The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-25
Connivance Within.

two half-pint bottles Of nitroglycerin
were secured by the leaders of the mu-
tiny yesterday.
The prison authorities are inclined to
believe that the mutiny had been ar
ranged for a much larger scale, and that
it was to have been general uprising,
but for some reason the plans did not
fully carry out. This lea DIS to general
llneaslness within the prison, as it is
feared that large number of the CON
vlcts are secretly armed with weapons
and explosives, and more trouble may
follow when the present excitement has
died TOWN. 1t is known that for long
time the prison officers have feared an
outbreak, altho the reason for this fear
could not be centered upon any definite
occurrence or attributed to any set of
prisoners.
The Dead.
y JOHN CLAY, gatekeeper.
E. ALLISON, officer Of the commits
sary department.
HIRAM BLAKE, convict.
The Wounded. :.>
R: E. See, deputy warden, seriously.
Harry Vaughn, convict, st. Louis;
Guard J. X. Young.
Charles Raymond.
W arden Mat W. Hall, Yardmaster
Porter Gilvin and five prison guards
departed in the morning for Leaven-
ing seventy-one federal prisoners who
were being transferred from the Mis-
souri, state penitentiary to the govern
ment prison at Fort Leavenworth: It
is believed that this fact had much to
do with the outbreak, as it is surmised
the convicts had counted largely on
Warden Hall g absence in their attempt
to escape. III '?:..Ex'
Rush for the Gate. :*:. = ~.
There was not. the slightest premoni,
walls: Suddenly Convicts =, Harry
Vaughn, Charles Raymond, Hiram
Blake, George Ryan and Eli Zeigler,
who were working in close proximity
to the prison gate inside the Enclosure,
made a rush for the gate.
They drew pistols, and it. is presumed
that t5 at Least % one of them m' earried @ a & pot,
weapons and the explosive were ob-
tanned has not been learned.
Rushing past the gate, they entered
Deputy Warden Sees office and shot
him as he sat in his chair. Instantly
they returned to the gate and met Gate.
man John Clay, whom they shot dead. ;
Guard E. Allison, who was attracted
by the shooting, was their next victim
He was shot thru the head and died al
most instantly. ~.:.:,s -.
Then, as if to signal the convicts gen
orally that an attempt to escape hal
been started, the convicts seized the
bell rope and changed the bell. Gate
man Clay had left the wagon gate ajar
Gate Blasted Open.
The convicts rushed thru, dragging
| Clay's body with them, and fastened
the gate on the inside. They were the1
| IN the wagon entrance to the peniten
tiary, this entrance being about forty
feet long by about fifteen feet wide
| and leading to the public street thru an
| other double gate Of steel. r
| This outside gate was locked, but thu
convicts placed their nitroglycerin un
[ der the obstruction and blew an opening
! thru the massive steel doors. Befor,
the, smoke had cleared they dashed OIL
and passed a. number of ''trusty con
v1cts' working in the street, and raj
madly for mile. Zeigler, it was found
had failed to leave the penitentiar,
walls.
The prison officials, heavily armed
were soon in pursuit, shooting as the,
ran: Pedestrians hastily sought cove
and those living IN houses along the lin
OF fight, alarmed by the shooting
rushed out to learn the cause. The ma
! lority of the men seized weapons an,
! joined the prison officials in the pursuit
Near the. Missouri Pacific railway depo
the conVlcts came upon wagon, driver
by Orville Lane. jumping into tn
wagon they seized Lane and held him t.
| oh ho I,,11 'acL IL
! pursuers.
Begin Mad Chase. ~
One convict lashed the horses into ,
run, but the ride was of short dura
tion, however, as another posse con
sisting of city police, augmented b,
citizens, appeared in front of the flee
ing convicts. Seeing that furthe
flight was cut off, they stopped tn
horses and made desperate stand
Firing became general from all sides
The prison officials shouted to the cor
victs to surrender or they would b
shot dead. Their only reply was
hail of bullets.
Then followed a desperate battle
Finally Convict Hiram Blake fell serj
ously wounded. and the others, seein
that death was inevitable if furthe
resistance was offered, surrendered. Th
officials closed around the wagon.
/ 1t was found that Convicts Waugh
and Blake were suffering from bu1le
wounds. Driver Lane and Convict
Ryan and Raymond were uninjuret
The. conyicts were taken back to tn
penitentiary, where the wounded wer
given medical attention.
| Battle with Detectives.
Il Vaughn was sentenced for fftee
years from St. Louis for first degre
robbery. He was member of a gan
with which three detectives fought
ferr!1lc battle not long ago in s
Louis: One detective was shot dead i
that battle and the other two dete,
tlves died later of their wound
Vaughn was almost killed in that a
fray, but after his recovery from h
wounds was convicted and sentence
to the penitentiary. Re, -
Il The other prisoners were servin
terms for burglary and larceny, an
- alI were known a q 5dasnorof 70 ~, ~,