Gaol Breakers Shot
A BATTLE WITH REVOLVERS. ESCAPEES RIDDLED WITH BULLETS By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 6, 12.25 a.m. New York, April 5. While attempting to break out of Folson prison, at Sacramento, California, convicts from the incorrigible ward engaged in a revolver battle with the warders. Three convicts were killed and two fatally wounded.
Thirteen prisoners eoncocted the plot, and at a given signal broke through the wooden doors of their cells. Two guards then opened fire, riddling the men with bullets.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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82Gaol Breakers Shot Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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