New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-22
CONNECTS RISE UP
AGAINST SLAYER
Threaten Illinois Prison
Comrades Suspected of
Killing Warden's Wife.
OFFICIALS SUSPEND
ALL PRIVILEGES
Take Drastic Measures to Pre-
vent Outbreak--Inquest Points
to Campbell's Guilt.

Joliet, H., June 2l.-Fesring a repe-
tition Of the demonstration by sixteen
hundred prisoners against Chicken Joe
Campbell and Walter Edwards, negro
convicts suspected of Staying the wife
Of Edmund Allen, Warden Of the State
Penitentiary here, prison officials saw
that each convict was locked IL his
cell to might and special measures were
taken to prevent any outbreak. Even
the TRUSTEES were locked up, for the
first time in the history Of the prison,
and all privileges to inmates were sus-
pended.
In spite of the watchfulness Of the
day guards, thirteen hundred cOnvicts
rose in the main dining hall while at
midday dinner and shouted threats
against Campbell, then the only sus-
pect. One hundred guards rushed the
convicts, and with clubs quieted the
uproar.
Tonight there was suppressed ex-
element in the prison, and old guards
said the whisper had gone from cell 10
cell 10 punish the negroes. whose al
legged crime has jeopardized the honor
system which has been in operation IN
the prison.
The Coroner's inquest into the death
of Mrs Allen, formerly light opera
singer, whose charred body was found
Yesterday morning after fire had de-
stroyed the bed in which she slept in
the warden's apartments . the prison,
occupied most of the day, and will be
continued tomorrow.
Testimony Against Campbell.
Captain P. D. Clarkson, a guard, tes-
tilted that Campbell, a house servant,
and Edwards, trusty who served as
the Aliens waiter, had both changed
clothes Immediately after the fire.
Campbell, after long questioning in
the solitary cell where he was confined
ad lifted this. Michael Kane, a guard,
also testified he had come upon Camp
bell dressing in an anteroom Of Mrs.
Aliens apartments soon after the body
was found.
Miss Anna Emery, housekeeper, tes-
tilted that the alcohol jug, fragments
of which were found in the ruins Of
Mrs. Aliens bed, was kept in an adj
Joining linen room, 10 which both
Campbell and Edwards had access.
A blood-stained collar, recovered
from the linen closet, also figured in
the testimony. Campbell, who pro-
tested with tears that he was innocent.
admitted in his cell that the collar was
his, but that the bloodstain was due
to a slip Of his razor.
Says Negro Acted Queerly.
James Larkin, one of the keepers.
testified that he saw Campbell dimly
in the corridor near Mrs. Aliens room.
This was between 5:45 and 6:l0 q. m.
Campbell then came toward me and
did an unusual thing" said the witness.
ale held out his hand and said: How
do you and | stand? He went back
then, and when he again emerged from
the darkness in that part of the corri-
dor he had Mrs. Aliens dog. He took
the dog into the yard, and when !
looked through a window | observed
that he was gazing up at Mrs. Aliens
window"
DR.. J. P. Benson and DR.. Haldare
Clemnson. who were attracted to Ms.
Aliens room by the smell of smoke.
testified that they found her with her
head crushed and her body badly
burned by the flaming bedclothes.
NJ. P. Evans, of the Chicago police,
obtained fingerprints from the water
bottle with which Mrs. Allen was killed
and from Campbell and Edwards, and
probably will testify before the Coro-
ner's jury tomorrow.