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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1583, 16 December 1885, Page 2

Advices from America give particulars of a daring escape of convicts from Arkansas Penitentiary. Forty-ouron convicts were working on the brick kiln , belonging to the prison. When the time approached for leaving work one of the prisoners named Anderson snatched up a secreted pun. He levelled it at the head of. ono of the guards, and said " Jim I don't want to kill you, but unless you drop your gun I will do it,'' The 47 convicts were m charge of 11 armed warders. The guard let the gun drop, and two othe<* couvicts became possessed of the gun, which they had pointed at another guard, named Langc. The remainder of the couvicts were then ordered into the stockade. All complied except four negroes, who joined the three armed white men. The seven men then walked coolly to the prison wall, and made across the country. The \ alarm was giveo and pursuit commenced, but none of the men were recaptured. Bloodhounds were employed to hunt j them down. Ono of th*- dogs got on the track of the men, but was killed, and the pursuit eluded. A sanguinary encounter yvss expected. The meu were notorious prisoners, and would rather die than be taken alive.