Desperate prison break at Colorado penitentiary shocks city
A mass escape from the Colorado state prison led to a guard capture and the death of prisoner Kuykendall after convicts seized Mrs. Cleghorn and used guards clothing to move through the yard. Armed pursuers forced the end of the break within hours, with multiple inmates wounded or recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Penitentiary
Mrs. Cleghorn
Clarence Cleghorn
T. D. Palmer
McDaniels
Armstrong and
Kuykendall
Send a Paper to Friends with Prison Break Extra
The article invites readers to share the Record extra about the prison break, claiming it offers the fullest and most accurate story available. It encourages sending copies to distant friends, noting the extra costs five cents per copy.
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Record Extra
Prison Break Looms as Convicts Attempt Escapes
Lantz fires twice and misses as a prisoner pleads not to be shot, while guards capture the sixth man under a D. and R. G. car. Mrs. Cleghorn, visiting female wards, is delayed by a guard and a convict warning of a break in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Cordona
Clyde Davis
Cordona
Las Animas
Robert Kane
Gunnison
Kuykendall
Tucker
G. H. Tucker
Cardona
Palmer
Cleghorn
McDaniels
Dr. Palmer
Armstrong
Fisher
Fallon
Lants
Lantz
Knight
Bethel Company Opens Elegant Annex Store Front
George W. Bethel leads The Bethel Company clothing firm into a new Annex building. The move follows twenty one years serving Fremont County as Bethel expands with a two story 44 by 117 foot front, granite columns and fine Roman tile, housing hats, shoes, gents furnishings, and a premier stock of men’s clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bethel
Bethel Company, Clothiers
Bethel
D.G. Peabody
Charles M. Cross
Strathmore Hotel
Strathmore
Main Street
Martwell
Mr. Bethel
Bethel Company
Joan Goerpesee
Tee
Europe
Lyman
Kerr Stone
Cotop xi
Canon City Brick & Tile
Massachusetts
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James Armstrong
Florence
Will Cleghorn
Jas. Peabody, Jr
Thomas Fisher
Denver
Slstee
J. B. Lantz
Thomas Fallon
Kerch Kuykendall
Dowcee Aut
J. Eee
Dall Robert Kane
Dall DeWeese
J. Evans
Brookside
Davis
South Canon
Arkansas
Cordova
Dan DeWeese
H. J. Evans
Robison
C. ©. Rittenhouse
Babberger
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