The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-15

watch is being given particularly to
convicts Forbes and Evans, who
were I'm the same crowd with the es-
capped men, but who were unable to
make their way from the work shop
yesterday.
Hu,iny Without Warning.
The mutiny in the Nebraska prison
was without warning and so sudden
and apparently well planned was the
work of the convicts that for the
moment the prison personnel was in
state Of panic.
The three men were employed In
the broom factory. Shortly after 2
o'clock, on the pretext that they want
ed to communicate with the deputy
warden, they left their work in the
factory building, went out o ran to
the deputy's office and :, & their
right arms as token "a fence,
they were permitted by ~ to
enter e."
Shoot Wagner, Battle Win
Instantly when they got in. e.
of them, supposed to be Taylo. p.
ped quickly to Deputy Wagner. v
| was seated at a desk, and shot g.
twice in the abdomen. Wagner sah
| to the floor dying almost instantly. q
Guard Thomas Doody, who acts as
cell keeper, and who was in the chap
ell adjoining, ran to the deputy's room
and then follwed a desperate duel of
one man against three. Doody open
ed fire promptly, but was in a posi-.
ton of disadvantage, the three men
lodging behind high supports which
acted as a shield. The three return
| ed the fire, one shot taking effect in
Doody's arm and staggering him. Ly-
ing on the floor he emptied his re.
volver and as the bullets spit around
him he calmly reloaded HIS weapon
and continued the battle. Finally
another shot struck him in the leg,
severing an artery, and he fell flat.
Holman Killed as he Aims.
Prison Usher +. G. Heilman, who
was in the main corridor. separated
from the deputy's room by steel
latticed door, appeared revolver in
hand He was shot dead as he was
| taking aim at one of the men.
Then a convict with an explosive
supposed to be nitro glycerne de-
molished the lock on the door to the
main corridor and the three ran
through, one of them stopping to
shoot second time at the dying He'll
man as he lay on the floor.
The Warden Shoots; Is Killed.
| Tho off Of N,r
opened to the corridor not far dis
tant. He was standing in the door
way and, as the three escaping men
ran by him, fired one shot at them.
Two of the men stopped for an in
slant and one discharged his revolver
at close range. The bullet entered
Delahaunty's heart and penetrated
the left luag, causing the death
wound. A second shot struck him in
the arm.
The door from the corridor to the
outside was unfastened and the men
hurried out unmolested and We're lost
to sight in the binding snow storm
prevailing at the time.
All are in convict garb, and unless
they are able to secure civilian cloth
ing their capture, authorities believe,
should not be difficult. They retained
their weapons and are supposed to be
well supplied with ammunition.
Other Convicts Begin Yelling.
The guards on duty had a delicate
task getting the other convicts at
work in the various shops back to
their cells, without their having dis.
covered what had happened. Every
effort was made to keep from them
any intimation that anything was
wrong.
The work was pushed as rapidly as
= possible.
, Men in the first of five shops We're
removed to their cells without much
, trouble but by this time an inkling
OF what had happened reached them
and they began yelling and scream
: ing in their cells When the men in
the sixth and last shop We're moved
to the cells trouble was looked for
and the men were in an ugly mood.
The task of getting all of them in
their cells and safely locked up was
finally accomplished, but the last few
minutes was accompanied by a pan
demonium of noise and confusion.
Last night Adj. Gen. Phelps, with a
Lincoln company of state militia, was
in charge of the penitentiary, while
Steward Robb is attending the routine
: duties.
Who the Convicts Were.
The convicts who did the killing
are:
Charles Taylor, alias Charles Gray,
serving a twenty-year sentence for
, robbery of the bank of Giltner, Neb.
: John Dowd, serving twenty years
I for robbing the bank of Wabash, Neb.,
I said to have been former convict in
" the penitentiary of Missouri
+ Charles Morti, convicted at Omaha
u for burglary and sentenced to fifteen
/ years.
T OF the three Taylor is regarded by
prison officials as the instigator OF
e the mutiny and the one who is believ
IL ed to have killed both Warden Della
u haunty and Deputy Wagner
e He is known as an expert in the
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