THREE DEAD
, THREE ESCAPE IN PRISON RIOT
CIRCULATION
Daily average net pa la circulation tor
month ending July 31, 1925
Average daily distribution 7090.
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FAIR WEATHER
Tonight and Friday, except cloudy along
coast; moderate temperature, light south
westerly winds.
Local: Max., 75; mln., 5C; rain, none!
river. -1.9; atmos.. part cloudy; wind,
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 192 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUOUbl u,. xo (j J.j
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CONS MAKE FKSfFATAL
GOOD MIR
GET-AWAY
BREAK 1
1KACEY
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Nothing Seen Or Heard
of Runaway Trio Since
Last Night Pursuit
Unorganized.
Escape and Killings Al
Penitentiary Recall
Rampage of 1902 AVhen
Three Guards Died.
With nothing seen, heard nor
indicated as to the exact where
abouts of Tom -Murray, Ellsworth
Kcliy and James Willos, couvicli;
who succeeded in lnakliiB their
escape from the Oregon slate pen
itentiary hcru l:at night after hill-
Ins two guards and wounding an
other, since 8 o'clock last evening
when they deserted the taxlcnb
they had cotninanilcered and dis
appeared into the marshy lands
near Pratmn. eight miles cast oi
here, the manhunt this afternoon
h.nl settled down to a waitiig
ir.inlc. Some Ot tllO pOSSCmell
eiviviuir excitenicnt, were getting
restless and were drift inK back to
their homes, allowing some ord
r sli.nin itelf 111 tlio conduct of the
search" which throughout the night
nn.i nmriiimr wa:i more or less a
hmiiiu:irl and demoralized af
fair.
No Orpanizalion.
Just before neon newspaper re
ports from tho sections where tlic
nonvrli in going on estimated thai
between 150 ana 200 arincil men
un iinrllcinr.tins In parties of
from three or four up to twenty
most of them o'.eratlnB Indcpenu
enlly nnd with nc general super-vision
Warden Dalrvmplc hail five men
headed by Wright Oardner, prison
.,:,r.i mwl exiie.icnced woodsman.
on the ground operating under the
direction ot 'lis office. Eight of
l p.v.-ll.iml nolice officers wor;
muring the country In another
group headed by Captain West
Twenty meniherj of the nallona
guard company or Salem, com
mnn.io.i hv O-.ntain Paul Hen
drink were also seeking a lead
,i ,nfiihr snuad of guardsmen
from Silverton were conducting
their own hun somewhere In the
much-marched area. Special offi
cers sworn in laet night and carry
ing Blars out of the governor
office were aalrt at the warden ?
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The slate prison break here lati
ycsterd.iy, which resulted in th
killing of Guards I. M. Holman
ind John Sweeney and Oregon
Jones, escaping convict, and the
serious wounding of Lute Savag
another guard, was the third de
livery of major importance that
lias occurred at the Oregon prison
The first was that led by ."Sitka
lack," July 3, 1SS3, In whic
three convicts were killed, and the
.iccond was the escape of Harry
Tracy and David Merrill, Juno 9
1002, in which Guards Frank Ker
rell, S. It. T. Jones and B. Tif
fany wcro killed. Tracy later
killed Morrill and before his career
was ended by suicide when held at
ny by a posse he had killed sev
eral more men.
iiillc 'Jimippled In.
Tlio Triu.ji-Merj-lU break oc
curred at 7 o'clock in the morn
ing. Itifles, believed to have been
smuggle d to tho convicts from
outside the prison, were secreted
in the foundry and were gotten by
tlio two convicts after they had
been marched Into the shop.
.The convicts were dead shots.
Farrcll was shot in the foundry-
Jones was picked off the north
wall at 150 yarns. The despera
does used Tiffany as n shield after
they had gotten outside the wall
and then killed him.
The convicts left Salem, but re
turned that night and held up J
Savage To Recover
Jiiilo Snvime. Kiiiii-ii nt prison
w ho v sliot ihroimli btKly by
jesrapins: cimvicl.
