Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-14
Bloody Battle
 With ConViCts
CITIZENS JOIN IN PURSUIT OF
 DEsPERADoEs
LIFETERMERs ESCAPE
overpewered Keepers at Wyoming
 Penitentiary and Take to the Hills --pesperate Fight Insids Prison.

Rawlings, Wyo., Oct. 13.-A battle ragged early tonight in the state peni- tentiary. Locked inside the walls with hundreds of mutinous prisoners, few guards fought desperately to restor order and prevent a wholesale jail de. livery.
 Armed Citizens Outside.
 Camped outside the walls was a force of citizens, heavily armed, ready to drive back the convicts if they mur- dered the remaining guards and mado a rush through the gates. Shouts and shots told of desperate fighting within the walls, and it was rumored that sev- eral guards and convicts were killed.
 State Troops Called For.
 Another battle was in progress at the same time in the hills south of Rawlings between a posse of citizens and from 40 to 50 escaped convicts.
 Two men were killed in the streets of Rawlings. one was desperately wounded and two convicts were recap tured following the escape of from 10 to 30 prisoners this afternoon. The town is in a panic. Frantic telegrams were sent to Governor Carey, now at Cheyenne, imploring him to send state troops to protect their lives. Life-Termers Overpower Keepers. The outbreak today was the second within 24 hours. About D. m. yester- day 2o prisoners escaped and nipe were reHhptured before o'clock. At 2.2o this afternoon party of desperate life -termers overpOwered the celihouse keepers, took the keys and released their companions from their cells. Ev- cry prisoner willing to risk a battle with the guards made rush for the walls. A moment later they were in the woods.
 Escaped Prisoner Kills Barber. A number of shots and yells echoed from the prisoners. A few seconds | later more than a dozen men dashed down the main street whirling knives and revolvers. They charged Into q | livery barn, holding up the proprietor and hastily throwing saddles and bri- 1 dles on the horses. A huge negro armed with a revolver was left af guard on the outside. Charles Stress ner, barber, had heard the commo' | tion and came down the street with shotgun. The negre shot him througr the head, killing him instantly. Sheriff Kills a Prisoner. At the sound of the shot the een, tviets ran around the stable, some witt stolen horses and some a-foot. 4 Mexican went and stabbed the pro prieter in the face. seriously weundint | him, and Hugh Rodner. a deputy sher | if, shot him twice, killing him aimos | instantly.
 Man Hunt in the Hills.
 Leaving their dying comrade, tn, ! convicts made a dash for the rock! hills south of the town. A party o penitentiary guards followed in clos pursuit and before the bewildered citi zens had had time to form a poss pursuers and fugitives had disappeare' | among the hills. In short tim posses had been formed and one of tn most desperate man hunts in the his tory of the west was on. The convict scattered into. small groups, all str1v ing to escape into the mountains a soon as possible. Until nightfall run
 ming battle was kept up and late to night occasionally volleys of shot told of the progress of the man hunt
 Just before nightfall six convicts wer located in a canyon about a mile sout
 of Rawlings.
 Convict Found in Caboose.
 One convict was found hiding in caboose in the railroad yards. H
 overpowered the guard that was takin
 him back to the penitentiary, but tn
 arrival of more guards prevented
 lynching. The man was hustled int
 the prison. Some time later Joh
 Childs captured another convict in hi
 cellar.
 Battle Inside Prison.
 When the doors of the cells were un
 locked a, large number of convicts wh
 did not join in the break for libert
 were set free inside the walls. Man
 of them were armed. Soon riot wa
 in progress, the guards battling des
 perately to save their own lives an
 prevent the escape of every convict
 the institution. The gates remaine
 locked and no definite vor1 came oI
 early tonight regarding events within Early this morning report had It citizens were killed, but was not cor
 firmed.
 Owners of Ranches Warned. , Persons coming into town from Il , south bring stories of terror in u , country district Riders have bee sent to the ranches for 8 radius several miles warning the owners be prepared to defend their propert Several parties WhO went SOuIn CoQS on horseback or in carriage returne
 tonight a-foot, their horses havir l been stolen by the convicts. 5 The escape appears to be the resu !, of a ge. -ral plot inside the prison. Guns May Have Been Struggled h. , It is not known how the ~risone who made their break for liberty tn : afternoon got the guns with whit they were well supplied and they dar :, ed to the gates. It is possible, the loc T officers believe, that they killed a nun :, Der of guards after overpowering Il cellhouse keepers and took away the weapons. Another theory is that Il T guns were smuggled into the prison u friends of the men who escaped ye .. terday.
 e Warden Cannot Be Located. V Warden Aston has been in the hi a since last night and has not been l f cated, although couriers were sent O = tonight to tell him of the events
 the day. A deputy warden said tonig e he did not know the exact number 5 the men who escaped.
 Q OFFICIAL STATEMENT. T HouAnnar Eipde Conditions Not SArio