The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-09
AGAIN in REVOLT
KNIVES AND CLOTHES FOUND
READY FOR FOLSOM
CONvICTs' USE.

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Abdomen With a Knife
Straightjacket Brought
into Use.
Folsom, Sept, IA new OUT
break of the convicts in Folsom
prison has just been prevented by
timely revelation of plans and the
discovery of some Of. the weapons.
Knives that had been hidden
away near the rock-crusher have
been found, and with them lot of
suits that had been made out of
sacks and were intended for use in
attempts at flight. -
The most dangerous prisoners in
Folsom are kept at work about the
rock-crusher and there is much a.
larm over the new discovery.
Prison officials refuse to talk a.
bout the matter, but it is known
that they are keeping an exception
ally vigilant watch over the men in
stripes and that they are using ey.
cry precaution to prevent another
uprising. 1t is stated that the
guards have been instructed to
shoot down the conviets at the first
sign Of ipsubordinaticn with regard
to the safety Of anv prisoner, off :
GERS or others involved, and to pay
no heed to any contrary orders that
may be given In such emergencies
as the recent outbreak. 1t is ap-
parent, however, that the officials
are taking good care to prevent
themselves from being made cap
tives as they we're on the former oc-
casion. @
The COW c have been embold-
ened by the success of someof the
men who participated in the recent
outbreak, and there is general feel
ing Of sullen regret among the more
desperate long-termers that they
did not take advantage of the occa-
sion.
Little information can be obtain
ed from the prison authorities about
the new find of weapons and SACK
cloth suits, but that there was such
a discovery is admitted by some of
the minor officers.
1.-THE knives and suits were found
as the result of a statement made
by one of the prisoners who was
threatened with the straightjacket,"
says well-known official, and it is
evident that the convicts were
ready for another outbreak. We
found one of the knives on the per-
son of 'Rsdshirt' Hall, who Is WE'LL
known to be very dangerous man,
and then a large collection of
knives, some of them pretty ugly
looking, were found near the rock
crusher. 1 do not know just what
the plan for the proposed outbreak
was, but it looks as though the kill
ing Of the guards was the main
feature of it.
"sRedshirt' Hall was promptly
thrown into straigbtjacket as a
punishment for carrying the knife
and for the purpose of eliciting
come additional information from
him if possible. Thus far, howev-
er, he bas refused to divulge any
secret Of the murderous gang"
There are scores of knives among
the prisoners, it is said, and a great
many of the weapons had been se-
cxetly distributed before the out
break of a few weeks ago.
Convict Burke made savage at
tack on a fellow-convict named
Brown last week, and that was
probably the incident that led to
the general discovery of the weap-
ons, although there has been a
strcng suspicion that weapons In
tended for use in the project of a
general prison delivery were still
hidden away. Burke and Brown
were standing in line inside the
prison building when they got into
a fight. Burke drew the knife and
slashed Brown across the abdomen,
inficting a not very dangerous
wound.
The knife, long and well.sharp-
ened weapon, was passed along the
line after the cutting, and although
the officers made an Immediate and
careful search, the knife was not
found until more than 48 hours af-
terward.
This was another occasion for the
use of the straightiaeket. which