ESCAPE OF CONVICTS.
A TERROR-STRICKEN TOWN POPULACE UNDER ARMS. TWO HEX KILLED. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Ecceived October 1-?, 11.15 p.m.) New Yoek, Octobor 14. Nineteen* convicts in the Bawling penitentiary, Wyoming, revolted yesterday and escaped. After a- fight with the guards nine of the prisoners were recaptured. The town is in a state of terror and the populace is under arms. A noted desperado commands the convicts, who threaten vengeance on any person who attempts to recapture them. The" guards have locked the mutinous prisoners in the penitentiary in order to prevent, wholesale gaolbreaking. Armed citizens are waiting to attack the escaping convicts- It is rumoured that several guards and convicts were killed. A citizens' posse is fighting some of the escapees on the hills. Two men were killed and one badly wounded on the street. Two convicts have been recaptured. Troops have been asked for.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15124, 15 October 1912, Page 7
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146ESCAPE OF CONVICTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15124, 15 October 1912, Page 7
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