Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-17

ing searched in the little corridor tina
leads to either cell wing. The sheriff!
: when they bring in fresh fish. marcel
their men to this corridor. and leave
them. and their connections with then
cease. for al THAT is left to do. is tC
lturn over the official papers 10 one oi
the front effice clerks After these
inew men. are searched they are given
! a hair cut ana shave. then led To the
state shop where they receive Their
prison clothes thence to the wash
house. for Il bath. and afterwards to
the transfer office. BY this time a pa
per with name. crime and sentence OF
! the new inmates has reached there
ana ahead of them. and the clerk calls
the name and assigns to each name a
number that marks the consecutiveness
of every ones arrival Mine Cor in
stance is 1896. Ever after he is known
by that number. and while ;he Off
ials with humane courtesy use our
names. il IS the number with the sen
tenee attached to il that distinguishes
one member Of the striped brother
hood from another.
3lrs. Hungate sold everything house
furniture ana even personal trinkets
in an effort to make partial restitution
but her contributions We're s. slight in
comparison. TO the magnitude Of his
thefts that L was certain he had Il ma
jor norton planted"
Guy. ard Hunsate held several earn
est conversations. and finally | was
called into conference. and then
found that Davenport had proposed
that for five thousand dollars. h
would assume H-nsates' name and
sentence and vice-versa. The was
but one obstacle. as far as | could see
and that was 10 make certain that
both men be. taken TO the pen at the
same time.
"Oh. hell" said Guy. that's dead
easy, Haven't you seen that I've got
a pretty strong pull in this rotten
baiiiw"k? The same politi a influ-
ence that secured me my light sem
tence win attend to that"
Well sir. to make q long story short
We three came uo N the same train. /
The sheriff marched US to that little
corridor. unlocked The handouts. left /
Us. and here we We're, three new M
mates OF these srim gray buildings.
We went thrO the CUstomart prelim- I
naries and finally when the trans +!
FER office clerk called. Frank Hun
sate~-Davenrort step1ed 10 the front /
number was pinned on his coat
ront and he was photographed. Again I
he clerk allied. "Guv Davenport" ana /.
IunGate Went thro the same process /
ny turn following. Well. We ioafed r. 1
h. lilo house for "A day while The phy- f.
ician and Bertillon exper; examined !
is. Luckily the other two went to the .
anne prison contract and We're as .
igned 10 the same cell one Of those .
arge double ones in the new hall
The time thar passed fr IN the in .
option Of the plan until II vas sue
essfuliy carried ont was so short that
10 intimatiCn could be gwen Hungate's ;
.1fee nor could they write of the mat I
er. as al mail is Inspected So they /
e-ermined 10 wait the first visiting |
sunday when Davenport as HUneate
-ould go to ire pavilion and explain /
latters T. her. then he would go TO /
h. guard on duty and tell him that
cleri al error had been made IN the
ernit that i; should have read Da-
export his cell PARTNER Tire pass
-ouid nave been corrected and every
hing go smoothly afterwards