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20 IN POSSE
SEEKINGCONS
NEAR PRAM
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LEAVE RANCHES
AFTER THREATS
Ilcnd, Or., Aug. 13. After re
peated threats that she would
"somo day disappear and that it
would do no good to look for me,"
Mrs. Mary Davis, 60, wife of B. E.
Davis, bultermaker for the Cen
tral Oregon Farmers creamery, left
her home and was Inst seen dlsap
pearlng over the bill to the rear of
her house at i o ciock yesicrnay
niorninT.
Her husband or. arriving home
at 7 o'clock last evening found
note which read: "Don't look for
me, it will do nc good." Davis at
once started a search for his miss
ing wife, believing she may have
attempted to destroy herself as a
result of illness of months' dura
tlon.
Neighbors tracked the woman
to within 200 feet of the Des
chutes river where they lost the
trail. The seairi. Is continuing.
DYING DISPATCHER
STOPS ALL TRA1KS
rituOiurgli, Ir., A up. 13 Fnc
Inff death from a sudden illness
KavnnauKli Jacobs, ninht tele
eranh operator for the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie railroad at Monon
gahelfi, near here, tltrew on the
red sijrnal to atop all tralni a few
minutes before he fell acrow hla
key, dead from an attack of acute
Indlicerttlon. Trains on me aivi
don were halted for nioro than an
hour until another operator could
hA nt to man the wire.
BArller In the nlRht Jacohn hnd
summoned a physician, but had no
cllned to lrave his poft
Silverton, Aug. 13 (Special)
Company I of tho Oregon national
guard, headed by Captain Hen
Hutton, la stationed In the Waldo
Hills. The men went out during
he nlunt and havo not returned to
Silverton. Word has however
reached Silverton that a number
of them nre in the vicinity of Will
rd where the Zinn car was aban
doned, Instead of at Pratum as at
first given out. Willard Is about
three and a half miles east of
Pratum and five miles south of
Silverton.
.. number of the farm women
frfn tho Willard district came to
Silverton thla morning and stated
their intentions of remaining here
for a short time. The under brush
nnd timber Is reported to be so
thick In places In this neighbor
hood that many good hiding places
are available. Those who are ac
quainted with the district report
that should the convicts reach th
Drift creek canyon they would
have on unbroken line of dense
timber and under brush In which
to travel until they reach into th
mountains.
ESCAPE PLOT
Prison authorities and Portland
police officers aro today investigut
ng to determine what, If any con
ncction the practice of a paroled
convict in a largo automobile in
front of the penitentiary just be
fore C o'clock last evening might
have had with the escape plot
which liberated tli'-eo prisoners
from the institution Just a few
moments later.
Warden Daliymple saw the po
oled prisoner in front of the peni
tentiary garage talking to a trusty
convict Just shortly before the
break occurred. The warden ask
ed the man what he was doing
there nnd the fellow replied that
be Just stopped to see one oi tne
boys."
Ordered to get away irom im
prison and stay away the man
climbed Into tho automobile ana
drovo off toward the state hospi
tal, the same direction the fugi
tives took when they later got clear
of the wall.
Dnlrvmnle refused to divulge
the name of the former convict nt
this time, but stated that he had
been paroled from the Institution
about a year ago.
CONVICTS IN PRISON BREAK
CUTTER BEAR
SAFELY FLOATED
Seattle. Wash., Aug. 13. (A
p.) After being ashore 23 hours
at Cape Prince of Wales, Bering
strait, the cutter Bear ot the
coast guard floated at 2:45 yes
terday morning.
Captain F. Dodge, commanding
the coast guard In the north Pa
cific and Alaska with headquar
ters here, received today the fol
lowing radiogram from Lltcutcn
ant Commander Leo C. Covell,
cotnmanrrrng the Bear:
"Bear floated off Bhoala 2:15
a. m. August 12. Proceeded to
Capo Prince of Wales Village,
where he anchored In seven
fathoms of water. Tho only dam
age sustained by the vessel was
the loss of a shoe from under the
keel. The Bear is not leaking. As
soon as the weather moderates
we will proceed to Nome.
