Guard and Convicts Killed in Grim Struggle Folsom Prison, Sept. 18.
In am abortive prison break here to-day, seven convicts, armed with wooden guns and home-made knives, stabbed one guard to death, and wounded two other guards and Warden Clarence Larkin.
The convicts attempted to seize Warden Larkin and Captain of the Guards W. T. Ryan as hostages. During the melee, Guard H. E. Martin was stabbed to death. Larkin was stabbed twelve times, including one thrust in the abdomen which pierced the small intestine and another gash under the heart Ryan was stabbed six times. mostly in the back. James Kearns, another guard, was also stabbed several times.
Guards shot to death Clyde Stevens. of San Francisco a lifer and Bonnie Kucharske, of Los Angeles, Five Other convicts were wounded.
the 1905 San Quentin prison break.—United Press.
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