Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-12
MATERIALS DULY CONSIDERED
r oo,c \ Convict and his Story Did
MOI :lriRc the Authorities as it
Might Have Done
Ne TOLD FISHER HARRIS FIRST,
"a, rbsro Were Two Guns Hidden In
ptl,oa in lnly anl That Scheme
Vas % nrsak in 0Stobtr

,.o-t astonishing story came N
,,ns, tos,y. II WIS verlnef by Fisher
u,,,l- and governor Wells as long
o,m Iuly prisoner who had served
M. lno came to FIN md tolA him as
,,nbsr 81 the state board Of cqrree-
,,.., ,,st two gun" we've At thet tme
b,dsfs N some Of the prison celS ana
MI N, ,chems was to make ois
800 To- liberty IN October ~ Mar
-, i.to-med his Official colleagues enl
Nm, no marked amount OF credcnoe
css attached TO u. apparently In
,.ot.blo tale \ thorough search OF the
,r,,on was made without any result
NAT would confirm tho suspicion, The
,,ss over the story WAS dismissed Ike
scors, 81 other similar ones have been
ofcers and the public alike are sill
sDsolatlny MS 70 who was responsible
FOR the prison outbreak on Friday even
,n, IN Investigation TO determine the
matter vac started Wy Acting Warden
wright early Saturday morning and the
entire prison was searched for evidence
v,edle,s 10 say the convlcts one and all
prottss the profoundest Ignorance as
Ia who smuggled in the guns, how the
lead was secured for the deadly slung
shots which wore manufactured right
urlsr thb very noses Of the guer9s 9od
how the b,nlyes came INTO the hands VI
The Cooperate men.
STILL TWO THEORIES.
Two theorie sare advanced; one that
Mrs. Haworth brought in the weapons
under her dress on Thursday when she
called at the prison and fervently en-
bracei her condemned husband; the
other that the TRUSTEES were RESPONSE
bl, The latter theory seems to be the
correct one in the face of Developments,
While searching Waddells cell on
saturday afternoon note In Majors
handwriting was discovered, 1t was
addressed to Jack PenBlass, an eH-
convict who was released from the
prison on Oct, 3 after serving his term
for robbery near ogden in 1901.
MAJORS NOTE.
II was brief and to the point and
showed that there had been some pre-
,lous discussion OF plot TO escape II
read;
ola PHILIPPIANS have been changed.
Throw the irons over the wall into the
ash pile You know the rest,
II IL the theory that the unsigned
note was prepared by Majors, who en-
trusted It TO Waddel to hand II to n
rusty, who In turn would pass II along
80 that Il would reach Its destination.
Needless to say, the word irons re-
fers to revolyers or other weapons;
mat Is the common term among crlmi-
mails for such articles.
PENGLAss A MODEL.
Penglass was model prisoner, and
70 We'll did he behave himself that he
was made member of the farm gang
ana worked on the prison ranch under
we eye OF Guard Hilton, whose gun
aid such execution on Friday evening.
STILL ANOTHER NOTE.
stlll another note was found yester-
Gay on the person Of Abe Majors, who
undoubtedly was the moving spirit In
tae murderous attempt to escape. Ma
Iors was put into stripes and his cloth
ing searched with the result that the
note between two sheets OF paper was
iound pinned inside the lining of his
vest Besides the letter n number OF
postage stamps were found. The let
yer was addressed to Jack Pengass,
IVY south First West street, Salt Lake.
Inns was signed and read as follows.
Friend Penglass--As YOU insisted. I
WIN not speak again TO you for fear OF
erousing suspicion, but as have
changed the plans, | must inform you.
instead OF throwing the rods into the
second grade yard, throw them over
we wan Into the ash dump, Just north
VI me boller-room. IL you agree with
ue that this Is best. return this note
as It ls Your friend,
"a. n. MAJORS"
IN addition among the papers was
w%und an address OF Mrs. Florence
"ebb' Payson. Utah.
LOOKING FOR PENGLAss.
The prison officials and the police are
agw actively looking for mt PEN
sTss WIN the object In view OF having
,. neart-to-heart talk with him on mat
w Wy pertaining to the outbreak. The
tun taken from Abe Majors also is
bSs,hg shown around among the second
~ oSna dealers with the object in view
II 'certalhlng Just who purchased It.
y Is a small weapon, one easily CON
ssrsed' 81 caliber. blue barrel and OF
smith & Wesson make.
WENT TO ToNoPAH.
Mnen Penglass left the prison Il was
AIen out that he had gone 10 rononah
bs ne Ionopah authorities accordingly
v oeen notified to check ND on the
Soo,,ssoonNict' Subsequent Developments
bebn, 70 me TACT that while this we'll
t rni rusty was engaged In pas
s Msl pursuits on the prison farm he was
MAY, Instrumental In passing in for
s crpuen articles to his less fortunate
Ma1taInons within the prison walls.
ieagls and Corners, two OF the ring
"SlsvS IN the attack ON the ,,i,arda ora