The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-25
,Nitro-Glycerine Used to
 Gain Liberty. TWO OFFICERS ARE DEAD
Deputy Warden Shot While
 Seated in Chair.
Desperate Convicts Surrounded, Decline For Time to Surrender, and stand on Citixens and Aa-
 thorities.

Jefferson City. Mo. Nov. 24-A des- perate attempt to escape from the state penitentiary yas made by four conVicts at 3:15 D. m today, resulting Tn ter rife battle with weapons ana hilIo elycerine at the prison gate, running fight through the streets or Jenerson City and the final capture or .ne ious conyicts two of whom were snot anu wounded Two prison officers were shot dead and third seriously woun- ded. n
 The dead: John Clay, gatekeeper; F. Allison. officer of the commissary de- partment u
 The wounded: Deputy Warden R. F. See. shot in arm and hip; Harry Vaughn, convict, St. Louis. shot III arm: Hiram Blake convict. from Grun- dy county, shot and probaoiy ialaiiS hurt. ... roa Ryan. st. Louis; Charles M Raymond.
 warden Hall. yardmaster Gilman ana Ave prison guards departed this morn, ing for Leavenworth, Kas., on a speelal train conveying n Federal prisoners ,vho are being transferred from the Missouri state penitentiary to the gov ernment prison at Fort Leavenwor'h.
 counted on warden's Absence.
 If is believed that this fact had much +n do with the outbreak today, as IL IN surnnised the convicts had couh'ea largely upon Warden Halls absence m their premeditated desperate attempt to escape. .,. ,,,rar,opi- ,,on ~ any trouble within the prison walls. Suddenly convicts tausnh' Ravmond, Blake, Ryan and ZeiSler. wno were working in close proximity to 'ne nrison gate inside the inclosufe: as
 bv given signals. made rush TOT tne sa+e From their pockets tlGy drew risto,s and it is presumed that at least pne oS them carried a bottle Of nitro riyoerine Where these weapons anu The explosive were optaineo "aS nv yet been discovered. .ho,, e,tered penutv Warden Sees office and shot S,nr as he sat in his char.. He SahN hack and was unable to resist theIi' Instantly they returned to the ga.e and met gateman John Ciay' p"fnye ~n0 " he heen alarmed by the shots. Beiofe ne oe,,Ia oevn raise his weapon he was shot Rang Prison Bell.
 Then as if to signal the consluss s renerally that the attempt 10 escaps had been started, the convicts seihe9 tho he1I rope hanging by the gate ana ranr the bell. Gateman Clay nau S ieis tLa wagon gate ajar when he appeareu and he was shot dead. The conVI1us iI.s rushed through. dragging his noay wash then, slammed the gate shut ana IaS tneni; ,t nm inc outside. They were sen., feet long by fifteen wide anu ieoding to the public street tnrous" another double gate o! steel innarat. eide gate was locked but the uesp
 convicts were deterred put i''
 ment. ,.,,,oorine under the o,,tside gate they blew an openihs through the massive steel uoors s' ano the Tore the smoke had cleared lIo,n onening they had dashed tnIUi oritin1
 Pnvmber of trusty convicts "orAs . q. tt,n street and ran madly for tweNs h1ocLs Zeieler it was found had laiieu to leave the penitentiary walls
 'o Shot as They Han.
 Almost before the four escaplis oo victs had covered the distance oviIv oi tiock the prison officials hea'n E r,ead were in pursuit, shooting
 .In, ran Pedestrians jumped pehiuo trees. ran into houses anu 1,o- down behind any obstacle ma. P
 ortsd refuge. Those living in houses sen .hc Iine of flight, alarmed by the
 roo1ing rushed out to ascertain the
 .,oe The women of the neignpor- Sood 0rasper weapons and joined the men in the pursuit. The chase saNe apeed to the convicts ana tney pa sroiy nursuers Near the Missouri Pa
 neo 70 paJlroad depot they came upon noon heinz driven by Orville Lane
 Inn,ning into this wagon, they .a;vad Lane and held him to aG as shieId from the bullets or thelr pu.e ns One convict lashed the horse into e'sr r,,n The wild ride was of short aat;or q however as another posse nS.sistine of city police. augmented oy citizens. appeared in front or them anu a. saainu that further flight was cut o1' thex, stonped the horse and made ues- perste stand. .r
 Iane was thrown to the bottom or the wagon and crouchlng over nm shielding themselves to the pest pos sible advantage behind the sloes U, tne vehicle they opened fire back to pacK m their pursuers. hTe prison omcials shouted to them to surrender or they would be shot dead They only replied
 with n volley from their revolvers' Then followed one of the most des- nerate street battles that ever took nlace in the annals of escaping conVicts tn Jefferson City. The possemen iumped behind trees and shot with telling effect. splintering the wagon and finally putting bullet through one of the convicts, who fell to the ground Thereupon, seeing that death was inevitable and further resistance useless, the convicts surrendered. With rush the officers closed . und the wagon prepared to shoot to death if the surrender was ruse. But no re- sistance was offered.
 It was found that Convicts Vaughn and Blake were suffering from bullet wounds Driver Lane and Convicts Ryan and Raymond were unintured- The convicts were immediately taken back to the penitentiary. where the wounded were given medical attention, while the uninjuTed were placed in sol itary confinement in dungeon cells Investigation is Held.
 A rigid investigation was immediate ly held to ascertain from what source the mutineers obtained their weapons < and explosives.
 Convict Vaughn from St. Louis was sentenced for tn rty-five years for first degree robbery; Vaughn was member \ of the Morris -Rosenau gang with I which three detectives fought a ter st q rife battle on Chestnut Street in St .aALouis One detective was shot dead ss8and the other two detectives died later sn the city hospital from wounds #3 osenau was shot dead and Morris died 1bsequentlyt from wounds. Vaughn
 as badly beaten up and after recovery