sIf
there were any, I would not, of course.
be allowed 20 resign The only criti-
cism of myself Of which I am aware
was made by Mr.. TullOCh. and i made
reply to his statement last May
have, Of course, seen the newspaper
statements that I would be reflected
upon by the reports TO be made bw
AAA- DLlSLoW anu Dy lHeS-lc- 11QmanarrA
and Conrad I know nothing as t1A
the accuracy Of this report. and can
only say that I shall be prepared to
answer any criticisms when made. NV
only reason for resigning is that which
has been given. i wanted to get ouf
of official life, and j was especially ami
ious to avoid sBera+ns- the last su
mer in Washington. I was ,CrSed.
ever, to remain until the iIrNS
ton could be made, and as ~
over I want to get out before the Cd
gressional inquiry commences. III
may go on Indefinitely and 90 MT
care TO wait upon its termination
Mr. Castle said the report that he
is a director of a mining company
which is reported to have been engaged
in selling stock to pOstmasters was
not true. but added that IF ne had been
a director In a mining company there
would have been no ground for criti-
Cism in that case.
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! iAWORTH AND lynch
GIT AWAY and ONE
MAN LOSES Ills LIFE
Four Are R0CaDtuFOd After Desperate and
Bloody Battle Between FugitiY6S and
P0aitO0tidFy Guards.

Prisoners 0vsows Officials at Locking Up Tm Secure Keys and
Scale the Walls by Means of Ladders-Aen Armed With
Reviewers and SIung ShOts-POsses Securing
Country for the Escapes.
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HEART FAILURE.
Death of Mrs. Sarah L. Goodwin, For
merlv Of Salt Lake.

Seattle oct AIRS. Sarah T.. Goodwin.
wife of j. IT. Goodwin. formerly q Wen
known newspaper imam of Utah, died iu
Seattle today of heart failure aged 69
wears
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10
PURIFIED IN A
SMALL DEGR
Two designations in Postoffcs
Department Accepted,
PAYNE STILL HOLDS HIS JOB
SITUATION DISCUSSED By THE
CABINET.
~ ASHINGrON. q

w master SO
the resign
tiancy as assista
the office Of the
general for the
Mr.. Christiancy
which was addr
General Payne an
Of last July. say.
For reasons a
nication address
Of April %. 1903,
lieved from the
assistant attorne
Office department
OF my official ID
developed any
honesty or int
respectfully I'd
an official Of {
10 take effect
venience. 4 q
feel, and my
peratively. ths
parativcly. tha
impossible FOR
work for a cen
Plead
The reasons
danCy'S letter.
health
The postmaS
cciVcG l5r. Chm
a, took no act
ferring it to ASST
ROhb, with q I'd
the proper cOUrS
reply was moi
cation into I'm
attorney Eener
ner had been q
dated yesterday
The lnVeStig
I now have th
that in my jud
been adduced ID
Mr.. ChrisuaHCI
there is no god
nation should
Mr.. Payne's
forwarded tOda
document, and
L beg to ad
nation as ass
the Office of
for the pOstOf
on July IA, I90
copied
Mr.. Christia
without pay s.
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Continued on Page Two)
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CANNED the Guard.

AS Guard Wilcken and Trusty
Schuckers entered the room where the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-11
A FEW WESTERN WONDERS
Undeveloped Onyx and Marble Beds.
Inky Mineral springs. Plenty OF
Venison and other Game.

