To Wreck The Prison

Jackson, May 9.- A determinad atÉempt was rnade Monday night to blow np the pri8on with dynaruite, and but f or the prompt and heroic action of Depaty Northrup and Guarda Horning and Murphy they would havs succeeded. Some 150 convicts froua the west cell block had been out attending a literary society. On their return and jast before entering their cells Guard Horning was attacked by one of the convicta, and for a few moments a lively struggle ensued, which was particip&ted in by three convicts, two guards a,nd a deputv warden. While two of the convicts 'were struggling with the ya&rds a third sprang into a window and attempted to light the f use at ïached to four sticks of dynamite. He '■was prevented froin doiug so and the prisoners were locked in their cells. The three principáis in the affalr are Edward Huntley, sent froni Detroit on a sentence of 20 years for burglary, and who was shot through the lower portion of the abdomen while attempting to escape a year and a half ago; John De Mann, sent from Grand Rapids on a year sentence for murder in the second degree, and Arthur JLawrence, colored, sent from Eaton oounty on a 10-year sentence for burglary. ' They are all considered by the prison officials as desperate cbaracters. and it is evident they will not stop at anything in their efforts to escape. Warden Chauiberlain thinksa larseTiumberwere jmplicated in the affair. lie also stated that rumors 1 ive been rife for over a year that d' a iuite was secreted in the prison, but biie most diligent search liad failed to reveal it. Officials believe there are a large nnmber of convicts implicated and that the plot so happily nipped in the bud was intended to be put into execution while an entertainment was in progrese. This belief is strengthened by the finding of a slip of yellow paper in the diningroom wliich read: '-Lawrence d - d fooi. If he!d waited until today we'd all be f ree or in h- 11."