The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-22
SEVEN KILLED IN
BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
Three Oklahoma Convicts Make
Daring Attempt to Escape.
USED A WOMAN AS SHIELD
One Visitor, Three Penitentiary Off,
Gals and Three Prisoners Slain
Fleeing Men Killed Outside
the Psison Walls.

McAlester, Ok. Jan. PA toll
seven lives was the result of the a
tempt OF three desperate prisoners
escape from the state prison here.
Armed with revolvers, which ha
been slipped 10 them within tn
prison, Tom Lane, Chimney Reed All
Charles kuntz, convicts, overpowere
guard, obtained the keys and mad
their way to the general offices of thu
penitent airy Forcing Miss Mary Eos
Ter, sfenographer and Parole ClerI
Rice before them the desperate men
thus protected, killed four in the
prison offics and made their escape
in buggy 10 the prison farm, taking
Miss Foster and Rice along. Miss
Foster was seriously wounded.
The desperadoes succeeded in get.
ting past the guards at the gate who
were afraid to fire because of ne
presence of innocent persons, but the
three men later were killed by George
Richie, keeper of the bloodhonnds,
who dismounted from his horse and
made his flight from behind the ami
NAL. picking the three prisoners from
the buggy
Overpowered Guard.
The attack on the prison officials
was made at o'clock in the after
noon. The three prisoners slipped
through the store room in the base
ment and up dark stairway that
leads, to the cage in the entrance of
the main building. They appeared at
the door of the cage just as the turn
key was locking the gate after letting
out some parties. Thrusting the gun
In the face of the guard, they demand
I'd the keys. After a little parleying
they succeeded in getting the keys,
and as they reached through the bars
to unlock the gate the guard, Jack
Martin, ran for the waruen's room.
Pat Oates, the assistant deputy
warden, was the only officer in that
office, and Martin told him to get a
gun because three prisoners had pos
session of the keys and guns. No guns
are permitted in the office, but
guard was dispatched for firearms,
Oates and Martin stepped into side
room as The convicts entered the first
room of the officer. They ran through
the first, which was empty. into the |
second, which was also vacated as the
news of the break was ',,>A- known.
and then continued isto the '"st room,
ic Ion In,
ems room was Judge John lnomas
former congressman from ..linois. and
of late years Il citizen Of Nuskogee,
He was sitting in he warden's office
talking to prisoner whom he had
been called to McAlester to consult.
The convicts rushed into the room ana
demanded that all present put up
heir hands: Judge Thomas respond
I'd and begged that he be not killed,
'ut in the fight that followed he was
'hot through the heart
Day Sergeant Godfrey and Parole
Clerk Rice were in the room and they
,ut up their hands AZ the bidding.
rs one of the convicts made half
urn of the body, Godfrey attempted
o grasp him, and the sergeant was
shot through the head by ano her
onvict. 7
Woman Used as Shield .
The stenographer, Mary Foster, who /;
ad run into the warden's Office to n
ct away from the convic:s was COR
cred, and placing her in their arms, r
NJ iok
ront. the prisoners attempted to beat
heir way back to the front office and p
D the entrance.
Getting into a buggy that was stand p
ng at the driveway In front of the h
rison, the men loaded the girl and N
lice and lifted in the wounded Kuntz a
nd started on the farm road that p
lads west of the prison They were n
rst met by guard who, not expect n
q anything of the kind, was told to
ut up his hands. Needing the advice ,
Rice he did so. They next met ]
lie Keeper of the bloodhounds, George
ichie. who was riding a horse. 70
Taking In the situation, Richie dis.
lounted and began shooting regard.
'ss OF the girl and Rice. His first
hot hit Lane in the head and he
ropped forward on Rice. and Chiney O,
eed answering the fire was next shot b,
: Richie. as Lane tumbled from the lie
aggy. Rice threw Reed out and fell e,
mself to the ground and lay still as A
lough shot. m
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