The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-31
DRUG PLOT NIPPED
At PENITENTIARY
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replied IRE as he hammered away at
the hard shells.
But there was no explosion. The re-
suit, however, was startling. The first
nut opened contained enough morphine
90 Kill fifty men Brown had gOuged
Out one of the eyes, but was careful not
10 scratch the thin film over the eye.
After pouring out the milk he stuffed
10 prevent the stuff from rafting. ne
tamped a wad of paper on top, replaced
the plug and carefully pasted the skin
over the hole.
The other two nuts We're stuffed TO
their capacity with yen she the resi-
due from opium pipes. a pint cup would
not hold the amount of yen she taken
from the cOcOanuTs. Once the stuff and
the morphine and cocaine got into the
possession of the cOnyicJs. serious
trouble would surely have followed the
prison officials say.
Warden Pratt referred TO the jail de
livery which occurred October 3, 1908,
when two prisoners escaped, but were
recapJured. one convict killed. others
wounded and TWO guards crippled Tor
life
I'VE know for a certainty that those
men had, in SOME way, secured dope,
said AR. Pratt. We have cured hop
heads of the habit, and can cure them
by making il impossible for them 10
secure drugs. We had 10 stop maya
zines from coming into the prison be-
cause, in some Instances, magazines
which appeared TO be new were found
TO contain between the apparently IN
cut leaves large quantities or morphine
and cocaine"
New Law on Drugs.
Warden Pratt declared he proposed
to work with the next legislature with
a view TO the enactment of a law max
ing an attempt 10 smuggle poison or
drugs into a prison a felony. AT pres
ent the law provides for a penalty OF
six months Imprisonment for the Of
Tense, wholly inadequate says warden
Pratt. for the crime
lie saws, in addition TO the 1898 out
break, he can trace many cases OF
trouble among the prisoners 10 drugs
On that occasion morphine and other
dope was smuggled 10 the prisoners
So crazed were the desperate men with
drug they flew into the very muzzles
Of the rifles. Those participating IN the
outbreak were: Abe Majors, tEanh
Connors. Frank Dayton. Harry Wad-
dell, Ed Mullen. James Lynch and NICK
HaWorth. Dayton was killed. Majors
was thrown from the wall, and Lyneh
Waddell and Mullen wounded Guard
Ed Jacobs skull was beaten in and ne
was crippled for life. Guard Dave
Wilcken was shot in the thigh and Grip
pled for life. The state appropriated
s.. 500 each for them, paid their sala-
ries for IS months and paid their doe
tor and hospital fees. All this trouble
according 10 officials al the prison
was caused by dope" being struggled
TO the desperate criminals.
Refuses 90 Testify.
While Brown freely admitted that hs
spent $3.50 to purchase the yen she
and other stuff he would not admit thai
prisoners were responsible for tht
! scheme. and he refused TO say Wher'
he purchased the drugs
Brown was sent up from the flItl
{ district court on December =, 1908, Iol
one year for burglary in the third de
/ gree. His copper" reduced the tim'
/ to eight months. He served a five-yeal
| sentence in San Quentin for burglary
and was regarded by the officials o.
1 that pri son as bad man."
Brown is occupying a cell in TIT
I county Jail. and this morning DEPUTY
T Warden IRE will swear 10 a complain
against him. The evidence viii b'
placed before the county attorney, an'
[ every effort is 10 be made 10 see tina
Z Brown is given the extreme sentencl
( provided by law for his Offense.
Late last night Sheriff Joseph c
Sharp had a long talk with Brown a
the county jail, and tried 10 induce tn
man TO divulge where lie obtained tn
I Sheriff Sharp's efforts in this direction
were futile.
Brown went far enough 10 admit tina
/ the plot TO smuggle the stuff into th'
state prison YVES Matched several day
ago bur he stOutly maintained that TN
! drugs We're not for the three men who's
/ names appeared on the sack. He ais
/ refused 10 tell just who the drugs wer'
7 for He said he did not propose 20 ge
anyone in trouble If he could avoid IT.
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