Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-03-13
CONVICTSGIVEFIGHI
MONTANA PRISON GUARDs
FIERCELY ATTACKED,
Three Lifers at Deer Lodoe M,s.
Dash for Liberty-Warden cor,..
seriously Wounded and His Fire.
Assistant, John Robinson, W..
kiIIed-Two convicts Were sho,

hIIieo-iWo ConVicts Were Shot
Deer Lodge, Mont, March o
Warden Frank Conley of the Monton.
state penitentiary was fearfun,,
wounded Sunday morning and his 6ra.
assistant warden, John Robinson waS
killed, when three life convicts Gaoroa
Rock, w. H. Hayes and another wboss
name is not given made dash for IN
erty in the penitentiary Office. II l.
thought the warden will live. Robin
sons throat was cut from ear to 90.
and the jugular vein was severed cor
ley's throat was gashed and he wo,
stabbed several times in the sbouldo,
and groin before he was able to draw
his revolver and shoot two of the 90
sailants down. Convicts HAYES and
Rock were both shot down by Conlev
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 IN
the Office of the prison this morning
at o'clock by Deputy Warden Robin.
son to be tried for some trivial infrae
ton of the prison rules, and Conley
was waiting to sit in judgment Hayes
had for several months been "trustyp
and had been given the position Of
turnkey. He had been placed in the
same cell with Rock because the au
thorities believed he would watch the
latter, who was the most desperate
criminal in the institution.
Cut, Slash and Jab Victims.
The moment the men entered the
office door Rock turned swiftly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door
behind the men, and, quickly drawing
a knife, he began slashing at the dep
uty warden's throat. Robinson was un
able to retreat or move before his
throat was cut wide open and he sank
to the floor, dying. At the same time
that Rock attacked Robinson Hayes
also pulled out a knife similar to that
OF Rock and started for Conley. The
latter retreated to the rear of the
Office before the oncoming desperate
Before Conley could draw his revolver,
however, Hayes had slashed his throat
cutting him from the left ear to
point under the chin. The convict
seeing his intended victim getting
away, grappled with him. and stabbed
him several times in the shoulder and
the groin.
Although bleeding terribly, Conley
to draw his revolver from bis
pocket and fired four times with the
weapon pressed against Hayes abdC
men.
AS Hayes sank to the floor Rock
rushed at Conley, who emptied the
two remaining cartridges in his gun
into Rock and the latter also went
down. The third convict took to bis
heels at the first of the battle, but was
captured and placed in bis
cell. The authorities refused to give
out his name until they had invest
gated whether he was concerned in
the plot or whether he had merely
been called to the office at the same
time as the other two.
How the convicts Hays and Rock
secured possession of the knives is
mystery. The infraction of rules haa
been planned in order to reach the
warden's office where the conHcS
would have more chance in making
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