Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-27


of the guard from a new plan to es
cape. Seeing the sham fight Drydel
seized an iron bar and started to wher
the men were scutiling. He had gon
but few steps when the deafeninl
report of the guards rifle reverberate'
throughout the immense work shop
When the smoke cleared away Drydel
lay unconscious on the floor. Tht
bullet had torn great hole in hi
thigh and the same night the wounded
man died.
The death of Dryden incidental,
brought to light evidences OF strong
manly, tender sympathy existing in {
convict regarded as one of the mos
desperate criminals in the penitentiary
and from whom one would not expec
q shadow of sentiment. This mar
had previously been known by the
name OF Snow. He has five years yet
to serve on a seven-year sentence fol-
burglary. He mourned Dryden's
death bitterly and asked that he be
permitted to see the body before the fu.
neral. The warden. in some surprise a,
the emotion displayed by the prisoner
asked:
whats he to you? Why are you
80 anxious to see him?"
The prisoner hesitated q moment
A pink spot was visible for moment
on each cheek and then, with defiant
toss OF his head, he replied:
He is my brother"
And in this brief admission the con-
vict gave away his liberty, for he dis
closed his true identity. He is wanted
in Michigan and other States on
charges that will keep him a convict
in one prison or another as long as
his natural life. But all this he &C.
cepted in return for one last look at
the cold face OF his dead brother. The
fate which started this man on a ca
reer OF crime will probably never be
known, but in his short request lie die.
played bravery that perhaps would
have made him q Farragut, or a Mel.
son, or Wellington. had fortune and
circumstances favored him. Dryden
was buried in the prison grave yard
and his number, and the date OF his
death. are all that adorn the little
tombstone at his head. Since Snow
made known his identity he has been
put TO work in the brick yard and is
regarded as desperate man. He is
placed where he can be watched and
any suspicious action would mean an
unerring bullet from the rifle of a
guard stationed in . watch tower near
by.
The jute mill is the great workshop
of the place and is operated with the
precision of an eight-day clock. When
Hon. Joseph C. Painter, of Walla
Wslls, INTRODUCED the bill in the legis.
lature providing for the building oi
the mill, it met with violent opposi-
ton on the ground that the mill could
not be made success and could not
be operated with benefit to the tax
payers. The bill passed in the session
OF 1889-9O and how wise a measure it
was the farmers of this State, especial
ly in Eastern Washington, have al
ready realized. The mill, operating
seventy looms, besides other necessary
machinery, turns out an average of
5000 grain sacks per day and farmers,
instead OF paying from IL to IA cents
for sacks as heretofore, can ordinarily
buy all they require at Elk and one-half
cents. There are now in the ware
house adjoining the mill 1882 200
sacks ready for sale, against 78S,535
sacks at this time last year. There is
in stock 1850 bales of jute, enough to
make $4,000 sacks. By August this
stock will have been consumed and
another shipment of 1000 bales direct
from Calcutta will be on hand. Twine
is also made in all the different grades
and farmers can buy at 10 cents a
pound instead OF 35 and 40 cents, as
heretofore. Speaking of the mills,
Warden Coblentz said: ave turn out
grain sacks, twine, mating, hop cloth,
kiln cloth, wool bags. ore bags, etc.
II the State, instead of sending away
for carpets and mating, would have
what is needed made right here it
would it would cost but comparatively
little and the taxpayers would receive
as good an article as can be purchased
anywhere in the land"
Mr.. Coblentx' home is at South
Prairie, Pierce county. He was ap'
pointed warden by Gov. McGraw about
q year ago. When he was first in
stalled as warden he had no definite
idea of the capacity OF the jute mill,
80 he hit upon a clever plan to make
each man do his best. There was one
man in the mill whose loom wove a
great deal more cloth each day than
any other machine. When Sunday
arrived the warden sent the energetic
weaver . fine chicken dinner served
on China dishes. OF course the other
prisoners felt slighted, but they took
the cue and worked hard the follow
ing week, so that by Sunday there
were about dozen men who we're en-.
titled TO good dinners, and they got
them. The next Sunday nearly every
man in the mill was deserving oi
chicken and so the warden treated
them all. But on Monday morning
the observing warden fred . bomb
into the camp of the convicts, for
when they lined up for their days
work he addressed them as follows
"l have noticed that you are capable
when working for chicken dinner, ol
weaving 13O yards OF sack cloth each
per day. You have set the pace and