Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-12

subsequent Jail break, we're on the ash
gang and had charge OF carrying out
the ashes II was easy for an accom-
pllce to throw the Guns over the wall
at o designated time and for the two
conviets to be on hand ready to conceal
the "ironR' under their clothing and
cary them into their cells
ONE MORE STORY.
sou srothtt tstf 81 frihcomlq
relative TO the delivery a. l." MAT
an ex-convict whose term expired on
June 81, is responsible for the state
ment that the guns were smuggled into
the prison four days before he was re-
leased. The first revolver was taken
into the penitentiary by James Smith, a
colored boy, who was a trusty working
outside.
WHAT MAIR SAYS.
MAR tells hi. story as follows:
when Smith came i'm that night he
protested to be suffering terribly with
cramps. When the guard who admitted
him asked him what the matter was, he
said
"For Gods sake don't touch me
herel'
"As he said this he indicated his
stomach, and said he was In fearful
pain. He had the revolver and ammu-
milton inside his clothes against his
stomach at the time, He was subject
TO cramps, and his story was believed
by the guard on this account, lie
showed me this gun n day or two after
ward and asked:
"Iow would you like to have this7'
HID THE GUN.
81 told him my time was too short>
He then told me how he got 1t and
what II wrs for. II had been taken out
from the city by James Brolles, who
had been sent up for the Corianton
hold-up, and later pardoned He Is
partner Of Waddell, Broiles hid tho
gun under the bridge over Parley's
lust south OF the penitentiary, and
Smith took it In from there. MY time
was out on the 9th, and Smith came
out some time later Soon after this
met Smith one night and asked him
where he was going. He told me out
to the penitentiary. | asked him what
for. He told me to take gun and
ammunition. told him he could not
get In. lie said he intended TO hide the
articles under the bridge and that they
would be taken In from there. | saw
him afterward, and he then told me
that the stuff had been taken In by
shorty williams. He told me that
Majors and Waddel were engineering
the scheme and that II was TO be pulled
on In October during conference. II
possible.
COMPLETE SYSTEM.
"The prisoners have q complete sya-
tern of passing things In and out OF
the penltcntiary. When there Is dan
ger OF a search they pass out their guns
and things like that. | thought that
! when Smith showed me his gun in the
pen that he was trying me, and that II
had peached and a search was made
nothing would be found and | would
be on the black list
But after he told me the whole story
and got to thinking on what 1t meant
l concluded that II was my duty to give
information. ! had special reason Tor
this, Jacobs, the guard. was a friend OF
my fathers, and / felt that II there
was shooting he would be pretty sure
TO be one OF the ones hurt, and deter
mined to prevent this,
TOLD HARRIS.
II went TO Fisher s, Harris and told
him all knew | went to him because
he wns member OF the board or cor
rections. and had befriended me In
many ways. felt under obligations TO
him | had still another reason for
telling the story at this time ana that
Is that Mrs Haworth Is charged with
taking the guns Into the penitentlary
She had nothing whatever to do with Il,
and | want 10 sec the little woman
| have fair play Havorth had nothing
| to do with the plot, and knew nothing
about It tin his cell was opened. Ma
| jors and Waddel had the matter en-
| tlroly to themselves for long time,
and II Is only lately that the others
were let In on It,"
TRUE. SAYS HARRIS.
Mr., Harris this morning stated to the
News" that MARS story. In the main,
was true with the exception that the
| man gave him no names When MAR
| was released he said, Tho came to
me and asked me to do something for