Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-03-29
NEGRO CONVICT KILLS
PEEITKETIARY GUARD
Ana wounds Two Other conyicts- i
shot to Death in Tower While
Trying 10 Escape.

JEFFERSON CRY, No, Marcn 1o.-
Sonpey Anderson. negro convict,
sent from st. Louis in 1904, TO serve q
term for assault to kill, ran smnck in
the .scentenniai'' cell builiing this
moruine. Guard Woods was stabbed
to death: william Sheridan and VIII
liam Rockwell, both conyicts, were
wounded. Sheridan over the heart,
and will probably die. and Rockwell,
who is q one-armed man, IN the arm.
All these iajutfes were inflicted oy
Anderson, who was himself killed, be-
ing riddled with bullets ared by
guards who came 10 the rescue.
The killing occurred soon after .
O'Clock this morning. The short
llnen was on its way to breakfast. The
short line, means the crippled con-
victs, or those who are not altogether
mentally bright. and who as a rule are
employed about the prison YARDS.
Anderson was in this line. He had
been unruly several days, and Assist
ant Deputy Warden Gilvin had Issued
orders that be was TO be kept 10 his
cell for the day. Guard Woods was In
charge Of the ball where Anderson's
cell is located. The turnkeys there
had not been apprised cf Deputy GU
WINS order, and Anderson was turned
into breakfast line. Woods, when be
saw Anderson, told him 70 step aside
and return TO hiscell.
eIHl get my breakfast frst.' re
marked Anderson.
Then the officer took him by the
arm and told him be must obey orders
without a word be plunged a shoe
knife into the neck Of the guard, Just
under the ear, the blade penetrating
to a depth Of inches, and seyerinf
the carotid artery. Withdrawing thu
weapon, the negro, seemingly frenzied
plunged it again into the oficerf
breast near the heart. Desperately
wounded as he was, he continued
struggling with his assailart, and va
cut across both arms at the wrist
C0NyIcTs TO RESCUE.
At this juncture William Rockwell
oue-armed convict, struck Andersot
with his fist, and was himself stabbed
| In the arm, two wounds being inflicted
William Sheridan, q trusty, then cam'
to his rescue, and was stabbed neal
the heart. His wound is likely t
prove fatal.
While Anderson was battling Will
these convicts Guard Woods, who ha'
fallen, gained bis feet and fired at tn
negro. He was so weakened from los
Of blood, however, tina the shot wen
wild.
The negro broke away and dsshel
around the double tier of cells, whicl
are surrounded by corridor 8 fee
wide. Capt. Gilvin came and foun
Woods in a chair, his life fast ebbin
away, with pistol in his band. GrasI
ing this weapon, be called upon Ar
derson, crouching behind a ston
stairway on an upper hallway, to SUI
render. "You will have TO kin me I
get his knife" answered the negro
: Other officers in the meantime a.
rived upon the scene, and oficer Gi
vim started after the negro. Ande
son went TO the top gallery. fou
stories from the ground, and from bel
! threw buckets Of refuse at those b
I. low, and more particularly did !
5 attempt TO injure Gilyln, who keI
! ascending the stairway after him. 3
: also tried to turn on the hose, but dl
not succeed in this. Then the othi
) guards joined in the shooting, and 4
> a time the firing sounded like the ra
5 tie OF light artillery. Anderson vi
. killed in this fusillade, some eigs
bullets entering bis body, but none
! the guards know which OF them b
{ him. He still grasped the knife
hand when his body was reached.