The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
BULLET IN
BACK ENDS
WILD LIFE
Slayer Says He Planned
Deed From Hour of
Escape.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. TO-
tBy the Associated Press-)-
The body OF Tom Slaughter,
eotorious outlaw, killed last
nigbt in the woods OF Saline
eoupty BY J. G. Howard. con-
,iet who escaped with Siaugh-
ter and nYe Olner c0nTlcts from
the penitrnI,aTy mere trldaf
morning, Was found III Ihe
wooas nOrtn OF BentOn TINS
morning, according 10 teie-
pa0ae mcssagt received mere
ipom l.. Is. uhiIe, Il benton
newspaper man, VINO sand Nc
hurrI,a 10 town anead OF tle
nosse. Tne body, he SAID, would
r,aca banuon III about hi nOuF.
Nr White said that about hall
n, Slaughter's face was shot on
and that he was wounded in the
side. his description of the wounds
corresponding with that of How
ard whose story of the killing had
been doubted in some quarters.
Little Rock, Ark, Dec. lO.-tBy
the Associated Press. THE last
escape of Tom Slaughter, notorious
bandit, with d record OF nearly j
score of breaks for freedom from
southwestern jails and prisons, led
to his death III the SaIine county
hills at the hands of one of the
cDnYicts he liberated. according TO
the story on which Sheriff }. j,
Groves posse, early today, were
basing their search for Slaughter s
body.
The posses were awaiting day
light early toGay TO start on the
trail of the seven convicts. starting
from the point where they aban-
doned their bullet-ridden automo-
BILE and fed into the woods.
]. c. Howard Is Judas.
J. c. Howard. who surrendered
with four others of the six whd
accompanied Slaughter's offer ci
freedom. told that he shot Slaught-
er in the back and had intended To
SlOot him from the moment the
party escaped. The note Howard
Gays he left in the prison, bearing
the same statement, could not be
found early today.
Beside the body of Slaughter, ac-
eording to Howard's story, lay a
dying negro, wounded in a brush
With the authorities of Benton, who
we're watching for the fleeing pris-
Olers.
Trace Pistol Source.
Prison authorities today were en-
oeavoring to trace the source of the
pistol which gave Slaughter the
eaanee TO effect his six hour domi-
haton Of the penitentiary, disarm
gaards, lock the warden and his
anily in the death cell. secure
civilian attire and an automobile
of the escape. and offer freedom
. al convicts who wished to join
him
daughters plan for escape be-
gan TO take form when he sum
noned a guard and asked for d
s'Ahset The guard entered the
sesth cell, where Slaughter was &c
auartered until Dec. 16, the date
~ Tor his electrOcution, and ad-
aleed to the desperado's cot. He
sss net with a gun in the bandits
anos The guard was disarmet
~ then taken TO the warden,
9aee where three other guard:
ere disarmed while Slaughtei
sssd guard for protection.
ne then locked the guards in {
Gun Fight in Benton.
continuing to the hospital ward
SAaghter forced a nurse TO Leaf
IN 70 the warden's home, where
made the warden and his family
ave their beds and return to thl
s.n nSOn' locking them in the deati
- and the one adjoining.
,Tsslng the prison, Slaughter
- ais companions took an auto
-uoue and the tires from another
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