The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-10-26

erty across State park, carrying Mrs.
Cleghorn with them as protection. The
guards were helpless all this while,
for they feared for her safety.
About half way across she tainted
and the eonvicts were forced to drop
her. This gave the guards the oppor-
tunity they desired and they opened
fire. Kuykendall was killed as he
started across the mill ditch He was
shot in the head by guard in one of
the towers.
Armstrong, wearing the doctors
clothes, was walking cody down Riv-
er street when Will Cleghorn. the son
of the warden, came out of Governor
Peabody's house with an empty shot
gun. Armstrong was recognized by
Cleghorn and he held him up with the
gun, made him put his hands above
him and turn around. AS he started
to make dash Cleghorn hit him over
the head with the butt of the gun, lay
ing him out. Later Cleghorn and
James C. Peabody took him to the
pen
Cuaz Cordona was shot by Clyde
Davis, who was three blocks away at
the time. Thomas Fallon was cap
tured under a box car by Dick Knight
and Thomas Fisher was captured by
]. B. Lantz, former Canon City laun-
dryman. Robert Kane was picked up
after hard chase by Dal DeWeese
and J. Evans on Lincoln Park
The final and best known mutiny
took place under the regime of the
present warden, Thomas lyman. on
the night of April 25th, 1910. 1t was
in fact, more SO. because the men this
time didn't even get without the walls.
1t also was the only time a warden
took an actual part in frustrating an
attempt at a break and capturing one
of the principals.
Harry Brophy. a young fellow, was
the ring leader this time. Andrew
Johnson, w. J. Williams. John Bradley
and John Miller were his accomplices
They were all in cell house No l.
Brophy, who was a mechanic. had
fashioned a key to the cell door. VIII
liams at odd times had filed of one
of the chilled steel bars of one of the
east windows. The night Of April 25th
after band practice. Brophy opened
his cell with the duplicate key and
then went to the cells of each of his
fellow mutineers. A. b. Emory, the
cell house keeper. became aware of
started to stop them. Rrophy, the
only one with a gun, shot him in the
ankle. Later they used him as
shield as they pushed him through the
east window to keep a guard from
shooting them. The ever-constant bell
had begun ringing by this time and
guards were rushing to the scene from
all directions. Brophy was killed as
he started to hold up Guard Norton.
He fred at the guard. but missed and
Norton retaliated with a charge OF
buck shot in the side OF the head.
Brophy dropped lifeless. Johnson was
killed by another guard as he ran to-
ward the engine house a moment
later.
Warden lyman heard the bell and
the shooting In his home. He armed
..uissu and rushed to the scene. As
ID s--nfr the wall he saw vii.
10 10 - T..
. .r- On s.t-'nz or 4 charge of dyna-
l."s 20 blow nut the wall. The war
len fred. wounding Williams and fore
ing him to throw up his hands. He
was taken in hand by Chaplain Blake
and Raymond Pietrie. Bradley was
found within the cell house and Mil
Ter close by IL. Both were wounded.
but not seriously. The full story of
the plot was gained by Warden Ty-
nan from the injured men. They told |
of their accompiices on the outside.
and every retail, but the story was
never given to the public.
Besides all this noble service the |
bell rang in the Jurisdiction of the
state of Colorado in April. 1877. when
Mark N. Megrue was made state !
warden. He was reappointed in 1879
and resigned in 1880 in favor of w. |
b. FELTON,. one of the prison commits
sioners at the time.
Jim Torres. the oldest inhabltant
of the pen. has arisen and gone to bed
by that bell for twenty-three years.
Many a notorious criminal has gone
to an ignominious grave hearing that