The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-31
THEIR FAILURE
WAS COMPLETE
Folsom COnvicts Had Not the
Ghost of a Show 10 Escape.
DUNGEONS FOR PLOTTERs
ONE OF THE WOUNDED MEN
WILL DIE.
. ACRAMENTO. Cal. Dec. SO.-Abso-
~ lutte quiet reigned at Folsom prison

y lutte quiet reigned at Folsom prison
this morning after the sensational
incidents of yesterday afternoon, when
a number of prisoners at work on the
rock crusher in the quarry attempted
to escape
Guard Charles jolly, who was shot
in the neck by one Of the bullets fred
by a fellow guard in the effort TO quell
the mutiny passed a good night. with
out narcotics. and ii is believed this
morning that he will recover.
The condition of Captain of the
Guards r. ]. Murphy, who was stabbed
in the neck two or three times by con-
viets. and received a stray shot in the
leg. is not serious.
In the case of jolly the element of
danger still exists in possible blood
poisoning. as the wound is an ugly one.
extending from the back of the neck
to the front of the jaw.
Will Probably Die.
The four wounded convicts under
treatment in the prison hospital are do
ing we'll with the exception Of F. Queda
doing life for murder committed in Los
Angeles. He was shot in the abdomen
and will probably die.
AUtOpsies will be held bv Coroner
ppI HiiNg III NHN Eases OF W MOIdleS pl
Mary county, ]. Quinlan of San Fran
ciesco and H. c. Hill of Placer. the
three cOnspirators killed by the guards
in the fight.
1t is not yet known how many con-
victs were party to the plot to break
prison. but Warden Yell Is conducting
q rigid inquiry I'm order to determine
the extent of the plan and fix the re-
sponsibility upon the originators
Captain Murphy, who was taken by
the convicts and used by them as
shield against the bullets of the guards.
was seen this morning. by a Bee report
or AT Folsom. Captain Murphy was
confined to his bed by the injuries
which he received, but stated that he
was feeling all right with the excep-
ton Of severe soreness.
Murphy Interviewed
The wounded official was asked to
give an account of his experience with
the cOnvicts in their attempted break
for liberty, and did So
1T started to rain about o'clock"
said Captain Murphy, and I decided
that I had better bring the men in II
cleared up. however. and told them 10
keep at work. Shortly after this I
heard the rock crusher making an I'M
usual amount OF noise and asked what
the trouble was. was informed that
siedge hammer was i'm the crusher.
and so ordered the machine stopped
that the hammer might be removed. I
went to the crusher intending 10 have
all the hammers collected. so that ii
could be ascertained whose hammer
went Into the crusber Each hammer
is numbered and charged up TO the
man to whom it is given in order that
an ATTEMPT ia break the crusher could
be blamed to the right person.
Armed With an Umbrella.
After going to the crusher Convict
Finley came rushing at me with his
hands i'm the air. holding a knife The
thought of its being another attempt
| to break prison did not occur to me.
The thought that Immediately came 10
me was that this was an attempt 10
| get me-
81 only had an umbrella. but used
that to poke Finley in the body. but
he kent coming after me and finally
| he and Hill grabbed and forced me to
come with them. They led me up the
stairs to the platform leading across
| the canal Going up the stairs I tried
| to throw myself down, but the two
pulled me up and kept me going Fin
J back, forcing me on. My back was
| cut number of times by jabs from
/ this knife.
The men told me that they did not
| intend to hurt me. but they continued
| TO use the knife as a goad ] asked
them what they intended 10 do and was
| informed that they intended to get out.
That's foolish, boys, you will all be
killed, I said.
Guards Opened Fire.
Hall stopped and said. Wait a min
( ute. boys and let's talk this over but
! the others called TO him to come on and
| he did. We went across the gangway
/ over the canal and down onto the rail-
road track We had not gone more
! than five or six feet along the track
/ before the guards opened Are Hill
| was helping Finley drag me along.
when he suddenly fell TO the ground
! shot. I received a shot I'm the thigh
! and threw myself forcibIy 10 the
! ground breaking loose from the men
| holding me up. The guards then poured
! a fusilade of shots into the prisoners
standing on the track and the break
was over. The men, including myself
fell i'm heap not any larger than could
be covered by this bed sheet"
! In describing the fight with Finley
for the possession Of the knife Captain
| Murphy stated that he kept hold OF
/ the hand in which Finley carried the
! knife. After Murphy had thrown him
self to the ground on being shot. Hill
and Finley pulled him 20 his feet
again. but Hill fell dead a few feet
( further on. While the other convicts
were being moved down Finley and
Murphy were fighting for possession OF
the knife. Guard Harris came along
I but was una bic for some time TO gel
& a Gh0f IN EfsA1e1- he LOT