The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17

. ~ 10 ilhlNlu, uuN NE lNhtu INNlNl
precautions when told Of GrOSs's in
tentlon 10 take q pistol In the build.
ing had he been boo his office even
after his failure 10 pay any attention
tu the foregoing thl, tragedy would
never have occurred This Is the plHiu
truth ms To the incidents leading W
to the killing aud is as full Of In.
competency and utter ~orddnesS rs 10
be- almost unbrlieyuhlr and / challenge
Warden Dick IN dispruyr single one
Of the statements made here.
When the killing occurred | was at
the west end of the prison farm on
duty Soon after the killing | rr.
crlycd word the killing had taken
pluce aud thut some prisoners had es
capped and were uu their way west |
mudr haste tu meet them aud did meet
them about one mile west of the ud
miutStrntiou building Three prison
.vrS and Miss Foster and Il guard were
all u a seated buggy, Convict
Reed was sitting In the buggy with
Miss Foster ON his lap for shield.
kuull was sitting beside him with
Lane I'm his hap and Rice la Lanes
lap with his hands tied behind him
/ When In about thirty yards OF thrm
commanded the prisoners 10 sur
render They answered by firing two
shots at me / returned the fire aud
in doing 81 had to Kill Lane first,
aud had TO take aim within about two
Inches Of Rlce~ body Upon the fire
OF my gun Lane fell / then took ain
aud fired at kuntz, aud in doing 20
had 10 shoot close TO Rice. and kuutl
fell upon the fire Of my gun Ile
next man was Reed with Miss Foster
i'm hi, Mp with her hands mp between
me and Reeds head / could only see
La portion Of his face aud one rEo
under her arms I took aim at Reed b
face under Mis-, Fosters urms Hui
' killed him
A few minute, later four guards
came up and [ was informed by one
~ them that general delivery had
4 tnka place at the peuiDcntiurr
, tried tu get them 10 go with N" IA
, the peniteutiary at once hu, they did
! not 70, aud / hastily went 10y myself
leaving the four guards with the dead
, prisoners When 1 got 10 the prulJru
tiury | found that the three prison
, crs ] had killed were the only ones
that had escaped Later I'm the day
, the -four guards who refused lu 20 with
+ me aud stayed with the dead bodies
A came In and brought the three dead
men and these guards had shot the
, dead bodies full Of bullet holes
q one NJ the unbelievable things about
, this affair was the action " thes,
four guards I'm shooting the bodies OF
. the dend prisoners fun Of holes tn,
@ names " these guard, ARE Grady
g Harding and Pennington the other
{ man having left the service That
g they refused 10 90 back to the door
, " the pcnltcntlary with me that they
amused themselves by shooting the In
n animate bodies Of the dead convlcts
!, that they were never Censured fol
either ~ these acts, and that they
are still guards at the penitentiary
d with the exception mentioned above
are fncts that speak for themselves
p and condemns you Warden Dick, In
- 20 doing
, Furthermore, at this time, may as
j well say that your widely heralded
I statement that nothing but honor
n stood between the conyiCts In the
I building and liberty, as the doors wer,
I open, II another absolute misstatemcn
" facts When the escaping cunyict
\ a. NIuVtit fhat
q opened the doors. passed through anC
y then locked II The other conylcts ul
the inside could not get out any easle
than they can at this moment Nul
j. made this false statement deliberately
y I'm order to bolster up your so.callet
II "trusty system nnd which IL no NOR,
i Il trusty system I'm the genuine mean
e Ing of the word than midnight Is mid
I day To build MP trusty system II
"a state prison requires many Rcces
suries beyond the small fact Of cNtri
I liberty for the convict In the case
There must he high ideal on the par
:. of the warden His wards In chlrg,
y must have belief In that Ideal, cultl
; waited into their naturally dumb soul
r by all fair means possible First
4 they must respect the warden inaugIr
y atiug a system " this kind DO YOU
couvlcts respect you. Warden Dick;
. Second, they must believe In him an,
his motives DO your cuuyicts hellry,
x I'm YOU. Warden Dick? Third, whe'
t these two points are established ,h
convict must hc developed into clean
, clear way Of thought aud action, sur
b rounded by good influences am,
. pushed forward hy the force uf rN
b ample In the conduct " warden guard
n or any other difficult Have your con
, vlcts these simple and easy example
! 10 follow before them constantly, 60
{, are they rather under the influenc
a ~ petty. small and continuous graf
= ing ON the states rights NJ properu
9 In hundred different ways that Hr
q plain to their eyes and minds? ID
< YOU think, Warden Dick that the con
@ yicts do not see and know Of tn
small gratis In plain sight aud do V"
think your precious "trusty system
"a strengthened or weakened by what the
Z see and know is going ON among tn
"a officials In a variety NJ Ways
DO you not realize Warden Dirb
b. that your trusy system Is a figment A,
g Imagination TO daugle before the eye
II NJ the public while convict discipline
!. the most uhhorred term to prison II
! formers IN the English language an
q the most vicious I'm It's results to IN
e inmntcs of state prison, is the rul,
c and not the exception within the wull
II N the institution under your charge
A discipline that makes the will ~ "a
Il convlcts the guide " action for n
4 warden 'ro put II simply n a guar
n In a certain place become obnONlou
u to convict and that convict com
!, plains, YOU move the guard nor IN
e convict know that Is true nm
p know that such a course pstuhlishe
convict discipline" IN lts worst sens,