The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-27
BATTLE WITH CONVICTS.
GUARD ATTACKED FOR ENF0RC-
ING THE RULES.
I'm. Prisoner Killed Outright. Another Be-
riou.Iy wounded and the Guard In
iursd-Csuse Of tho Trouble.


demic of assaults upon guards at the
ONO penitentiary, which began ABOUT
elk months ago. eliminated this morn
ing In a bloody encounter, in when one
prisoner was shot and instantly killed,
another dangerously wounded win
pistol ball in his leg. and guard serious
~ injured by being beaten over the head
with q bar OF iron. The shooting oc-
CURED in Reynolds foundry, ana only
a few moments after the men had maich-
ed 10 the snOps Tor the Gay WORK.
The ConVICts VINO participated III tie
affair were Joseph - Day, tuy hOsa
prisoner, serving a two years sehteIiCe
Tor forgery: JOnn ilsrK, LOraln count "
prisCner. serving two years for robbery,
ana John Bird, serving one year. iIOiii
rankin county, iof ShootIhs' ~
mountlng-room In the fouh9r! nus i00 d
some time been in a state OF terror lhe
prisoners being In the habit or DONG d9
they pleased. The officials tried 10 stop
this. and on last Saturday Guard :. D..
1enspe Ol COWmblana rCun&, was
placed on duty IN that department Sc'N
cral OF the holder prisoners IN the SHop
began at once throwing out hlnts 70 ~
guard that il ne wanted to retain ms
residence in America he mad better not
attempt TO enforce the rules.
INFORMED or The PLOT.
Guard Temple is rated as one Of the
braVest and most efficient guarGS AT the
penitentiary, and consequently these NJ
lie bluffs uId not scare MIN IN the led7I
from performing his duty. He sized ~
the men he had TO deal with, ana saw az
once that O'Day the Cleveland prisoner
was the leader OF the gang. MOhuaS
morning Temple had occasion 10 report
- Day for violating the rules - l'ay
and his pals at once threatened ven
geance and Christmas morning. when
the men were at breakfast, Temple was
Informed that a plot had been Matched
TO Kill him. and he was advised by TRENDS
to arm himself and be prepared Tor the
attack. Prior 10 this time Temple had
never carried weapon OF any ,hIhu'
but decided TO act on the advice, ana PuI =
chased a Smith q W essen revolver oil
the best make He hardly expected Una 1
the men would carry out their threat
and when he reported at the founary
for duty this morning he had almost ms
missed the subject from his mind. Bhl
the prisoners had not given the plot up
by any means. but. on the other hdnu
were more determined than ever of rid
ding the shop Of an official who dared 10
DO ms duty
7:&0 o'clock As usual, and just as ne
stepped inside the building ODay. Burk.
and Bird grabbed him and proceeded TO
carry out their threat Of doing MIN up
rHe GUARD ATTACKED.
Burk caught Temple by the throat
Bird held him by the hands and O'Day
struck him on top of the head with an
iron bar. Temple succeeded in getting
his hands on his revolver. but the
prisoners prevented him from taking j.
from his pocket. a desperate struggle
then cnsued. between the prisoners and
guard. each striving 70 secure me
weapon. Get me a knife, shouted
@ Day. land I'll cut his throat.
Several Of the guards I'm the other de-
partments heard the scufiie and rushed
to Temples rescue.
Guards Fulton and Butler were among
the first to arrive, and they threatened
IL in lHT
ceeded in dragging them off of Temple
who by this time was covered with blood
which flowed from the wound on his
head. I'm the meantime Temple had hred
two shots from his revolver, having
aimed them at Reuben Gardner a Wood
county prisoner whom ODay had
asked to get knife. Oae struck Gardner
on the leg and passing through, came
painful wound. Temple fred the shot
without taking his revolver from his
pocket and when. a few minutes later.
the guards came to his rescue. ne took
the revolver out and deliberately aiming
il at ODay. shot him dead.
Temple claimed that when he fired the
fatal shot O'Day had turned TO renew
the assault on him. CONSERVATION reign
ed supreme.
RTFUsID TO SURRENDER THE WEAPON.
Prisoners ran in all directions and the
guards were at first afraid to take a
hand in the affair for fear Of being shot
Temple stood in the middle Of the floor
with the smoking revolver in his hand
and refused 10 give il up. He was daZei
by the severe blow he received on the
head. and it was only after the weapon
had been taken from him that he uld
be induced to 20 TO the hospital Dr.
lreton examined his injuries and found
him 10 be suffering from a severe bruisa
on the Top Of his head. but nothing TO
indicate that his injuries will prove fatal.
ODay. who already had been pro-
nounced dead. was carried 10 the hospital
Coroner Herbst then held pOst-mortcm
examination and found where the bullet
had entered the left side, passed through
the fifth rib, and. piercing the lung lodged
Just under the skin on the right s'1a.
O'Day was rated as q bad prisoner. haV-
ing been In several different scrapes.
He had sixty days Of his cool time
taken off last Nav for assaultiug Da-
mond Herring. a guard. He was twenty
three years old and the place of his
nativity is given on the prison records as
DeedWOod. :. -.