The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-25
Convicts Attempt To Escape
From Prison.
KILLED TWO OFFICIALS
Desperadoes 0yertaken and Two Were
Shot, While Others Were Captured
and Taken Back to
Prison.

jefferson City, No., Nov. 25.-In a
desperate attempt to escape from the
state penitentiary yesterday, FIVE con-
victs fought for freedom with weapons
and nitro-glycerine at the prison gate,
killing two prison officers and wounding
Deputy Warden See, and four men made
dash through the streets under fire,
only to be captured after two Of the
escaped men had been wounded Five
prisoners, taking advantage Of the alb
sence of Warden Hall and six guards,
who left yesterday with III federal pris-
oners for Fort Leavenworth, Kans., at
tempted to escape, but only four left
the prison after wrecking the gate.
| Convicts Harry Vaughn, Charles Hay
mond, Hiram Blake, George Ryan and
| Eli Ziehler, who were working close
inside the prison gate, having secured
pistols and bottle of nitro glycerine
entered Deputy Warden Reese's Office
and shot him in the arm and the hip
as he sat in chair He sank back
helpless and the conyicts rushed to the
gate, where they met GateInan John
Clay, who being alarmed at the shots,
| opened the gate to look inside Before
Clay could raise his weapon he was
shot dead. r.. Allison, commissary Off
Ger, ran TO Clay's assistance, and he was
shot dead.
Then, as ii to signal the convicts
generally that an attempt to escape had
been started the conyicts rang the gate
bell and then rushed through the gate,
dragging Clay's body with them. They
slammed the gate shut and fastened it,
while Ziegler was ringing the bell and
he was left inside.
i The four convicts were in the wagon
entrance to the penitentiary. This en-
trance is 10 feet long and is feet wide
1t leads to the public street through
second double gate of steel which
was locked The conyicts placed nitro
giycerine Under the outside gate, and
blew an opening through the steel doors
The four men crawled through this rup-
ture and dashed through several "trus.
ty' convicts who were working in the
street.
Almost before the four had covered
d bloch, prison officers were in pursuit
| shooting at they ran. Pedestrians
Jumped behind trees, ran into houses ans
crouehed down behind any obstacle that
presented refuge
Several men seized weapons and joinet
the prison officers in the pursuit. Thl
chase kept up for a dozen blocks, thl
conyicts outrunning their pursuers.
I Near the Missouri Pacific railway de
! pot the convicts came up with q wagoi
, driven BY Oryille Lane. Jumping int
! this wagon the desperadoes seized Ian
! and used him as a shield from the bul
let's Of their pursuers. One convict lash
ed the horse into run and escape seem
l ed sure, when suddenly squad of cit,
4 policemen and armed citizens appeare
4 in front Of the fleeing men, who stoppe
4 the horse ana made q desperate stand.
Lane was thrown to the bottom Q
q the wagon and erouching over hin
!. shielding themselves as we'll as possibl
behind the sides Of the vehicle, the fou
|, conyicts foughts the policemen.
y Nolley after volley was fred in th
{ street by both sides to the conflict, Will
4 residents and pedestrians fled to escap
4 stray bullets. The policemen shelterin
4 themselves behind trees, splintered tn
Z wagon and pIoughed up the mud, finall
putting a bullet through Vaughn an
: Blake, the latter falling to the grom
Il fatally hurt.
y Convict Harry Vaughn was sentence
/. from st. Louis for Bis years for robber
4 after street tight in which he and
y companion shot three detectives to deaf
/, Raymond and Blake were serving thrs
81 years each for burglary. George Rya
I Of Kansas City is serving eight yea
for robbery, while Eli Ziegler is undi
u sentence of three years for robbing DO,
- les at railroad wreck.