Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10

arc set to work breaking
stones
Working In the shops sorting the hair
for saddle Elrthr. Prisoner Maxwell
the Gprnrville bank robber was seen.
lie n "a man u desperate character.
lie held up the officers of the SPRING
VILE bank last year and escaped with
his booty. but was later surrounded by
a posse " mon. hiH partner was killed.
while one uf the posse, Mr. Allen of
SpHngylllc. was shot in the leE
a man with u very Intelligent face.
wearing a heavy muHtacho. was IS
peciaiiy noticed by the reporter This
was Cabrll tho dcfnuitcr. whnno two
yearn VIII be- ~ In December
MORAL INFLUENCE.
Another element IN reform IL the In.
fuence thrown about the inmates. Idle.
nefs h not permitted Each one has
"a certain tack to do but N he IL In
duHttious he can nnluh u early In the
afternoon and be- free Tor the remainder
~ the time. 10 study. 10 walk about
within the Enclosure 10 play the organ,
or To read In the library. The library
fund ~ maintained by making a charge
NJ 10 cents Tor each person who visits
the prison. There n $3.50 now In the
fund A considerable collection ~
good books ~ on tho shelves. ana 500
worth OF now books n about 90 De
added. No state papurH are permitted
In thu prison. but the wcekliCH and
magazines from other places are on the
shelves. A class in spanish was ro-
citing as the reporter went into tho
dining room, In tho chapel one Inmate
was playing ON tho organ Services
are held IN this chapel every sunday,
on the nrst Sunday " each month. the
t.attor-dny Saints conduct services
there. then follow Catholics Method
lntH. prsHbytcriuuH. and others on sue
cesHtvc sundays Al religious demo-
limitations are welcomed IN their EFFORTS
70 DO good Tor the prisoners bible
classes are held throughout tho year
Solitary confinement In the dark cell
Il the most usual method o. punish
ment. and resort Is not often had, to
other modes,
HOW BISHOP ESCAPED.
Here II was that Prisoner Bishop
escaped" said the warden, when a
certain point NJ the south wall near the
east corner was reached.
How ala he manage ~" asked the
reporter.
Tho warden conducted the reporter
Into the coll In which the prisoner had
been confined. The thin iron plate on
the floor had been looacnod. Through
this the prisoner had got down into the
Workshop. where he had taken NUM-
Der OF thin hair ropes, used by the In.
mates Ia making the saddle glrthu sold
By the warden lie had twisted a
number Of these together and had made
% hook out ~ "a piece " pipe, He tlcd
this hook Co the end OF the long hair
rope. ana in some manner, probably by
climbing up a porch and outer stair
way on the inner court, he had gained
the roof of the main buildlug, II was
that dark and worry stormy night pres
crdlnE Decoration day a fact which
mainly accounts Tor his not being OBJ
served By the guard In his tower or on
his beat The man threw the hook
30 that Il caught upon the iron rail-
which supports the guard walk and
then, fastening the other end ~ the
rope 90 one ~ the brick pillars ON
tho roof he slid across the rope and
dropped down ON the outside. He has
not yet been retaken.
THE DARK CELL.
This cell" said the warden, stop
ping In front ~ an open iron door Of
one OF the long rows. 'ia the dark col
I told you Of which Is used as q coll
for solitary confinement, as a punish
mont for characterization. or Tor d
breach ~ prison discipline,
The reporter stepped inside the coll
and began TO imagine himself shut ~
that little iron box The warden fol-
lowed and closed the door after him
Blnckor than midnlght--ail was Inks
darkness, and feeling " depression
irreslstibly crept over the mind, ar tn
warden went on 90 remark that thli
was "a good. quiet retreat FOR medlta'
ton and reflection. II was indeed, Ih'
place seemed stilllng yet thorc u
good provision for ventilation, nnt
perhaps after the first few moments
solitary confinement In that little dun
Heon ~ not 80 horrible as 10 the unao
phistlcated mind Of the reporter Il a
irst appeared
CONDEMNED TO DIE,
Then the warder stopped near a Ger
tain cell and spoke 10 a guard In
quiet tone II was the cell In whicl
condemned murdorora are kept unit
a. - aN.L