Escaped Prisoners Last
Seen Entering Brushy
Swamp Along Pudding
River Says Taxi Driver
Seme one hundred and twenty
fiva possemen, prison official!
were unable to estimate accurate
ly how many, are this morning
combing the brashy-swampy
country In the vicinity of Pratum
eight miles oast ot Salem, for some
trace ot the three convicts wiio
last night made their escape from
tho Oregon nonitcntiary alter kui
ing two guards and seriously
wounding another.-
The men were last seen cntcrln
the brushy Swamp along Puddinfc
river, two miles cast of Pratum
hv the taxi driver anil his passen
ger whom the fugitives forced to
drive them that far.
The first clue as to the where
abouts ot the fugitives was oh
tallied today when information
came that tho Standard Oil distrl
outing station at Silverton wo1-
hroken into during the night b
tho lock being shot oft the door.
Tho place was ransacked and a
smnM amount of money was taken
from a till.
Shoot, tn Kill. Order
One of the trio is thought to be
seriously wounded and nil aro heav
lly armed. Farmers throughout
the entire section havo been warn
ed and are Joining tho search, as
aro small posses from Silverton
and other neighboring towns.
The posses are under the gen
eral direction ot Deputy Warden
l.lllcy mid Major Tom Rllyca of
the national guard. AH have been
instructed to shoot to kill any of
the three on sight.
Officers nre confident that the
men are still in the vicinity, argu
ing that Murray Is apparently In
no condition to travel and that his
companions would probably be
loathe to desert their leader so
early in tho chase.
Roads All Guarded.
AM rcndoutlcts from the district
were closely grorded during the
night to prevent the men irom
escaping by stealing another auto.
mobile.
Included In the posses are
guards from thJ prison, about 16
special state officers deputized for
the hunt, 20 national guardsmen
under Canlain Paul Hendricks of
Salem, about 26 Portland ponce
and deputy sheriffs, officers from
the local sheriff s office and an
uncetlmatcd number ot volunteers.
Commenting upon the occurnnee
last night Covcrnor Pierce saiu:
While I have no longing to see
men hung. I world be pleased
come out here nnd witness the ex
edition of these fellows If they are
caught.
Lute Savage Shot
By Same Convict
He Once Captured
Three Dont's Issued
To Help Motorists In
Parking Head-On
Three specific "don'ts" have
been announced by Salem police
w 1th regard to the new head-In
parking ordinance which Ut sched-,
tiled to go Into effect next Tues
day, August 18. The ordinance will
bo effective Tuesday regardless of
whether or not the required lines
are painted on the pavement, ac
cording to the announcement
made by .Mayor Glesy. In cam tho
lines are not painted the part of
tho ordinance requiring motor!!
to uno them In determining their
pinna of parking will be diaretfard
rl. he statps.
In the first place, Jou't back
away from the euro too rnpiuiy
and recklessly, the police i
Much has been said about tho dan
ger of running Into other cars
when backing out Into the steo
and It Is generally conceded that
that phase of the new parking ays
tern Is the most aangeroua, a.i
though not so dangerous as Plop
ping, halting traffic and backing
Into a narrow space between two
cars, as required by tho old system
Don't run Into the parking pace
too rapidly. Motorlats who aro not
accustomed to the new system ma
find It too easy to locate their pane
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2 GUARDS. I CONVICT
SHOT TO DEATH IN
BATTLE AT PRISON
Three Prisoners, Kelly, Murray and Willos
Make vGet-A way Break Made at Supper
Hour Hole Cut In Roof, Turnkey Over
powered, Arsenal Plundered
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Ki'llv I nm'r Irft Tom Murray, ngut .lamt-M n
right. Kllswmih
All fear that the wound re
solved lost night by Lute Savage,
Veteran prison guard, would prove
Intnl, was dispelled this morning
when physicians attending Sav
age announced that ho was resting
easily and would recover. The
bullet lodged between hie
fifth and Bixth ribs, and did not
touch any vital organ of his body.
