The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
BREAK JAIL.
Conyicts at Utah Penitentiary
Make Rush for Freedom.
But Two Escaped the Bullets of
the Guards.

Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 10-As q re-
suit of we'll organized and partly sue
cessful attempt at wholesale delivery
of prisoners at the Utah state peniten-
tiary last night, one prisoner was
killed. one guard was shot and wound
ed. another man was beaten almost
into insensihility. three prisoners were
wounded and two others Under death
sentence ESCAPED. The dead:
FRANK DAYTON, serving II year
sentence for attempted highway rob-
berry.
THE WOUNDED.
Guard wilkins, shot IN leg.
Guard Jacobs, badly beaten by con-
victs.
Convict Ed MuIIan. serving a three
year term for burglary. shot in leg
Convict Abe Mayors, serving life term
for murder of Captain Brown of the
Ogden police. shot in arm.
Harry Waddell, serving seven year
term for burglary.
THE ESCAPED.
Nick Haworth. sentenced to death for
the murder of Night Watchman San
dali n Layton, Utah.
James Lynch, sentenced to death for
murder of Colonel PfOWSe in a gamb-
ling house in this city three years ago.
None of the wounded it is believed
are seriously hurt
A posse of prison guards with several
bloodhounds was promptly started on
the trail of the two ESCAPED cOnvictS,
but owing to darkness and the wild ma
ture of the country in the immediate
vicinity of the prison, no results are
looked for
The outbreak took. place about $50 p.
M, just as the prisoners were being
placed in their cells for the night by
Guards Wilkins and Jacobs. The affair
went through with such vim and pre-
cision that it must have been carefully
planned before hand. Two of the pris-
oners overpowered wilkins and Jacobs,
the former being shot and slightly
wounded and the Internationally beat
en-. The convicts took the prison keys
from the guards and released five other
prisoners who had already been locked
up. The seven prisoners then compelled
Guard Wilkins. Notwithstanding his in
juries. to march at their head and with
the assistance of ladders found near The
work shop proceeded to scale 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
who were in the office quickly seized
their guns and FASTENED to the scene.
Guard briggs reached the wall just as
Dayton and Mullan were descending OH
but as they paid no attention TO the
command, he fired, killing Dayton. A
second shot struck Mullan in the leg as
he was coming down the ladder and he
dropped to the ground, his body railing
over the corpse of Dayton. The other
five convicts had succeeded in reaching
the ground outside the wall when they
were fired upon by other guards
Abe Majors was shot in the arm and
fell to the ground crying with pain.
Haworth was also shot and fell. but
quickly arose and continued the flight
Wadden was shot in the leg. Lyncn
escaped uninjured. it is believed. After
running about one hundred yards from
the wall Haworth dropped a rope made
from blankets which was found stained
with blood. At the foot of the wan
were found several cartridges which the
the convicts dropped as they came over.
Two of the prisoners were armed with
revo1vers. Where they secured the
weapons is not known.