The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-14
USED THEIR GUNS.
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NIT to you, gentlemen of the jury, that
the officials of the prison were prima-
rily responsible for their outbreak.
They opened up to them the fresh air
them to escape. All ask of you jurors
Is to look at the faces of these prison.
ers, listen to the testimony, and then
do your duty under your OATH
1t will be part of the effort of the de-
Tense to prove that the discipline at the
United States prison, prior to the mu-
tiny, was unusually severe. Among the
witnesses will be two or three ex-
knowledge of conditions there That
Attorney Waters does not place all
faith in this feature of his defense is
evident from the fact that none of the
examined upon this point. Waters, is
expected to make a masterful plea in
defense of his five clients.
FRANCIS 4. Kinds, superintendent of
construction. gave a nara ton of the
l'eYentS of the afternoon of the nautiny.
With Chief of Guards Arthur Trelford.
II II. Bowen, a foreman,-afaas-W W.
SarrolI, another foreman, Kinds was
the mutlny and saw the first occur
rences of the outbreak. He told a lucid
Wen connected story of the entire af-
ternoon. Under oath he said: So
| Trelford and 1 were sitting in the
offlce Of the new prison discussing
some work we proposed to carry out
| 1t was somewhere about $50 O'Clock
When some one raped on the office
door and 1t was Immediately thrown
open. Mr.. Trelford stepped to the door
! 10 see what was wanted and Convict
+ Rating presented a revolver at him
saying, Come. boys, we want you He
ordered me to step out and also Mr..
4 Bowen. who had been in a rear room
for drink of water. Hating stood at
one side of the door with a 3S-caliber
revolver; Hewitt stood in front with a
40; Gus Parker stood at one side with
an iron poker, and w O. Murry an
preached from the corner of the house
with a Ratchet in his hand. He had
been cutting the telephone wires.
LINED THEM UP
Placing Mr.. Trelford and I before
them. holding us with their hands and
keeping a revolver on each of our
shoulders we were lined up. While lin
ing US up Hewitt said, - - you
you have made us line up los of times
Now it is your turn AS soon as they
were ready the convicts marched us
toward the west sally post where there
is an iron cage at the gateway. On the
way over Hewitt called to Mr.. Carroll,
who was at one side, to come with us
At the same time he pointed his re-
volver at him. Carroll came. The cage
is built of twelve-foot steel bars and
forms double gate so that a team
can drive in and stand inside
while it is being locked and the other
gate opened. 1t prevents there being
continuous opening through the prison
wall
Guard John Hoffman was stationed
in guard box directly over the gate
AS we approached he raised his gun but
was afraid to fire for fear of hurting
us. Convict sKating raised his pistol
and told him to drop his arms and
| come down Hoffman hesitated but
we advised him to obey. and he com
Piled Then Convicts Thompson and
| Mullins assembled the ladder to the
guard box to get the arms left by Hoff
man. He got several guns and re-
| volvers. While we stood in the cage
bullets began coming from the north
west corner of the stockade where
! Guard Sullivan was stationed. We got
| farther in out of their way and Con-
Wet Thompson fired several revolver
shots at Sullivan from the guard box
on the gate.
| while we were standing in the cage
| Guard T1elford broke away from Kat
ing and ran outside the .stockades He
was fired upon once as he ran AMI re-
ceived flesh wound above the ankle.
The guns which Thompson secured We're
distributed to the other mutineerS,
| among whom were Fred Robinson. Bob
/ Clark and Turner Barnes. Then the
mutineers started in a southerly direc-
ton along the stockade wall toward
Guard Burrows box. Burrows saw us
coming I saw him working :he lever
| on his gun but he fired no shots. He
turned. and as he entered his box fell
He was wounded but was able to throw
down some guns which he had.
| Guard Waldrupe was in a guard box
on the south wall near the south gate.
BY the time we approached him con-
/ siderable number of new convicts had
! Joined u.s. There had been some shoot
ing near Waldrupe's box before we got
there. When 7 saw him he put his gun
out of the window. which was about as
high as his head, and commenced fir
ing The shots were returned proriscii-
ously until 1 saw him fall moment or
two aftervard should say every one
was firing at him. We later found where
40 or 80 shots struck the building. AS
soon as the shooting at TreIford had
stopped L heard Hewitt exclain "Cons
on. Let's get out of here" Then several