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Fateful Prison Break at Deer Lodge Ends in Murders and Executions
In a 1908 Deer Lodge incident, Warden Frank Conley fights four convicts led by George Rock during a mass escape attempt. Deputy John Robinson is killed, Rock and Hayes are executed, Clarence Young receives life, and Oram Stevens serves four years for a crime tied to the breakout.
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D. J. Alley
Oklahoma
Clarence Young
Montana
Young
Montana Penitentiary
Robinson
George Rock
William Hayes
Oram Stevens
Fergus County
Granite County
Frank Conley
John Robinson
Stevens
Rock
Con
Conley
State Penitentiary
Deer Lodge
Northern Pacific Mail
Bearmouth Canyon
Hellgate Canyon
Missoula
Jordan
M. W. Potter
Red Lodge
Wisconsin
Hayes