Seward daily gateway., 1925-08-13
TWO GUARDS AND ONE CONVICT KILLED ED NDARING ESCAPE OF DESPERADOES
 FROMPENITENTIARY AT SALEM, ORE.
Escaped Prisoners Heavily Armed and Will Not Be Taken Alive Is Belief-Guard Used to Protect Men from
 Hail of Bullets-Commandeer Taxicab
Convicts in Cells Cry Harrah," and Give Cat Calls as Desperate Dash for Freedom Is Being Made-First
 Escape of Violence Since Tracy and Merrill

SALEM, Or, Aug. 13 (P)-J. M. Holman and John Sweeny guards in the Oregon state pentenry and Bert Jones convict were killed ute Savage, guard expect ed to die, and James Smith, turnkey suffered broken aw when three convcts escaped from the pentenary n this city this morning, following of the worst riots in the history of the institution One Of the escaping convlcs is believed to have been wounded.
 Ellsworth Kelly James Williams and Tom Murray escaped taXicab cOmmandeered from the State HOspl ta four blocks from the prison They were heavily arm ed and 1t is believed that they will not be taken alive.
 The quartee entered their cells from the main yard but did not to supper with the other convcts They cut hole through the roof and dropped to the main yard bv using a splced rope. Warden DalTymple Murray in the yard from his office window and attempted to lock up the arsenal but cut off by two of the convc who entered from the south door, Having gun his offce Dampe rushed to his house outside the entrance where he secured shotgun and returned In the meantime the cOnvicts took four rifles and several revOver and leaving the building opened barraag2 upon the two guards at Post number They killed Holman and Sweeney, and firing promiscuousy, shot struck Savage beneath the heart Jones killed by John Davidson guard, he dropped from the wall The trio kidnapped aen- dant c. V. Ivitts and used him for protection against the rain of bullets They then released him.
 While the bodies of Sweeney and Holman were being removed from the tower the remaining cOnvicts cried ''Hrrah!' and gave catcals, whisted and shook the bars of their cells.
 Jones' Kelly and Murray with two others escaped from prison March 28 of last year All five captured Jones the last brought back this March Jones was sentenced to prison for 20 years for robbery while Will Hams serving year sentence Williams ed time in San Quentian and Oklahoma Kelly ing twenty years for aiding prisoner to escape Mur twenty for bank TODDelY lie nad ed time in San Quentin and Oklahoma. Yey serv- land.
 This is the first jail break with violence attending since Harry Tracy and Dave Merrill killed three guards in 1902
 TAKE CLOTHING OF VICTIMS
 Zina Zinn the taxi driver, teephoned the authorities that the prison convics had left his cab Pratum eight miles east of the city They took the clothing of Finn and Ivtts and left them tied to tree. Their lives were threatened aad they cautioned against notify ing the prison their whereabouts Ivtts had been fired from the hospital and had packed his belongings and had placed the luggage in the taxi Finn said that Mu ray wounded
 Governor Pierce gave the officials authority to call out the militia if necessary He said, ''Thank God Jones was killed. He will not give any more trouble.''