St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-24

cell room when Smith was brought in. l saw
him spit on his hands and begin TO pull of
his coat He said: al suppose I'll have 10
20 10 the hole for this2'' The deputy replied
IN the affirmative, when he said: BY God,
there amt enough men in here to put men
in followed and heard the deputy tell
him that he would search him before he was
put
IN THE DUNGEON.
He said, NO. by God. I'll pull out my own
pockets" He then pulled out his pockets
and ran inside. The deput J told him 70
come out and let him shackle him. when he
replied, NO. L will not" or words to that
effect Smith then spit on his hands and
started toward the deputy, guarding with his
right hand, when he drew a revolver and
fired was only few feet away all this
time, and saw anu heard everything that
transpired. l have seen smith but was not
acquainted with him. have understood that
he was dangerous man. DR.. P H Willard
and DR.. W. H. Pratt, who conducted the ex-
animation, were both sworn and testified as 70
the location or the bullet, as given elSew here.
Iowa W. Brown. a cell guard. was the next
witness examined and testified rs follows:
About a. N. received message saving A
convict was breaking all the machinery in
the shop and 10 come at once. I hurried in
and met Reed, who told me 10 follow him 10
the dungeon. l followed, together with Dodd
and the deceased. Here he requested that
he allow him TO search him, as is customary.
After TINS the deputy told him that ne would
have TO handcuf him. To this be said, You
never Will. The deputy again commanded
him to come up and let him handcuH him.
He still refused and began TO remove his coat
when heard the shot but did not see it,
W. G. Reed, the acting deputy. who has been
serving IN this capacity since the 25d of NOs
vember, ana who shot Smith, next testified as
follows: Last Friday morning Smilh COM
planned OF his foreman. and said he did not
want TO work in there any longer. 1 told him
TO keep on and l would change him. / spoke
TO Mcclellan about him, and said that he had
been complaining of him. On Saturday Smith
said: Il want to get out of here. and must get
out On Saturday evening when l made my
report, told the warden that Smith wanted to
see him. In the meantime I told Smith that
the warden would be in during the DAY, and
be could see him then. This morning l met
Smith at the cell room with pass in mis- hand
when he said: Here, by GOD, is your pass"
l saw
HE WAS EXCITED.
Just then Dodd and Brown came up, when
Smith said: i suppose I'm to 20 TO the hole
for thisF" 1 replied yes and sent after my
handouts. At the dungeon door | told him
10 step up and be searched aud haudcuffed.
He said, NO, / have nothing in my pockets
and III be ID IT III allow you TO handcuG
me, and appeared very much excited. He
declared there were not enough men in the
institution 10 shacke him. He knew the
handouts meant 70 20 TO the wall and did not
propose 10 allow me to put them on him. He
sprang inside of the dungeon. l again warned
him, but still he would not obey Suddenly
he spit on his hands and started at me. /
then drew my revolver and fired.
Mr.. Reed was the last witness examined.
His testimony was finished about 3 o'clock.
after which the jury visited dungeon "A. "
the one Smith was TO have been put in.
After examining it and the surroundings
carefully, the jurors returned TO the war
den's Office. Here they entered and rendered
verdict, after short deliberatiOn, TO the
effect that Frank Smith. the deceased con-
Wet, came to his death by u gun shot ut the
hands or W. G.. Reed. acting deputy war
den, while in the performance Of his official
duty.
Smith was sent up from Winora county for
thirteen years on two indictments Last
summer he, together with two Other men,
robbed Il man on a country road. They were
ali arrested and convicted on Oct 81. smith
got IL years, 10 for robbery and for being
armed with Il dangerous weapon. He was a
single man, aged % years, feet 81 inches in
height, weight 100 pounds, with dark hair
fair complexion and blue eyes. He was born
IN Ohio, and came Ia WiuOna county from Chi
cago about two years ago. He could read and
write, but aid not correspond with any person
Very little of the killing was known till
noon, after which il spread rapidly and
created quite sensation. Mr.. Reed appears
10 have the sympathy of the community, and
public opinion justifes him in killing Smith
Reed has been employed at the prison for six
or seven years. He is II married man. aged
about 80 years Old, and resides at the corner
of Myrtle and Greeley streets He is Of a
quiet disposition and well liked. Those who
are best acquainted with him would have
thought him the last man to kill anybody.
| Smith makes the third convict shot aud killed
at the prison. In 1859 one was shot by
Robert Davis, a guard, while attempting to
escape, and in 1879 convict named Butts
was shot and killed by Deputy Warden Abe
Hall in self-defense.