Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-26
CONVICT DIES WITH SECRET
Wounded Prisoner at jefferson City Refuses
TO Peach on Associates
PLOT BELIEVED TO BE EXTENSIVE
OmciaIs of Penitentiary Fear that
Prisoners Have Arms and EHpIo-
sives for Another Attempt
for Liberty.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Nov. 25-Con-
Wet Charles Blake Of Grundy county. who
was shot during the mutiny at the state
penitentiary yesterday, died during the
night. Writing on his death bed, Blake
would only moan: You don't know US;
I'll never tell" and that is all the author1-
ties have learned so far in their efforts to
Ak the responsibility for the outbreak.
Governor Folk sat by the side OF the
dying convict and endeavored 90 persuade
him to make a full confession. He was
followed by officials of the penitentiary
and for several hours they pleaded. threat
ened or offered immunity for a confession
OF the details Of the desperate plot to es-
cape. but Blake steadfastly refused to d.
vulge any information and finally death
sealed his lips.
His death made the third resulting from
the mutiny. Prison officials f. A. Allison
and John w. Clay having been killed at
the prison gate at the beginning OF the out
break. The wounded men-Deputy Warden
See. Guard J. K. Young, Convicts Harry
Vaughn and Charles Raymond-an will re-
cover.
OmciRI COnnnivRnce Feared.
Connivance and assistance by some at
tache Of the prison Is strongly suspected
and the investigation that Is being made
will be of the most rigid character. This
much has been discovered, that forty-five
caliber revolvers 100 cartridges and two
hslf-pint bottles Of nitroglycerine were Sc
cured by the leaders Of the mutiny.
The prison authorities are inclined to
believe that the mutlny had been arranged
for a much larger scale, and that It was
TO have been a general uprising. but for
some reason the plans did not fully carry
out. This leads to general uneasiness
within the prison. as II is feared that a
large number Of the convicts are secretly
armed with weapons and explosives and
more trouble may follow when the present
excitement has died down. II is known
that for a long time the prison officers
have feared an outbreak, although the
reason for this fear could not be centered
upon any definite occurrence or attributed
to any set of prisoners.
Murder Charged.
The investigation into the mutlny is being
conducted by Governor Folk and Warden
Hall, the latter having been summoned
back from his trip to Fort Leavenworth.
Kan, where he was taking federal prisoners
to the government prison. No one will be
admitted 10 the penal institution during the
investigation excepting those connected
with the inquisition. The convlcts impli-
Gated refuse to devulge any information as
TO how they secured their weapons.
Prosecuting Attorney NJ. p. Belch today
filed lnformations in the circuit court to-
day, charging convicts Harry Vaughn,
Charles Raymond and George Ryan with
having murdered Guard E. Allison II is
considered probable they will be placed on
trial next week. and efforts will be made
to push the trial to a speedy termination.
Grand Jury to Investigate.
At the request of Warden Hall of the
penitentiary Judge Martin of the circuit
lpd n nd furV m
vene January 2, 1906, to investigate into
the outbreak of convicts at the prison yes
.,terday.
This action was brought about by adj
verse criticism of the warden, which has
developed to the extent of suggesting that
he was lax in the enforcement of prison
discipline and that he should resign
Warden Hall proposes that the fullest in
vestigation possible be made into the mat
ter and therefore asked for a grand jury
investigation
The body OF Guard Ephriam Allison was
taken to Clinton today for ntermsnt.
The funeral of Guard John Clay will bC
held here tomorrow and Governor Folk will
participate in the ceremonies as a speaker
Warden Hall, when asked tonight regard
ing charges that he was lax in discipline
which caused the mutiny Friday afternoon
said:
There is no truth, so far I know
regarding laxity Of discipline. Further thar
this have nothing 10 say"
Tonight Warden Hall gave out n Ions
statement, the result of his investigation
in which he explained that for a long tim
II has been the custom at the penitentiar!
when a convict completes his task he 4
allowed TO go TO his cell unattended. Tn
convicts met at prearranged time ant
made their fight for freedom with weapon
= and explosives given them by some un
known parties. Warden Hall is confiden
that within the next few days he will un
ravel this mystery.