Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-27
Henry Wolfman Battles Two Convicts After One
 Guard is Disarmed
YOUNG CONVICT DIES
 BY A STRAY BULLET
Henry Palmer Meets Death When State Employe Engages in Pistol Duel with Carl Lewis, Bank
 K"bber. and Pal.

l Henry Palmer, young convict, was killed in the stockaue of the 1 Tucker penal farm Thursday night 1 during pistol battle between Henry Wollman, night watchman, and Carl Lewis, bandit who robbed the Hut tig bank. and a pal, whose name the ! authorities are withholding. Per- ceiving that he had lost in his des- 1 perate attempt to regain liberty Lewis. after the battle, cooly tossed his pistol beneath cot, and jumped into his own bed. The body of Pal mer. who was sent up for Wto years from Hampstead county for grand larceny, was brought here by Fred Niven in the Holderness ear, and is being held awaiting instructions from the dead mans father. J. T. Palmer of Morale, Ark.
 Judge w. A. Coker, commissioner in charge of the farm, and Warden Dee Horton and ether officials sus- ! pect that Lewis received aid from outside the walls, and are investigat- ing to determine how he secured the pistols with which he and his CO., cospirator were armed. Judge Coker said last night that while Lewis was being held for safe -keping at the , penitentiary walls, he had discovered that pistol had been smuggled in to thd cell, and since that extra precautions had been taken to pre- vent the desperado from obtaining 1 weapons No one is allowed 10 enter the building without being searched, and no one has been permitted to see i Lewis except under the eyes of guards.
 Pistol Under GowR.
 The battle, in which about 20 shots were fired, occurred in the big stock ade at Tucker. which ls;st night housed 104 rank men. All these were in the cage around which runs an eight-foot corridor. About mid night. Lewis asked permission of Ashley Ward, "trusty" guard on duty at the rear end of the corridor, to visit the toilet. Upon arriving there. Lewis noted that the guard had his back turned. A six-shooter he had concealed beneath his gown suddenly appeared in the convicts hand. He slipped up behind Ward and commanded the guard to put up his hands unless he wanted his head blown off. Lewis tok the guards pistol. and compelled Ward to hand over a shotgun, which was not load ed. and shells the guard carried in his pocket. Enjoining Ward to re- main silent "as Pm going home to- night and don't want to kill you" Lewis and his pal. who had been giv- 1 en one of the two guns With which Lewis evidently was provided earlier ! in the day, lay in wait for the night watchman, Henry Wollman. an em- ploye. "Wollman, a middle-aged man. came into the stockade shortly afterward to punch the time clock. "Put up your hands," Lewis com- manded, as the watchmaI inserted 1 the key in the clock 'aWhat the -" restored Wollman, at the same time slapping the pistol from the bandits hand. Disconnected momentarily on- ly by his demonstration of nerve l on the part of Wollman, the convict brought into play the pistol he'd taken from Guard Ward, and the bat tie began, Lewis pal participating.
 "Ten Spot" Moore, another "trus- ty" guard on duty at the front or the building, ran gthe alarm bell. ana pe- IOfe the SOunuS Ol lHe ~ Si'o'o ""
 ed reverberating thru the big bulld- ing, officials and guards began pour ing into the stockade room. Twas then that Lewis and his confederate, realizing that they had lost. threw their guns down and leaped back into their cots, probably the less excited or an yof the convicts.
 Palmer's Death Mystery.
 Just exactly how Palmer came 10 his death has not been determined. Judge Coker said it is his opinion that the young convict was killed by a bullet from Lewis pistol, either by a chance shot or when he atten.2ted to get the guards shotgun to and the watchman. The bullet pierced Pal mer's right arm at the blceps, rang. ed up and into the heart without leaving the arm. ! The alarm brought out Judge cox CT, Warden Dee Horton Deputy Warden Hamp Martin, and J. M yer non, the day man at the stockaue' and guards. Heavily armed some surrounded the building, while otn' CTS went into investigate. This xao,,,,or y-ould have checked any