Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
Murderous Italian Prisoner At
4tacks His Keepers.
MAKES STILETTO OF WIRE
A Terrible Fight in the Narrow
Space.
WO OFFICERS ARE STABBED
Third Rushes to the Rescue and
Fires Point Blank at Their
Assailant
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEWARK, n. j., August 13.-The quick
report of four shots disturbed the peace
of the Jail this morning, and when it
was over Angelo Capri, prisoner. lay
dead on the stone floor. Keeper John
Corby had shot him in defending two
other keepers, with whom the man had
engaged in a desperate conflict.
Capri lunging right and left with a
length of stiff wire which had been used
as brace for chair and was shar-
pened to razor keenness. drove Keepers
Matthew Smith and John Bryant before
him, and they were hard pressed when
Keeper Corby placed himself in front Of
them and shot.
The frightened prisoners pressed
their faces to the bars of their cells and
peered out to see if they could catch Il
glimpse in the dim light of the thing
which had happened so quickly.
The keeper had no choice. His life
was threa tened as we'll as the lives of his
co-workers. No sooner had he taken
their part than the enraged Italian
turned on him with an angry snarl and
fought the whole three all over the place,
swinging his stiletto-like weapon with an
eHeISS WHICH pTeSdSeu uedtu OI ScIlOuS
injury to any one with whom 1t came in
contact.
Keeper Stabbed in Neck.
Before the fight. carried on in the mar
row confines of the prisoners cell, was
at an end, Bryant had been wounded
several times in the neck and body and
Smith had a deep wound in one hand.
Corby missed being stabbed by the mar
rowest of margins.
Capri was shut up in the county Jail
pending his trial on charge of murder.
attemptt at jail breaking, for the wire
implement he used was ready at hand
The quietness that reigned in the big
stone prison house was broken suddenly
this morning by the sound of a disturb
ance in Capri's cell. Keeper Bryant has.
tened there and flung open the steel
barred door. No sooner had he entered
than the prisoner made bull-like rusi
at him and iabbed him swiftly in the
neck and body. Bryant shielded himself
with his arms as well as he could anC
fought back to the best of his ability
calling for aid. Smith came up on the
run and tried to get firm hold Of Capr
and received wound in the hand fol
his trouble.
TRUSTEES Run to Aid.
In the meanwhile the other prisoners
were chatting among themselves and
specializing as to the cause Of the COM
motion. The racket was heard by Corby,
who entered the cell just in time to save
the other keepers from a worse fate. BY
that time Bryant had fallen to the floor
and was trying to avoid further injury
Corby didn't hesitate. but tried to close
in on the Italian.
When the trouble occurred a number
of TRUSTEES were in the corridor of mur-
derers' row, where Capri was confined
The shouts of the keepers and the yelling
Of Capri brought these prisoners to
Capris cell on a run. and it is thought
probable that Corby feared that the
prisoners had risen and that there was
going to be a general outbreak.
As a matter of fact, the TRUSTEES had
gone to the aid of the keepers, and in
tended to help overpower Capri. The