Lute Savage, penitentiary guard
who was perhaps fatally shot In
the prison break of last night, may
havo been the victim or a convict
whom he captured and returned
within the walls upon the occasion
of the last attempted delivery rrom
the penitentiary.
Ellsworth Kelly, one or me inrer
to escape last nigru, la muukiu
probably to be the fugitive who
Yint Rnvaire. as Tom iuurriiy uc-
clared In the healing of tho tax:
driver who conveyed tho convlctH
to the Pratum district that he had
fired at Savage but had missed
A vear ago lat March It waw
Savage who captured Kelly nt Tur
ner after tho break In which Kelly
Murray. "Oregon" Jones (killed
lost night), Joe Jackson nnd Will
inm Johnson sawed their way
through a basement window, cross
ed the lawn, mounted the south
weflt wall tower, dropped over th
wall and fled towards Turner in
com mouldered automobile. Kelly,
Jackson and Johnson were captur
ed early In the chase, which InntO'
a full week. Jones and Murray
were surprised one evening Just at
dusk near Jefferson by two
Moral ituardsmen who opened fire
nn them. Murrav (living up but
.Tones dove Into the brush and es
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ILLY ORGANIZES
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Deputy Warden Lilly of the
state prison, who has been on a
vacation at Newport, joined me
manhuntcrs and Intended to make
an effort to organize the forces. A
prison guard returned from the
Pratum district witu the report
that the inanhuutors lacked
gnnization and leadership and
wore mnkinrc no headway.
John Davison, the guard who
killed Oregon Jones, today gave
his own story of the shooting oi
the convict. Ho said the report
that lie had a gun with nn empty
magazine was untrue, (iunrd Hol
man had two guns. Dnvison said
nnd tho olio he seized when In
rur.hed into towot No. 1 had a full
magazine, but after he shot Jones
the convicts wero running nt such
an angle that he could not got a
good shot at them. It now np-
nears (bat the wounr in ine icnucr
Murray's, hand is irom unvison
rifle, Warden Dalrymplos shot
having lacc.-nted Murray s side
with buckshot.
Deo Jones, a brother of the dead
convict, T K. Hall and Mrs. llcsslr
Hall, believed to bo his brothor-ln
law nnd sister, and S. Clrcco came
from P.olrlanc today to make
nerai arrangements for tho con
vlct. but tin to noon had reached
no decision. They were snid to
have dropped tho effort because of
tho constant strenm of men and
women who filed through tn.
morgue all forenoon to view th
body. This look plaec while the
lioilv was being embalmed.
An Interesting time was expert
enced by several newspaper photo
granhers today when tney at
tcmptcc". to photograph Zlna Zlnn
tho cab driver whom tno convic-.:
forced In take them Into the coun
try. Zinn violently objected
Seizing rocks he fired them at th
picture men with an aim thn
threatened serious consequences.
Two guards nnd one convict
were shot dead and another guard
perhaps fatally wounded iu a
break at the Oregon penitentiary
about ti o'clock last night that will
doubtless be recorded as one of tho
bloodiest prison tragedies in tho
history of the I'acllfc coast.
The dead nre:
J. M. Holimin. f5 years old.
ird.
John Sweeney. 09. guard.
licrt (Orciioii)' Jones, escaping
convict.
ute Savage, another -guard; ro-
Ived a bullet through his body
hat entered Just below liiu heart.
Fugitives All Armed.
101lswoilh Kelly. Jim Murray
nd James Willos, all desperato
men, aro at large, ull heavily
lined nnd pursued by posses ot
leputy sheriffs, police officers.
volunteers nnd 2u troopers of tha
Oregon national guard command-
by JMnjor Tom Jtllyea. The na-
ional feuardsiucil reported nt day-
cik by order of Governor Pierce.
nd it was the governor's request
that Itllyea be in command. Jlur-
ay 1b severely wounded from a
hargo of buekehoi fired by War-
it Diilrymple.
