The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-26
Prisoners Make Two Attempts TO
Escape. Beating Officers
Who Serve Them.
ONE CRIMINAL is KILLED.
Walter Scott. When Ordered "a
Halt. Fails TO DO So. and Re
ceiveS Load of Buckshot
in His Chest.
EEFrRLlC SPEIAL

1 fEf'I Sllc SPESlAfs
| Atchison. Kas.. SEPT .-wal,er Scott
| Thomas Bean. Clyde Bean and John Os.
born. prisoners in the county jalI here
| made two desperate attempts To es-ape
| this afternoon. Scott was killed in the
second attempt.
Joseph Miller. the tailer went into The
| taiiroom at p. m. TO take dinner TO the
prisoners Inside this room there are
cages. running in front OF which is a
barred corridor. in which the prisoners ex-
ercise
IL Is necessary to open this barred cor
r1cor in order TO get food into the cells
me prisoners are always required 70 he in
their cells when food is taken in When
the prisoners enter the cells and shut the
doors. the doors are locked by the taller
from position outside the barred cor-
ridor.
Scott- Osborn and Walter and Thomas
Bean slipped into the cell neares, the cor
fioor to-day and slammed the door hut
siiehtiy pulled it open again. and when
'he ooit was shot tie cell door was not
iockeo- When Jailer Miller walked into
'He corridor the four men attacked him.
FAILED To FIND HIS PISTOL.
desperate struggle followed. The men
tried to get Millers pistol. but could no,
ma II. They found his keys, bu, he kept
'hem 30 busy fighting that they could not
unlock the outer doors. They beat Mil
Ter on the head with an immense paddock.
put failed TO knock him senseiess and
ne stood between them and the door for
two minutes. fighting with his left hand
which they could not reach Two of them
heh his right hand. but with a mighty
effort he wrenched the hand loose and
drew his pistol from one Of his front
trousers pockets. The men then ran 70
cover.
Sherih William XIII appeared with a
riot gun loaded with buckshot. Miller LEI
Kin into the jailroom Neither Kin nor
Miller knew where the men were hiding
and XIII called on them TO give them
selves up. Suddenly the four men. close
together. made rush at KiH and Miller.
SHOT DEAD BY SHERIFF.
Mn called on Scott. who was in the
lead. to stop. Scott did no, heed the warm
ing and KIN poured the full charge Of
buckshot into him. He fell TO the floor
hfeiess. shot just above the heart. The
three other prisoners then gave them
selves up.
In les' scott, who had been convicted Of
burglary under the name OF Price IN the
Atchison County District Court. attempted
TO escape with another prisoner in ii.nti-
Sdhy tne same manner AL that TIM.
scott cut and beat John Colyan, the jaiIer
IN terrible manner. He .as beatinx him
with lead pipe when the Sheri1's son lev
eieo riiie at him through the barred
prison door. The fight with CoISan lasted
hve minutes SCOTS sentence was in
creased from seven to ten years for the
assault on Colgan.
RECENTLY SENTENCED
Last week Scott was sentenced. with
John c. Moore of Kansas City. 20 serve
a term in the Penitentiary for attempted
highway robbery. Joseph Milton Scfri--
yer. also OF Kansas City. was sentenced
TO the Hutchinson Reformatory for being
implicated with Scott and Moore
Neither Moore nor Schreiver participated
In the attempted jail delivery to-day. al
though they had an opportunity. Thomas
ana Clyde Bean We're sentenced to the
Penitentiary from here last week for steal
ing two horses from Thomas Cohoon at
Eftingham. this county. and burning a
barn to cover up the crime. Scott was
about IS years old.