Evening star., 1897-04-12
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"A SINGULAR ENGURSION.
Transfers of Convist. From One
Prison to Another

Prison to Another,
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, April 12.-Prob-
ably the largest transfer Of prison convicts
mat ever took place in, this country was
successfully carried out today. Two hum
dred and ninety-one prisoners from the
Michigan City prison were put on a special
Monon train and. TAKEN TO Jeffersonville
"hlle from the latter place a5S, prisoners
were sent here. The utmost secrecy was
observed as to. the time, Of departure. even
the guards selected. to aseampany the pris.
oIers from here being kept in Ignorance
yesterday at noon the gates of the prison
were locked and the tedious Job Of select
ing the prisoners to be transferred was be-
gun. lhls consumed most of the afternoon
Inc men were then, given an extra sumner
a'iu locked In their cells for the night
Al o'clock th.s morning the zeal uor,-
" me transfer began. The PRISONERS were
,outeu Out and ten seiec ted guards assisted
~ niaeAsiiiIths m;e IN rNetlng the shackies on
.ne piisohers. Two at q tine they were
taken from their cells and the'r Iers
shachieu. About two hours tinfe was CON
suhleu III t!Hs, and then the PRISONERS were
l ei ~ .he dlhihg room for the last lime
"heie breakfast was served them
w nile tbs was going on the train which
was " convey the prisoners to Jefferson
stiIe was packed into the north gate II
tsi i.seu Oh nlne cars, the nrst coach a
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one car for the militia, Compauv A of In
uiahapolS. who were to. a ssist iIi qua rdinp
the prisoners, and one for the press As
soon as breakfast was finished the men
were lined up and marched to the train
First came the invaIids. eight of th,,n, 'w,,n
were conveyed to their car in cots: then the
tes' oI the motley crowd, stumbling from
tI0e tne unacc toned leg. shackles, were
tr,,s,ie, oii poard. Three guards and two
'rus tles We're locked in each car
livery precaution had been obear,oa
asahisl an outbreak. The windows were
NOT not barred, but everything that might be
useu as weapon had been removed even
the doors removed from the water closets
ana the air brake apparatus taken aS,av
! ne guards mad no weapons except their
heavy canes but the prisoners were NOT
a,ioweu 10 ieaye their. seats, anything they
might require being brought to them auJ
orders mad been given to shoot at the first
head that was poked out of a window.
Al o'clock all was in readiness, and one
oI tne most remarkable excursions ever
undertaken started on the journey south
The Monon officials had taken every nre
caution to insure the safety of the trains.
EVERY foot of track between here and Jef-
iersonvi!le was inspected fifteen minutes
De1ore the trains passed, and every bridge
was carefully examined five minutes before
went over. Even the switches were
spiked. and the trains were given the right
OF way over everything. No stops were
made for crossings Gov Mount having
given permission for this violation of the
state law, and no stops were made except
LOT tne purpose of changing engines or
taxing water. The train was in personal
charge OF. F. W. Quimby, trainmaster of
the Monon. and the crew was composed of
picked men,, veterans in the service, who
could be relied upon in an emergency. The
Monon- Wrecking train was. under orders all
day, ready to start at moments notice In
case of accident
Scenes Mt Jeffcrsonville.
JEFFERsoNy1LLE, 99pH, 9plag April 12--The
first step toward putting into effect the
prison reform ldw,~ passed by the last
general assembly Of Isidinna, having for
its purpose the reformation OF the penal
system. was taken. tliasi morning when a
train loaded with conviats serving SEN
tenees in. the JeffersonNiHe prison started
on its journey to MichigapsC City. The north
ern and southern Institutions are to here
after serve, two DISTINCT purposes The
institution at Jeffersohtilie becoriies the
Indiana reformatcry, Shile tine Michigan
City prison is to be knS&h az the Indiana
state prison. The effect wifi be to separate
the hardened and confirmed criminals,
from the frst-term prisoners under thirty
years of age. The latter class remains In
the southern institution, While the former
are transferred north. A transfer sf GRIM
extreme northern. and southern borders Of
indiana 9as never before taken place in
There. were, ,.s78 prisoners at jefferson
vile this morning, the largest In the nris-
on's history. OF thsse $50 were on the
train which left here at 9 O'Clock for the
north. The train carrying these men was
made UP Of one baggage car. used for hos
pital purposes: eight coaches, containing
an average Of fifty prisopers zach; one par
lor car, for use of prison ofi1cials railroad
officials and newspaper reporters.
Twenty-eight men belonging to Company
~ HH Nnvxy ltSav1 ,wfo To will fSu
panied the train. i.,ss
The Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg- -SchWer-
in died last night at Cannes, France, He
was born March 10, 1851, and was a son OF
Friedrich FRANK n ana Princess Augusta
OF Reuss-Sehleix.
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