.
Venison and other Game.
The wonders of the West have not
been sufficiently extolled, according to
the account of George Taylor, of Hay
den, Colorado, who has recently come
from the West to visit his father, Will
lam M. Taylor, the well-known CON
tractor and builder of this city. Mr..
Taylor has been in the West now
about ten years and says he believes
he could never again be contented in
the East. The section where Mr..
Taylor settled and built up quite a
carpentry business is about 300 miles
west Of Denver, up in the mountainous
part of the State. There in a village
of some 300 people, Mr.. Taylor has
made his home.
Some nine miles from three is a
number of mineral springs which so
by the name of Steamboat Springs
Water flowing from these springs is at
the boiling point all the time while
one of these gives forth dark, inky-
colored fluid which is as black as coal
tar.
Meats in that country are very linn
tied in variety, and what would be the
cheapest meat in the East is regarded
in the light of luxury in his part of
the country. For example, pork sells
very high out there and is accordingly
looked on as a luxury On the other
hand beef sells for about seven or
eight cents a pound and is the main
staple. As it is a cattle country, lamb
and mutton are practically never
seen, while venison is much more COM
mon than beef is in the East Deer
are still exceedingly plenty, so that as
soon as a man gets out of meat he
strolls off to the hills with his gun and
brings down buck. Mr.. Taylor says
that the game laws out in Colorado
are as strict as those in the eastern
States, but the difference is in the en-
forcement, which is correspondingly
lax
In the mountains of this country are
to be found onyx and marble quarries
great value but owing to their mac
feasibility and the lack OF railroad
transportation have never been devel-
oped. Hayden is named from a gov
ernment prospector and has been set
tied for about thirty years. Many of
the homes are still log cabins and
houses are in the main built very
crudely, according to eastern building
ideas.
MIR. Taylor prophesies great future
for this portion of the West.
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Took Time hy Forelnck

While the streets were covered
with slush and the snow was still fall
ing Wednesday evening the prudent
householder lin some instances) was
busily engaged in clearing his walks.
The wisdom of this work was plainly
perceptible yesterday morning. Where
the walks had been cleaned pedestrians
found easy travelling: where they
were left untouched it was like the
far-famed ''rocky road to Dublin. -
Proverbs applying to the case are
numerous, but there is little use in
repeating them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-11
Pleasing Musical Entertainment.

A highly successful cantata was
given by the children of the Methodist
church on Tuesday evening in the
Sunday Scnool rooms of the church
entitled ''Hunt the Thimble' Al
though little over an hour was neces-
sary to present the piece. nevertheless
the action covered by the play was a
period of three years. A chorus made
up of some twenty-five boys and girls
was the life and spirit Of the enter
tainment and it's work compared very
fayorably with the singing found in
many theatrical ventures on a larger
scale. The story centers around the
hardships experienced by Mrs. Grant
and her little daughter Nell after the
supposed loss by shipwreck of the hus-
band and father. The part of Mr.
Cried the exacting landlord, was
taken by Mr.. Frank Bower while that
of the lost husband, who turned up
after three years, was filled by Mr.. O.
X. Day, Mrs. Grant, the unfortunate
widow was Miss Clara Leek, and the
role of little Nell was very well taken
by little Grace Leproeon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-11
UNIQUE FORM OF AMUSEMENT
The Woman's Auxiliary ofthe Madison
y M. G. A. Hold an Alpha
ibetical Bazaar.

The weather did not dampen the
spirits of the ladies of the Woman S
Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G. "A of Madi-
son, who gave an Alphabetical Bazaar
at the Assembly Rooms, on Wednes-
day afternoon and evening. The hall
was tastefully decorated with japanese
lanterns and bunting, while back of
each table were large letters in red
deSignatingthed different booths There
were fancy tables in abundance as well
as tables devoted to groceries, candy
and other things suitable for Christi
mas gifts. In the center of the hall
stood d Christmas tree appropriately
trimmed with tinSel and gauze.
Refreshments were served by ladies
clad in Japanese costume and this
feature lent mucht to the picturesque
ness of the scene. ,Esmeralda," the
fortune teller, was on hand to en-
Tighten anyone desiring TO know what
the future had in store for them.
The tables and booths were presided
over by the following ladies: Table
A Mrs G.. b. Bush; Table b Mrs.
Mrs. S. H Reed; TahleC- Mrs. Arthur
Lum; Table E-Miss StOddard: Table
F. Miss Zaidie Cook; Table g Mrs.
r. p. Holden; Table II Miss Whit
tlesey; Table J. Miss Paulmer: Table
j. Mrs. Cullinan: Table l. Mrs, &C. l..
Neis; Table M Mrs. Scarborough:
Table N-Mrs. J.. NJ Buttenheim;
Table o. Mrs. w. f. Brown; Table p
Miss Reynolds; TahleQ - Mrs. James
ii. McGraw: Table r Mrs. ID. T.
Pierson; Table SMrs. Alexander
Eagles; Table T Mrs. C. G.. Davis:
Table u Mrs. Irving Williams; Table
V-NIrs. |. N. Vande Water; Table w
Mrs. w. w. Davis; x Y Mrs.
Harry Green.
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what the GRAIL Cedars,, Did.

