The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-17
AConWct s Scheme.


 man refused 10 sell. and In his anger and chagrln the rich man made a fe- louious assault This was sQuorely proved. and. although with his money be made a great fight of lr, be was sent to our prison for two years, If he had come like other prisoners, it would have been better For him, but be came in a defiant spirit began Kicking at once and In day almost had all the officials down ou him. When he refus- ed to work OF abide by the rules and regulations, be was punished, and there was war between him aud the warden for long months. There was sufficient outside Influence t1 secure hls pardon after fourteen months. and the man left the prison yowlag vengeance.
 He determined to get revenge for what he called his .uJ.gul,lcs In pris- on he had but one friend. and that was the doctor. He made friends with the doctor because he lent the latter mon ev. It was no secret iu the prison that the doctor was given co drink There were occasions when at was drunk for two or three days at B tune. As rule, such man would SOON have been fired. but lu this case he was 30 friend Of the governor of Jle state and had a political pull When too much under the Influence Of drink t1 attend Co busi- uesS. his place was taken temporarily by a doctor from town. We got 10 know thls substitute. oE course. and be was allowed to pass everywhere. the same as the regular wau It waS on this substitute that the rich man work el after his release. The town doctor was In pecuutary difficulties and was offered 5000 to carry certain plans through. What he did was To work upon the weakness of the prison doe tor and keep him drunk more thu half the Hwe for rlgu. months. None of Us had the least suspicion that any thing wrong was going on. ConrictS were treated in the hospital, In their cells. and the substitute made sanitary inspection of che kitchen and other Lc- parmeuts. He made friends with Uurukcys and with prisoners and was voted d good fellow
 IL took him three months to perfect his plans. and lur for little slip be would have brought about J.e biggest muriuy and the zrrat"s. prison de.iy- cry uu record. We then had iu the prison over Guu .u-n.e.s. aud nearly loO were lIfers. Among the others were .uhbprs. burglar, and generally lpSpegste characters men who would not hesitate a m0useu, ,o take Ike Go get nuruuI the Iars We were short handel. nL every official had to eXer- else tse utmost vigilance One day In the cllir shop ! pulled a careless pris- 0ner lIek from a SAW .Hnr would have certainly Inflicted a fatal injury. In return for this when ha had recovered from his scare be asked to speak a few words to me iu private lhar night. ! ma-agcd t SD that be was taken from his cell aud brought 10 my room. ! did not anticipate that the interview would amount so much. In any prison there are always a certain number of convIcts looking to give something away for their own beutermcut and their Information Is seldom worth needing
 This man had not been talking to noe five minutes when ! felt my hair .-ylns to stand ou eaf. The substi- ute doctor had nn- only had false ..nrs l.aIr to rla several w.okers but 4ad banned general outbreak with
 he r.uvftf~. No one slagIs -couvlct
 ad been left out Those who had at .rst rrsuseI To join 'vera forced in by .glug tsG that they would ha Killed. The. irsult was .t take place next u5ru'l- as the meu -asr from the
 reahlast mMes -r march into the ards and to tl. shops Fifty rero,y- .ls had been sma--.eI m for the con ,lcts. anI the leader was u highway
 oLhes under a long sentence. The off, .Ials were tr Je shot down or locked ID. tEa cnuyi.ts were t1 resume tle
 igfzer .oglias stored away. aaI what loot cnu-I H. found was ro log evenly ,ivIlcL IT,. prison was then to be fired rud .ln tmH men to scatter
 Onus in possession ns ra- particulars you e-n believe l.s- TAO time tu Eotl. wing .he warden IIr u wu bas-.Tred Mmse.r The r0uvl,ts hal been locked 0l fo, the night A guard of four mcu rls.te5 rhe cells .a rotation, and they aot oIly found the rcyowers. but a great many other weapons. The rule 3f rls prison was t9 search every cell every tn.rI day. but this had been neg lecteH aud tue substitute doctor knew that ,s had
 Int gouvirrs realized at once that the plot had been betrayed. and from that moment to daylight next morning there were yelling. screaming and cursLug There was no getting ont of their cells, but ttey made the night h.lcous and acted like so many wild beasts. Their cells s-ere not unlocked next morning. and aeither dfI one of them have a mourful to eat As a matter of fact, they erere kept under lock and Eey and withcgr either food or water for forty r.,,,,. r.F.-.. rr..r. .-.r.ra in 'TT.r tHpr