Evening star., 1921-12-10
STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DECEMBER 1921
ASSOCIATE STAYS
ESCAPED BANDIT
Fugitive Killed by One Of the
Six Men He Freed From 3
Prison.
By tha Aa.oeiated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. December 10
The last escape Of Tom Slaughter,
noted bandit, with record Of nearly
score Of breaks for freedom. from
southwestern jails and prisons. led to
his death in the Saline county hills at
the hands Of one OF the convicts he
liberated. according to the story on
which Sheriff j. ]. Groves possel
early today were basing their search
for Slaughters body.
The posses were awaiting dayligh,
early today to start on the trail OF
the seven conyicts.r starting from the
point, whore they abandoned their
ibullet-riddled automobile and ded into
the woods.
J. c. Howard, who surrendered with
four others of the six who accepted
| Slaughter's offer Of freedom. told Of
hciais he shot Slaughter in the hack
and had intended to shoot him from
the moment the party, made their
escape.
The note Howard says he left in
| the prison bearing the same state
ment could not be found early today
Beside the body of Slaughter. &C.
+! cording to Howard's statement, lay q
| dying negro, wounded in q brush with
| the authorities of Benton. who were
| watching for the fleeing prisoners.
How Slaughter Escaped.
Slaughter's plan for escape began to
! take form yesterday evening. when
feigning illness. he summoned guard
| and asked for blanket. The guard
entered the death cell. where Slaugh-
ter was to be quartered until Decem-
Der 16, the date set for his electrocu-
tion. and advanced to the desperado's
| cot. He was met with q gun in the
bandits hands. The guard was dis
| armed. and then taken to the war
denis office. where three other guards
a guard for protection. He then
locked the guards in q cell.
Continuing to the hospital ward,
Slaughter forced nurse to lead him
| to the warden's home. He made the
| warden and his family return to the
prison. locking them in the death cell
| and the one adjoining.
Leaving the prison, Slaughter and
his companions took an automobile.
and the tires from another nearby,
! and escaped. after attiring themselves
in civilian clothing.
Posses from Hot Springs. Little
Rock, Benton and nearby towns took
up the chase after the gun fight at
Benton, finally forcing the bandit and
his party into the woods Of Salina
county. where Slaughter was report
ed killed.
A number Of prisoners. including six
negroes who were sentenced in con-
nection with the Elaine riots, refused
to accompany Slaughter in his escape.
Howard a Former Trusty,
Prison authorities today were en-
deavoring to trace the source of the
pistol which gave Slaughter the
chance to effect his six-hour domina-
ton Of the penitentiary. disarm
guards. lock the warden and his FAM
lily in the death cell. secure civilian
attire and an automobile for the
escape and offer freedom to all the
convicts who wished to join him.
Howard, the man who slew Slaugh-
ter, is twenty-five years old. He was
received at the penitentiary last
March to serve three years for for
gerry. He was a railroad man in HOT
Springs, and was charged with fraud
ulently drawing travel pay from the
railroad by means Of forged passes.
at the prison he was made . trusty
and assigned to the commissary. Some
time later. however. when goods
taken from the commissary were be-
lieved to have been stolen by him, his
status as trusty was revoked. Prison
authorities said that his record was
not a good one. IL,
KNOWN AS "cURLEY STONE" !"