Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-27
DETAILS OF ROW
IN PRISON CAMP
SHOW Deep PLOT
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that all was well. He therefore got
the camp.
Whit. conricts in Desperate Plot.
When about four miles along the
road Woods was met by five prison
ers who warned him that the "nao!e'
(white) prisoners were waiting to
| do him up" and they also stated that
a Porto Rican prisoner had been shot
by Lyons.
Woods made his way to the camp
and entered 1t by dark side He
encountered Parker and asked him
where the haOleS were Parker said
that rhrguson lad just passed over
towards the toilet room. Woods then
told Parker to wait for the prisoner
and instructed him to challenge the
man when he returned. This Parker
did and was re" arded by a punch on
the jaw from FurgusOn.
Woods then charged out on Furgu-
son, who ran for the dining tent,
where he hOpedl to dodge until he
could reach his room. Woods, how
ever blocked him and having called
upon him 10 stop and being defied
took shot at The prisoner but missed
him. Furguson then disappeared in
the darkness aud made his way to-
wards Kona
Woods then went towards Lyons
room and there saw the gunman look
ing out of the door. John Monroe, an
other convict. was in the room also
Woods got close enough to the man
who was carrying rifle and, sudden
ly jumping In to close quarters.
thrust his revolver into Lyons stom-
ach and made him surrender. The
rifle was useless as the desperate
had not found the cartridges to rit the
gun.
Then came the Job of getting Mon
roe out of the room and Woods ac-
cOmplished this by taking Lyons up
to the door OF the room and telling
him to call the other man out at
once, under pain. OF getting drilled
himself. Monroe then came out and
was at cnce bounced upon and hand
Gifted. e. $780, w.
Furguson was captured next day by
a gang of prisoners who we're sent out
to find him. He was laced UP like a
stuffed turkey when brought back to
camp. The man had made his way
for some miles down the road towards
Kona and was discovered by the rest
of the prisoners on Sunday morning.
DALEY; the prisoner who tele-
phoneG from the camp to Woods on
SATURDAY. evening and who was forced
at the point of revolver to say every
thing was all right, escaped from the
camp and made his way towards Dep
uty Sheriff Lindsay's place. Before
he got away from the camp he was
assaulted and had three teeth driven
down his throat by the haole con-
yicts, who hated him for being loyal
to Woods
DALEY told Lindsay that he had
missed the road in the dark On Sat
urday evening and that he made his
way as rapidly as possible to warn
Woods that the haole convicts had
consP ired to murder MIN.
Money and Gun Stolen.
Woods, after the excitement had
died down a little, found that his
room had been entered and every
thing thrown about the place. About
SIS of Woods money was stolen, but
a much larger amount that belonged
to certain prisoners was not discov-
cred by the intrUders Woods revolv-
er. and rifle were taken and it was
with the first named weapon that the
Porto Rican was shot by Lyons.
Woods sent a wireless message to
Honolulu and told the acting high
sheriff of the trouble at Waimea
Then, as there was no place at the
camp or at Walmea where despera-
does of the white convicts' type could
be confined, Woods decided to bring
the men to Hilo. He started out in
an automobile and reached Hilo on
Sunday afternoon. The convicts were
placed in the Hilo Jail for the time
being.
Furguson. Lyons and Monroe are
implicated in conspiracy which is
said to include general Jail delivery.
For some time past it is said that
the white prisoners who could not Sc
cure easy jobs as TRUSTEES at the camp
have been stirring up the Filipino and
Porto Rican prisoners to rebel against
Woods. The Colored prisoners, how
ever, appear to have refused to take
manu- Ill TIE DlOpOScu plOI.
The hole affair has stirred up eX-
element in and near Waimea and the
consensus Of opinion seems to be that
desperate murderers and such like
prisoners should not be sent to work
outside prison. especially when there
is no way to cOnfme them properly or
to punish them for fresh offenses. The
Waimea Jail is 4 disgrace, says Sher
if Pua. and bad prisoners cannot be
kept there at all in safety.
Further advices concerning the out
break arrived today on the lnter-ls.
land steamer Mauna Kea.
According to p. T. Phillips, purser
of the Mauna Kea, the people of tine
Big Island are greatly incensed over
the outbreak and feel that there are
not sufficient guards maintained to
keep the prisoners in submission.
Phillips said that from what he learn
ed at Hilo sort of honor system is
in force there. The prisoners, large
proportion of whom are murderers
and desperate men. are given consid-
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