Salem, Ore. (1902)
6/9/1902: Three inmates at the prison, using rifle and pistol, killing three guards as they escaped. An inmate with a life sentence was wounding trying to save their lives.
Category: private
Suicide: no
Cause: resisting arrest
Weapon: rifle, pistol[1]
[1] “Escaping Prisoners Murder Three Guards," Washington [D.C.] Times, Jun. 10, 1902, 1.
Jefferson City, Mo. (1905)
11/24/1905: Four convicts attempted to escape the prison using pistols and a bottle of nitroglycerin. Two prison employees and one prisoner died in the ensuing gunfight. The gunfight also wounded two more prisoners and another prison guard.
Category: workplace
Suicide: no
Cause: resisting arrest
Weapon: pistols[1]
[1] "Desperate Jail Break," Adams County [Wash.] News, Nov. 29, 1905, 1.
Angola, La. (1906)
6/20/1906: Three life sentence inmates attempted to escape the Angola state prison. One inmate had a firearm, and another inmate took one from a guard; guards shot to death the three inmates. One guard was “perhaps fatally wounded in the exchange.”
Category: workplace
Suicide: no
Cause: resisting arrest
Weapon: firearm[1]
Strange reportage, that. One guard was "perhaps fatally wounded in the exchange." They couldn't tell?
ReplyDeleteWill he survive his injuries? Even today, we sometimes do not know.
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