The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-05
CONVICT FEELS WITHSTAND FIRE MANY BESIEGERS
Three Prisoners Are Still At Bay Inside Walls After
 Break For Liberty
BULLETIN

EDDYVILDE, Ky, Oct, 4.-(By the Associated Press.)-Rifles and ma chine guns, which had been pouring a hail of bullets into the mess hall of the state penitentiary here, where three convicts have been barricaded since a dash for liberty Wednesday morning, in which three guards were killed, were silenced soon after dark tonight when besiegers who ven- tured from cover were not fired upon by the tenants of the improvised fortress.
 Opinion was that the desperadoes were dead or desperately wounded. In view, however, of the possibility that the convicts withheld their fire to conserve a small stock of ammu- nition for last desperate stand when the attackers should enter the building it practically had been de- termined to maintain guard about the place tonight and await day. break for further action.
 That one at least of the barricaded buildings' defenders was alive was proved soon after firing ceased when a man attempted to leave the main doorway. Guards opened fire and the man disappeared back into the darkened building.
 EDDYVILLE, Ky, Oct 4-Under
 
 and rifles. the three convicts murder CTS who killed three guards and seri- ously wounded another in an at tempted escape here early Wednes- day were still holding their impro- Vised fortress in the prison dining room Thursday night against de- tachment of militia and the prison guards.
 The bombardment continues. but occasional sniping within stopped at about o'clock in the afternoon. Whether any or all of the despera- known, but preparations are being made to storm the barricaded doors of the dining room with hand gren- ades and perhaps poison gas. poison gas.
 Realizing that the three men are caught like rats in a trap, and will eVentuallN--be- -- forced to surrender, Warden John Chiffon still refuses to sacrifice the lives of any more of his men ina mass attack At the same time, the convict trio has an advan-. tage in that it controls the kitchen and provisions therein. while their erstwhile cell mates are on short ra- tions
 The walls and doors of the mess hall are riddled with bullets, but great bulwark of tables and chairs makes quick penetration a matter or much difficulty, and not one of the three convicts has actually been seeu during the past 86 hours q No Replies To Cali
 Calls from Warden Ch' Capt B. A. Radford of tW gun company havesfailed
 reply from inside, Both off
 eyer, believe ir likely th@ neers are still alive anr .GU- serving their ammunition death struggle when theii -r-rf stormed
 With the coming of dar lrs lir were again turned on tr in order that the convict ut -ht )r escape during the night. 9ht frisoH l. built like a castle. of gray one brick The mess hall where +lst 7 prisoners are harricadea ts story building in the center pL 7c's.e. and the bomhardment uelnr ear ried on from vantag poiHu ir the prison yard, not onl nlti. men and guards, but hy cE EHcrf marksmen who have flo NtG IQ frcr adjacent cnmmunities,
 The other prisoners fplioVi0e the progI ess of the h Ne as we'll as they can with co, "a erahie in terest, but thus far haV ueen peace full. They are not eNpo le0 Co make any further trouble, a oush fore to subsist on bologna aaslRc ant their emergency ratioHs Thu sday owing 70 occupation h. tNeir thre comrades of the food .rehou,e.
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