The Marshall republican., 1914-01-23
THE PRISON RIOT MASONIC MEETING
TELEPHONE GIRL TELLS HOW
SEVEN PERSONS MET.
DEATH.

Miss Mary Foster. the telephone girl
who was used as n shield by the
three convicts who were killed as
they tried to escape late yesterday
from the Oklahoma %Penitentiary aft
er they had killed a former Federal
Judge and three prison employees, to-
day in All-Saints' Hospital told her
story OF the flight from the prison.
She is recovering from a bullet
wound In the thigh.
at all comes back tome now"
she said. but II seems like n dream.
Their guns appeared like the boom
OF cannon 20 me and Mt every sound
I felt that I vas shot. I do not know
who shot me-.
Come on shouted some one in
the office. Men are coming with six
Shooters All In the office jumped up
and I sat still. scared. Then ! IA
one of the convicts with n slx-shoot-
or. Meantime the convicts had lined
up MIR. Rice. Mr.. Godfrey and Judge
Thomas against the wall and made
them put up their hands.
Wanted To "Gct Pat Oates"
81 begged the men TO surrender.
telling them they .would be killed In
the end. The one with the pistol
wanted 10 Quit. but the one who had
been wounded In the hall said. DO
not quit until we get Pat Oates
Then Oates had got a gun. II vas a
long gun and | saw the end Of II
pointed In the door before I saw
Oates.
THE conyicts evidently saw the
end OF the gun and shot. Oates fell
dead. Then they killed Godfrey and
killed Judge Thomas. while he had
his hands up begging for his life.
They then broke the telephone.
and grabbed me just after | was. shot
and carried me with them until they
seized Rice. and. pushing all OF us
In front OF them. told the guards In
the tower to drop their guns and
come down. Rice begged them to
come or the convicts would XIII me.
! al feel their guns pressed against
my head yet. Then they put me In the
buggy and one OF the convicts held
ms down on his knees and we hurried
along.
The convicts must have been out
OF cartridge, as they fired only one
shot back. Then ! saw the man on q
horse who shot the convicts. The
wounded one told me TO get out and
| got out OF the buggy while the
horse was still running. I was taken
to the prison and later brought here.
III begged the men time and again
along the road to let me get out OF
the buggy. but they held me-"
Prison Board Members Arrive.
Members OF the State Prison Board
arrived today to take charge of a
searching investigation OF the out
break. The members OF the Prison
Board are DR.. A. X. West, Oklahoma
City; A. v. SHELTON. okemah and
Paul Jones of this city. D
! One bit OF information laid before
the investigators to-day wasvthatsR
team OF horses and q spring wagon
had been found, tied outside, the pri-
son shortly after the outbreak, 1t was
believed that the three convicts mad
intended TO escape In this.
Frank Rice, a parole clerk, who In
the purse of the outbreak was for a
time used as q shield by one of the
convicts, told the investigators he
had seen the death OF all seven men
save the guard, Godfrey. Rice was
badly bruised from rough handling.
but not injured seriously. an.f.. 1
The body of Judge John r.. Tho
mas, shot down in the Wardsn's of
flee, where he had gone on a visit.
was sent today to relatives In Mus
kogee.
The bodies OF three members Of
the prison force who were killed and
the bodies Of the three convicts who
started the outbreak and were liter
! ally shot to pieces by the guards still
r in the prison pending an inquest.