The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-02
GAN
USE DYNAM|TERs
NEEDS STRUCTURAL WORKERS TO
HELP BUILD NEW FEDERAL
PRISON.
is AT LEAVtNWORTH
MEN CONVICTED IN CONSPIRACY
CASE At INDIANAPOLIS WILL
BE PUT TO WORK AT
ONCE.

LEAVENWORTH, KANS., Jan. /.
FOR the last time In many months
10 come for SONG and several years
for others, the thirty-three dyna-
miters, who arrived at the United
States penitentiary this morning.
heard their names called as they
stepped from the train. Henceforth
they will be known BY numbers only.
The government In constructing at
the federal prison one of the largest
prisons in the world, and mich steel
enters into the building. In the past
there have been hundreds OF men
who could be used for common "a
Dor, such as brickmaking and show
ing wheelbarrows. but iron workers
were scarce. Now there Will be plen-
/ ty of material to pick foremen and
other skilled men in iron for the east
cell house Is shortly to ',e rooted,
and nearly all OF its construction is
of steel.
The thirty-three prisoners, forty
four guards. and five newspaper men
In the dynamite special" rode into
the sallyport of the prison at $40
o'clock this morning. just twenty
hours after leaving India aapolis. The
prisoners were lined up In t'vos ana
! their names called alphabetically.
barred gate into the big prison yard,
and train and deputies were left be-
hind. The newspaper mon accom-
panied the prisoners.
Give Up Trinkets.
The march ended at he Office OF
Deputy Warden Mackay, where the
prisoners were dressed In" such In
formation as the prison officers de-
sired being given, and the prisoners
searched. Each one gave up some
| little trinket, watches, pockcthook~.
etc, which were placed in an an
yelope to be returned to them upon
! the completion Of their sentence.
Charles Reum. a former member OF
! the Iron Workers Executive board,
broke down and wept like a child,
when a picture OF mis- wife and chill
dren was taken from him. Frank NJ.
Ryan, president OF the Iron Work.
ers had a rosary, prayer book. and
rty-eight cents. "Nipper" Ander-
son was the plutocrat OF the bunch,
} giving up S51. Several OF them didn't
/ have cent.
| From the deputy warden's once the
4 men were taken to the Office of the
/ record clerk, where additional in
! formation was given. and their finger
! print records taken. They will be
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! morning for their measurements.
| The prisoners were taken to the
| bath house, where they were required
! to battle and give up their citizens
| clothing. convict garb being exchang-
ed fer such. Some of them went TO
the barber shop and had their mus
! taches shaved off, among them being
| Ryan, Tvietmoe and Butler.
Have Their First Meal.
At the noon hour the tt1irty-tt1res
marched into the big prison dining
| hall for their first meal inside the
| penal institution, and were seated be-
| fore the other convicts were marched
! In. 1t was sad procession and some
| OF them held their heads low, both
! on the march and at the table, and
| several did not eat The first meal
! consisted OF vegetable soup, boiled
| beef, parsnips, brown gravy. bread
/ and water.
| While the new arrivals were being
! given their dinner the newspap per men
| who represe nted tho press from all
| guests OF Deputy Warden Mackay,
after which they were taken through
| the prison on an inspection, tour.
| Herbert S. Hockin was the most
| bitterly despised man in the bunch.
! and all OF the other men had II I'm"
! for him. On the way from Indian
/ apolis the men dubbed the train tne
! "Hockin" special. and each man fear
! ed he was 10 be assigned to a cell
! with the informer. But the officials
| Of the prison, seeming possible trou-
| Bile, placed Hockin in cell by him
| self. The men were given numbers.
| President Ryan was given the first
/ number. tt being 1920, and the fast
! one 10 be numbered was Charles
! Wachtmeister, Of Detroit, his number
being s452. The first numbers were
| given men with the longest sentences,
and the last for the man with the
| lfghtest sentence, one year and ons
| day. Ryan was placed in a cell with
| Michael J. Young. Of Boston.
| Though the men have been given
| convict garb, their numbers ana cells.
| they will not be assigned to labor
| until tomorrow. In the morning they
| will return To the record clerks once,
| and from there go to the prison ply
sician. who will give thorough ply
| steal examination and recommend the
| form OF labor for which their phyri-
cal condition best fits them, Some OF
them are III delicate health, and to
| those will be assigned light labor
Those who have had experience as
clerks will be given such tasks while
those who can stand the work will
go with steel gang on the east cell.
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