CONVICTS BREAK LOOSE
REVOLVER BATTLE WITH WARDEKS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright NEW YORK, April 5. Received April 6, 12.25 a.m. Attempting to break out of Folson prison, Sacramento, California, the convicts from the incorrigible ward engaged in a revolver battle with the warders. ■ Three convicts were killed and two fatally wounded. Thirteen prisoners concocted the plot and at a given signal broke through the wooden doors of their cells. Two guards then opened fire, riddling the men with ballets.
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Southland Times, Issue 17619, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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