The shot that killed Guard
Sweeney was fired from the turn
key's office where the break cen
tered while Holman was shot from
be yard where tho break centered.
lull a uozen bullet holes are in.
tho north window of the office In
Ino with gunrd post No. 1 where
be guards were killed.
Davison Gets Jones.
Oregon .lone:i. notorious from
previous breaks, was shot dead by
John Davison, 65-year-old fron-
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING HOW CONVICTS ESCAPED
t)W)f
TO BE FALSE
With State Posse Near Silver
ton, Or., Aug. 13. Three men be
lieved to he fugitives from the
penitentiary reported to have been
seen to vanish Into the brush at a
point between Silverton and Pra
tum at 10:30 o'clock today. A
posse Investigated but did not find
the men. Deputies from tha sher
iff's office in Portland were in the
posse. They are accompanied by
W. E. Onrdnfr, a guard who wos
with Guard Holman when he won
slain las', night. This group lonr.y
Is working out the Scotts Mill
and Mt Angel districts.
Hcllef that tha bandlla may
double bnek to the railway from
tho densely timbered Waldo Hills
has been exprejwed by officials.
This Is thought likely because Tom
Murray, leader of tho desperadoes,
hu always madi: his way to Tort-
land after prelous crimes, aa he
considered his chances for escape
best In PortlanJ with Its numer
ous railway outlets.
Iis Ancclt, Cal., Aug. 13.
(A. P ) An earthquake shork not
heavy enough to be generally per
ceptible occurred here about 6:15
o'clock; this moraine.
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Cell . House
r .,,.l ni w',,-1-0 h,.1i wan cut throiiKh roof. Figure 1 indicates where they
dropped to ground on rope. 2 Arsenal from which three rifles, three pistols nnd two boxes
Double dotted lines show path taken by convicts from point
where thev dropped to ground to turnkey's room. Perpendicular lines show course across
i t T,.,.,n, M i Trinln finite.! lines nre course taken by fugitives toward state hos-
i.i nn-, tw wi fimnnorl nver the wall. 3 Window through which shots were fired
at guards on Tower No. 1. Figure 4 shows window through which two shots were fired at
Guard McKinlcy on Tower No. 7. Figure 5, tower on which Gunrd Sweeney was killed nnd
where Holman was first shot. 6 Tower where McKinlcy was fired upon. 7 Spot where
it..i ..,. .h,.! ir, .loniVi in mid Hood. 8 Where body of "Oregon" Jones' body lit when
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he pitched over wall, shot to death, u spot irom wnicn naiu ...v.. ta w rmnaa up t ,hor.
times wounding one cdnvict. 10 Where Dalrympie stood wnen ne ursr, uibcuvcicu " .. ,, dairy herds
' o slaughter.
was in progress.
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STATE TROOPS
QUELL KLAN RIOT
Heading, Mass., Aug. 13. (A.
P.) After rowing over the roada
from four different barracks, a
st ron g force of a ta te troops mo
billzed here today and stamped out
i Ku Klux Klan riot.
Uefore their arrival, several tear
bombs had been hurled, a score of
klaiiflmen and antl-klunsmen had
been injured by stones and clubs.
hois had hi en rrrcd and two ol-
oged liluntMiicn were arrested.
A ting Chief of Police r ranx
Slack and other members of Read
ng police fore- Btated that they"
were .irfecled oy tne tear gas
bombs when they arrived on the
.H-eiie. The bomlj, Chief Slack
said, hud been hurled Into tha
rowd of anti-klansmen, Shots
were alo tired into tne soma
rowd, other policemen said. No
one was hit by the shots, but
corrti suffered trie temporary dis
com toft (rom tho gas.
Houston, Texas, Aug. J 3 (AP
extermination of all livestock In
the foot and mouth disease Infect
ed area south of Houston began
today.
Filing squads expected to kill
and bury by tonight 800 bead of
cattle. The work will crntlnue un
til all the cattle In tlve quarantine
zone are slain.
The number 1 estimated at be
tween $3000 and $4000. Most of
unm nrrt rnnse enitle which will
slated tot
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