The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-09

Reports early today said Slaughter
had engaged In a gun fight with Of
ficers at Benton. 20 miles southwest.
but that no one was injured and
that Slaughter and his party had
turned northwest from there.
-Four armed posses aud sheriffs In
several counties today were securing
their sections for tho escaped con-
victs. An unconflrmed report was
received here that the car had been
abandoned near Benton.
Revolver smuggicd 60 Cell
After the escape It developed that
IA revolver had been smugFied to
Slaughter In the death cell waere he
had been closely guarded since his
conviction at Pine Bluff uf xiii ng ate
convict guard. Fcignsng iiincss.
slaughter succeeded in getting a
guard to open his cell door nl,oat
$3.50 o'clock last night. Hs held up
this guard and another standing
nearby, took their pistols and then
forced them 20 so ahead OF MIN 20
the stockade where their presence
admitted them and permitted him TO
overpower the one yiard on duty
there.
slaughter shsn opened the coils
and offered all ;ns rrispn,rs hb-rts.
only six took advantage ~ the offer
and two OF the guards were locked
up.
He next took one guard to the Of
| flee OF the penitentiary with him and
/ took possession of IL, turning the
| guards on duty there over TO the
men who elected to escape with him.
Next, he went to the hospital and
forced "a nurse to prccode him out
side the walls TO the apartments oc-
cupled by Warden y. ~. Dempsey
and ais family. The nurse awaken
ed them and slaughter then forced
them to accompany him to the death
cell whore they were locked up He
told them he would not hnrm them
and later brought them pot OF cof.
fee with cream. sugar and cups.
Slaughter then threw the gates OF
the ponitcntiary wide omen and lels.
urely set about ouifi,ting himself and
companions with civilian clothes from
the commissary.
Escape In Auto.
At 2ia0 a. m. Warden Dempsey
said he heard an automobile leaving
and with the id OF prisoners above
who cut hole through the floor al
his direction. he escaped from tn,
death cell and spread the alarm.
slaughter had taken an automobile
belonging TO Mrs. Dempsey and strip.
ped all the tires from "a roadster be
longing to Edward Dempsey. son o
the warden.
Slaughter is 20 years old He tolt
an Associated Press correspondent a
the time of his first incarceration Il
I . h
reared In southern Arkansas AM
when II years old was convicted o
. n charge OF grand lArcery and sen
' | to the reform school lie served nj
, term and then drlfted into Oklaho
ma, Since that time he has par
D ticipated In numerous bank robberie
In Arkansas, oklahoma. Texas. Nils
siouri and elsewhere. lie escape
y twice from the Texas penitentiar
y and his term In Texas was uneXpire
when he killed Deputy sheriff Brow
n In Hot springs n little over "a yea
n ago.
Slaughter denied killing credite
= TO him IN Pennsylvania but admittc
\ that he had taken part In man
y frobhcrics
= Killed a Guard.
: Slaughter made AN unsuccessful al
, tempt 10 escape from the prison rari
AT AN'kfT WhtN ne AAlAeh Nut iFunt
guard In September. Slaughter hh
= obtained "A rifle and ON Sunday whe
he men were gathered In a bat
house. he opened fire on the guart
outside. He killed Bliss Addison.
trusty guard ana wounded oth'
guards Finally he was forced
surrender when guard In hidlr
took him unBwarcs.
I Slaughter often boasted he woc
4 never go TO the electric chair
Hot Springs. his cell was search'
A daily for weapons Aztec a Jury r
Il turned verdict of life imprisonme
. he turned over TO the guards han
\. ful Of hack SAWS. romarking that
10 the sentence had been death he won
not have stayed In lail over night.
N The state guard was called out
ie another occasion just about ye
"a ugo to guard the penitentlary he
10 when n plOt which he had instlgati