DESPERATE CONVICTS
BATTLE WITH TROOPS.
THREE SHOT.
(United Press Assn.—Dy Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) New York, December 11. At the Leavenworth penitentiary, Kansas, six long term convicts armed with shotguns and presenting forged passes, entered the prison offices, seized the warden, White, and escaped in stolen automobiles while a riot among the remaining convicts delayed pursuit. 1116 warden, fighting his captors, finally escaped from the convicts 15 miles from the prison, when he was found lying on the road seriously injured. Troops pursued the prisoners who barricaded themselves in a farm house, holding ah hostages the farm owner and two prison guards, the first to reach the scene, who were wounded in attempting to enter the farm house. A battle ensued and finally concentrated fire by the troops killed three of the convicts and three surrendered. The prison is reported to be quiet.
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Southland Times, Issue 21576, 14 December 1931, Page 7
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