The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-14
BATTLE RACES
inside WALLS Of
WYOMING PRISON
Convicts Mutiny and Several
Make Their Way to
the Hills.
GATES REMAIN LOCKED
Town of Rawlings is in Panic
and Frequent Shots
Are Heard.
GATES REMAIN LOCKED
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
Rawlings, Wyo., Oct. ia bat
tie Is raging in the state peniten-
tlary. Locked inside the walls, with
hundreds Of mutinous prisoners a
few guards are fighting desperately
to restore quiet and prevent whole
sale Jail delivery.
Camped outside the wall is a force
Of citizens, heavily armed, ready to
drive back the convicts If they mur-
der the remaining guards and make
rush through 'the gates Shouts
and occasional shots tell the story Of
desperate fighting within the walls
and it is rufT'0redthat several guards
and conyicts have been killed.
Another battle is in progress in
the hills south Of Rawlings, between
a posse Of citizens and from twenty
to forty escaped prisoners Two men
have been killed in the streets Of
Rawlings, one is desperately wound
cd and two conyicts have been re
captured, following the escape of
from ten to thirty prisoners this af-
ternoon.
Town is in a Panic.
The town is in panic. Frantic
telegrams have been sent 10 Coy.
Cary, now at Sheridan, imploring
him to send state troops to protect
the citizens. Town reople are bar
ricated in their homes tonight, or
heavily armed, are patrolling the
streets, guarding their own homes
and the houses of those engaged in
the man hunt in the hills,
The outbreak today was the second
within twenty-four hours. About
3 y. M. yesterday twenty prisoners
escaped and nine were re-captured
before O'Clock. At 2:30 this af-
ternoon a party of desperate life
termors overpowered the cell house
keeper, took his keys and released
their comrades from their cells.
Every prisoner willing to risk a
battle With the guards made rush
to the gates. A moment later the
citizens of the town heard fusilade
of shots from behind the walls. A
bedlam of shouts and yells echoed
,optcp fnu-
later more than a dozen men dashed
down the main street and with guns
and knives, holding the few citizens
on the street at bay with revolvers,
they charged into livery barn, hold
ing up the proprietor, hastily throw
ing saddles and bridle5 on the horses.
Mexican is Killed.
A huge negro with a revolver was
left as guard on the outside. A cit
izen, who had heard the commotion
and came down the street with a
shot gun, was shot through the head
and killed instantly by the negro
At the sound of the shots the con-
vcts swarmed from the barn, some
with stolen horses and some afoot.
A Mexican wantonly stabbed the
proprietor in the face, severely
wounding him, and a few seconds
later paid for the deed with his life.
Hugh Rogner, a deputy sheriff,
shot him twice, killing him instant
ly
Leaving their dying comrades the
convicts made q dash for the rocky
hills south of town. A party of pen
pursuit and before the bewildered
citizens had time to form posses and
pursue, had disappeared among the
hills. In a short" time posses had
been formed and one of the most des-
perate man hunts in the history of
the west was on.
The eonvicts scattered into small
groups, all striving IT, escape in the
almost impossible stretches of the
country between here and the Col
orado line. Until nightfall run
ming battle was kept up and late to-
night occasional vollies of shots in
the distance told of the continuance
of the man hunt.
Six in a Canon.
Just before night fall six prisoners
were located In a canon about q
mile south of Rawlings. Twenty
deputies. each armed with two revol-