Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-21
CONVICTSGIVEFIGHT'
MONTANA PRISON GUARDS
FIERCELY ATTACKED.
Three Lifers at Deer Lodge Made
Dash for Lberty@Warden Conley
seriously Wounded and His First
Assistant, John Robinson, Was
kiIIed-Two Convicts Were Shot.

Deer Lodge, Mont, March o.
Warden Frank Conley of the Montana
state penitentiary was fearfully
wounded Sunday morning and his first
assistant warden, John Robinson, was
killed, when three life convicts, George
Rock, w. H. Hayes and another whose
name is not given made dash for lib
erty in the penitentiary office. 1t is
thought the warden will live. Robin
sons throat was cut from ear to ear
and the jugular vein was severed. Con-
ley's throat was gashed and he was
! stabbed several times in the shoulder
and groin before he was able to draw
his revolver and shoot two of the as
sailants down. Convicts Hayes and
Rock were both shot down by Conley
after the latter had been wounded
Rock was shot twice through the
lungs and Hayes three times through
the abdomen. Both are badly wounded,
but it is believed they will recover.
The attack on the prison authorities
and subsequent effort to escape has,
according to the prison authorities,
been long planned by Rock and Hayes,
who were cellmates. Both were armed
with penknives, the blades Of which
were sharpened like razors.
: The three convicts were brought tc
: the office of the prison this morning
= at o'clock by Deputy Warden Robin
= son to be tried for some trivial infrac
:. ton of the prison rules, and Conley
;, was waiting to sit in judgment Hayes
q had for several months been "trusty'
o and had been given the position o
6 turnkey. He had been placed in thu
y same cell with Rock because the au
n thorities believed he would watch tn
n latter, who was the most desperat
criminal in the institution,
10 Cut, Slash and lab Victims.
- The moment the men entered tn
r. office door Rock turned swiftly upo
v Robinson, who was closing the doc
IS behind the men, and quickly DRAWN
TO a knife, he began slashing at the del
uty warden's throat. Robinson was III
to able to retreat or move before hi
n throat was cut wide open and he san
ne to the floor. dying. At the same tim
&C. that Rock attacked Robinson Haye
at also pulled out knife similar to tn;
n of Rock and started for Conley. tt
latter retreated to the rear of IL
ie- Office before the oncoming desperad
s. Before Conley could draw his revolve
is however, Hayes had slashed his throa
cutting him from the left ear to
point under the chin. The cOnvi(
seeing his intended victim gettiI
away, grappled with him and stable
'er him several times in the shoulder al
. the groin.
is Although bleeding terribly, Conl
ma managed to draw his revolver from
hs pocket and fired four times with t
me weapon pressed against Hayes abe
ne men,
las AS Hayes sank to the floor Ro
emit .,,ebad or (,onlav who amnt;ed +
ne' two remaining cartridges in his G
into Rock and the latter also we
Inc down. The third convict took to
NAT heels at the first of the battle, but "
lor quickly captured and placed in
lhe CELL The authorities refused to g
un- out his name until they had inve'
act. oated whether ba was concerned
had the nlot ar whether he had mer
on been called to the Office at the sa
time as the other two
How the convicts Hays and Re-
secured possession of the knives i.
bar mystery. The infraction of rules
airs been planned in order to reach
, it warden's Office where the convi
In would have more chance in maxim,
red dash for liberty.
be -------
ling Colonel Carpenter Dies.