CONVICTS' DESPERATEFIGHT.
BID FOR LIBERTY,': "J,-J| By Tolcgraph—Press Association—Copyright'' "Times'?— Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.': (lice. January 21, 5.30 p.m.) ..■■:. New York, January 20. iv Details of tho fracas at Jl'Allister. Gaol show that three of the convicts, at tho end of tho day's work, by a niseap-. proached tho gaoler, whom they felled. They then seized the keys, and made, a rush for the prison gates, shooting all who attempted to intercept them.". The other convicts shouted encouragement to the mutineers, who seised the girl operator employed at the 'telephone, and held her in front of them in order to deter tho guards from firing. The guards, lioivever, fired •. and wounded the jrirl. The'mutineers still held her until they reached and unlocked the gates. They then jumped into a waiting buggy, and. whipped up: the horses to a gallop. .■ ' Tho guards on the prison Avails fired at the escapees, while others ..pursued them on horseback. '■ "■ '■';.-■:■'':
During n running fight p. horse was killed. The bodies of the escapees were riddled by bullets, and lay oil; the'floor of tho vehicle. ■•.'■■. '■■■: •>;;•■ ■> ~
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1964, 22 January 1914, Page 5
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179CONVICTS' DESPERATEFIGHT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1964, 22 January 1914, Page 5
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