Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14

News reporter, ''and some OF them are
so ungratefui that they want TO leave
without stopping TO say goodbye.
| ut Is an easy matter for an outsider
70 say. OIL we'll, they'd never keep me
In there. Id get out somehow but
thu same person. II he ever did get In.
would find II dialcutt matter TO o..
cape
"Stlu tho prisoners do not yield to
their fate rs passivcIy as might be ex.
pocted. There are always men In hero
who arc too lazy 70 make move. and I
verify bolievo II tho doors wero left
open they wouldn't have ambition
enough u walk out They arc mover
criminals OF any note; too lazy oven to
commit big crime.
''Ilut thore Is another eat Of fellows
who mood tho ciosest watching. They
arc tho professional robbers. burglars
and thieves. They would a. soon hit
guard on tho bead and snatch his koys
as cat their dinner. They don't care
two straws about cutting mans throat.
and. knowing that when tried they will
probably got long prison sen tence. are
rather reckless Ia their conduct They
keep. quiet and orderly. because they
know II pays TO do SO: but give them
once chance and they would mako
break for liberty. Some of tho most
export burglars get In hero at times,
and. tell you. Il Just keeps us busy 70
hold those mon. They are men who
can take almost any material and make
any kind OF key out u L. Here IL one
sample OF their work. and tho taller
produced largo woodcu key.
II was made from the rovnd OF a com.
mon wooden chair. and vss ~ finely IN.
ished as any key could b. The nanges
for turning tho lock rcd heen made out
OF another piece OF wood. and neatly
fittTd In.
That was the work OF French burg.
lar we had In hers about nino years
ago." said tho jailer. 1T 10 the key TO
the elevator. and works bettes than oae
nwn. How ho got tho stuff don't know,
hut he managed n secure the wood and
whittie Il out lie nevcr had chance
tn usc Il. however. for discovered It In
time and took posscssios. ucrc 10 another
KEY that was madc fc~ tho elevator by
the notorious Alex Mckay. This IL Of
zinc. and was havdcs joh for the makcr
than tho wooden one.~ Tho key was
an.'tbor dse piec~ OF mechanism, being
made from scbuak OF siuc that had bcsu
Ut into the right shape With pockot-
.nifc.
The jailes had no lack Of these KEYS
s'mo made from zinc. othsrs tin. iron
and wood. and ono curious-iookiuRk cy
bad been made from . little tin tubc
and piccN OF wood. Another one was
composed OF tho wire OF peach basket
and the handle OF pail. They were all
In tho, iocxsuith limo. and
showed tho ingenuity OF tho men who
bad made them. Common table-knives
were 80 notrhed up as TO be made keys,
and pocket-kuives wero also called into
rcquisiuon. Most Of the keys wcro In.
tended for the elevator. and Jailor Fols
explained why that was 50. u.
1T would do tbom no good to mako |
keys for their cell doors. and thcy mover
Lttompt 1t. Eve. wc~e the doors noe |
'rkcd they could not get out A long
I'd runs the cntirc length OF each row
cells ovnr the door. preventing IL |
rom being opened except whom the rod |
raised. which Is dono at the end BY |
+" Of tho guards. who twists up .
.k'-whcci. This brake wheel Is locked. |
whenever tho coll doors are closed
~" rod lowered the prisoners arc
fast within But II. dur,
lime, they can get tho elevator =
rhey can get down " the kitchen. com
I'm through the laundry. out into ib'
,iIjce. and then take their chances OF
,etting mast the man at the door. III
,be move was made 1t night and the
nan ON guard at the door was over
covered the scheme would work. some
vears ago q scheme was concocted oy
which . number OF prisoners were 70
oscape. The ring-leaders planned 70
have a. small explosion take place In the
west end Of the Jail. and while the
guards would make rush TO SEQ what
WAS the matter, a certain number were
m take one OF these elevator keys. go
down that way and make . dash TOR no
crty. Tho plan was feasible. but We
nippsd it in the bud and had the ring
leaders In the dungeon before thcy
knew what the matter was.
Another time two prisoners escaped
nv cutting through the ceiling and
,,e.tjng out on the roof, but they were
rantured two days later. A number OF
the prisoners here at times cut out the
zinc from their ventiIators. hoping to
get down through that way. Any num-
Der OF fruitless efforts are being made.
and we have to be continually on the
watch. I can nearly always tel! when
there Is any mischief on foot. and then
the prisoners and their cells ara
searched." -
THERE has been inaugurated IN Paris
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