CONVICTS SHOT.
Attempted Escapes Result in
Two Deaths.
GUARDS OPEN FIRE,
(Received 9.30 a.m.) HUXTSVILLE (Tex.), October 4. The epidemic of prison escapes is continuing. Guards at Eastham penitentiary killed two and wounded two convicts and frustrated the attempted escape of 27 of the most vicious inmates.
Two broke from their quarters by means of an improvised key and overpowered a guard and took his pistol. They compelled another guard to surrender his keys with which they released their companions, who rushed out into the vard.
A guard fired from a tower, killiim two and wounding one. Another guard wounded a fourth convict, whereupon the remainder surrendered.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19371005.2.74
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 236, 5 October 1937, Page 7
Word Count
107CONVICTS SHOT. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 236, 5 October 1937, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in