The Tall Cedars of Lebanon held
their annual election of officers on
Friday evening last, and later fol-
lowed this up by banquet in the
United States Hotel. Several ex-
cellent addresses were made by the
members and good time was enjoyed
by all. The election resulted as
follows;
Grand Mogul Orlando M. Bowen;
senior vice mogul, Walter T. Lewis;
junior vice mogul, Charles r. Rose
wear; treasurer, Victor E. Boell; sec
retary, j. Harry Madigan; preparer of
the forest, Arthur H. Lynch; assist
ant, Frederick o. Hays; conductor,
w. Edward Becker; assistant con-
ductor F. f. Saunders; senior stew
ard, James Dickson; junior steward
Edward f. Totten; sentinel, Victor
A. Wiss; guard, Jacob Boehle; royal
whacker, Hugh @. Holmes; organist,
G. Augustus Muir; precentor, f. A..
Morrison; trustees, Harry A. Van
Glider, William Smart and Calhoun
Orr.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-11
ELKs VISIT HoB0KEN
To Join with the Lodge in that City
on Memorial Night.

IL coiu WIOh Oho iLOusS IN tuat ftllty
on Memorial Night.
Sunday night was memorial night
among the Elks, and services in honor
of the dead brothers were held lin
nearly everyone of the nine hundred
cities where the order has established
itself. No deaths having occurred ia
the local lodge during the past year,
fourteen of its members together with
their wives journeyed to Hoboken to
join with Lodge No. IA to observe
occasion.
The " Memorial Night services
were held in the Lyric Theatre and
were highly impressive. The Rev.
Bro. James Clayton Mitchell, of Trim
ity Church, Hoboken, opened the
meeting with prayer, and was followed
by James J.. Fitzgerald, who delivered
the memorial address. Brotherly
Love-" was the title of forceful and
eloquent address by Bro. Demorest, of
Hoboken. Music was rendered by a
mixed quartet, which was assisted by
tenor and baritone soloists. Other
sacred music of high order was fur
nished by the orchestra. The seating
capacity of the theatre was taxed to
its utmost, there being large number
OF ladies present at the exercises. At
the conclusion of the service the aud
ience joined in singing "Auld Lang
Syne.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-11
BARRIERS PLANNING NEW LAW
The state Association Decides to send
out Petition Slips for Citizens
signatures.

The State Bankers Association met
IN Newark on Monday and discussed
the proposed BARRIERS license bill to be
introduced in the next Legislature.
1t was decided to send out petition
slips to be signed by the people of the
State A copy of the petition is sub
joined,
We, the undersigned, citizens and
residents of the State of New Jersey,
do hereby indorse an act regulating
the practice of barbering the licens-
ing of persons to carry on such prac-
tice to insure the better education of
such practitioners: to insure better
sanitary conditions in barber shops to
prevent the spreading Of contagious
or infectious diseases, and to auth
orize boards of health to cooperate in
securing such conditions i'm the State
of New Jersey.
g AS we believe that the present eX-
listing conditions demand the enact
ment of such legislation and that by
the passage of such an act the interest
or the public health viii be improved
and promoted, we therefore respectful
| ly urge upon your honorable body the
passage of and adoption as law of the
New Jersey State BARRIERS License
and Sanitary Bill, when introduced at
this session of your Legislature.
All the BARRIERS OF the State will he
asked to aid in passing the measure by
subscribing amounts toward the State
! fund. The State Association will
meet in Trenton January IT,
Assemblyman Lehlbach, of Newark,
is slated to present the proposed bill.