Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-14
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zane Of fonrlonc tino mr.; sonars from Al.
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u1ei u .'se issuiar arliy Who no." ilves ~
| ss v. iawas pret.y lorclniy re-
minced Of an experience y once had on
Aicatraz With prlsoner-of the only
| tlIne IN my HE, III iacf' when eyer
dropped undel me gun on wfiicn occasion
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eltners g Ahi'asatlng nor entertaining.
was soldieflhg as a DUCK private
! With ohe oe liie Two artsiiesy palterles
/: slatloneo on 4Aicatfaz lsland, which IS
I sesells acre fock tight ~ int hlddle OF
I. I ilsco harpor' ana on most Tor DIDO.
+ aspect some OIL the guard posts We're
\ com paratiNe snaps, ana inc soidler VINO
appeared on guard IN the best shapeas to
ms equipments ana general WSearancc
was given the privilege of picking out
these snaps instead of being compelled to
I walk post two hours on and four off dur
ing his - hour period OF guard duty.
One of the best of these snap tricks was
i that Of the man picked out to be present
4 Mt the -Alcatraz dock, with pistol strap
4 ped around his waist, when the govern
ment tug stopped at the island, as it did
several times day. The only other hit
4 of work that the man on this duty had to
4 do was to get up al o'clock in the
morning, awaken the convict cook who
prepared the prisoners meals, accompany
him to the prison kitchen, a gloomy room
below the prison, against which the wa
. tiers Of the PaciEc storm the year round
and stay with him until the prisoners
breakfast w;is prepared. This wasn't
such bad jsb, for the convict cook al
ways prepared the guard an unusually
good breakfast, if he liked him. Used 10
capture that guard trick every time
mounted guard, and after few months |
got to know he convicts cook pretty we'll
This fellow was an Arizona despera-
do with record named Caldwell He
had enlisted in a cavalry outfit IN Arizo-
ma. stabbed trooper against whom he
, formed grudse. jumped the layout,
!. been captured and given Il year bit
on Alcatraz to do. He had done four
IS years of the stretch when first woke
. him up and conducted him to the kitchen.
Il Caldwell was genuinely bad LOT and no
mistake. But he was a crackerjack cook
having done that work for innnmerable
& ping outfits before enlisting, and they
permitted him to do that work with the
ball and chain to hamper him. When /
4 first took the snap trick that required me
TO accompany Caldwell TO the prison
kitchen, the sergeant Of the guard warn
ed me that I'd better keep weather eye
on the man, that he was a real hard ono
and that it would be the part of wisdom
to keep the flap of my pistol holster un-
buttoned all the time was with him and
also to keep out Of the range of the iron
ball attached to the cooks leg.
One clamnly, foggy morning reused
Caldwell out of his cell with unusual
tile battery mess the evening before by
being late for it. so that l was hungry
and in great shape for some Of caldwell's
fried steak and potatoes and coffee cala-
we'll set TO work getting the meal for
me before he started 10 prepare the con-
victs' breakfast, and when he set it be-
fore me SAL down at the wooden table
u. siYt,sly, hunger making me forget all
aboatssi my JOB 81 keeplns an eye on a
prisoner known 70 be desperate was
eating away while Caldwell clonaped
around the Kitchen. dragging the heavy
bail after hiss, when suddenly | felt a
sharp ing a the holster strapped on my
right sisie- Nslieh !. hopl,ed " Ia Alarm
was too late. Caldwell. with queer
expression IN ms eyes. ilad my gun on
dead me WITH the iniddie OF my fore
mead.
we On. I SAT risht Gown asain and
p looked az SalaweA: y nat else was
lnere 70 DO
" Ell, son. seiu ne 10 me, never tax
i ~ mat gun on my i'e;sd lef an ms tant
4 now o. WOO 90 you ieeiss
Like one VINO lofMefiS was, SAID \,
suip,ns, Misae : ,'is gag. a a., y
N soiIs 20 20 you. SAID Caidwell
win at g 5looA, ana ms eyes were the
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liiat So :, sa'o + w nat nave peen
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Meii, you're one OF en- mats AL
sa a.' saiaN.ii' eosseais' ana you're al
NIKE ~. 20 me.
Now I uaah Ieel ,pit gay, as you
may imagine i ~, iausheu y "hoie lot,
ne = lisi'e siien.
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" nin'' niu Wy 'si'e = =. 'ne gay mus
u u,' .ii'is suis y "i,is my oWn gun
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