Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28
FRANK VAUGHN IS GIVEN COAT OF HIS
 OWN PAINT
PRISONERS TAKE EXCEPTION TO STATEMENTS HE HAD MADE ABOUT THEM WHICH WERE PRINTED IN ARIZONA LABOR JOURNAL

FLORENCE, July 27.-It has. just leaked out here that Frank J. Vaughn, state painter who has been at work re pairing the buildings on the inside of the walls at the penitentiary was on Monday afternon last subjected to a coat of his own paint and that it was applied by the convicts with one of Vaughn's brushes. The convicts took exception to a statement that was made by Vaughn and published in the Arizona Labor Journal in its issue O July 18th. According to the story as circulated here the attention of the guards was called to one end of he yard by some of the prisoners and a few of the others made their way to where Vaughn was working and talk ing him into one corner of the yard, stripped him of his clothes and then they rapidly applied a coat of gray point to his body. He was covered from head to foot and then released and allowed to go. He made his way out of the institution and took the next train to Phoenix and then to Tucson.
 There is now another painter on the job at the penitentiary and it is not thought that Vaughn will reurn to com plete the work.
 The article that caused the prisoners to take the action that they did IS headed as follows: No Union Men in Florence Prison; Institution Has Ample Gunmen With More on Way There"
 The article itself is as follows:
 "The penitentiary at Florence is, for the first time since it was built, being thoroughly repaired and repaint- ed in the interior, Mir. Frank J. Vaughn the state painter has charge of the work. and while in Phoenix this week made the following statement. When 1 arrived at the penitentiary it was my intention to select from among its ln- mates some carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, painters, and other mechan- ics to do the repair work, but we found after a thorough search, that such men were not there. We did find one man who claimed to be a carpenter, also two men who claimed to be structural iron workers, but their actions. words and general attitude belied their state ments. I found it necessary to en- gaze some mechanics from the out side to carry on the work, and the only assistance we can make use of from the inmates of the prison is that of common labor I think this matter is of sufficient importance to attract pup lie attention. indeed, it is remarkable, when we consider the great strikes; the deportations. and the overbearing, threatening and intimidating attitude of some county officers and gunman toward the workingmen of the state within the last year. l will also say that if we need gunmen to help us re- pair the buildings, we could get them inside the walls as prisoners. under stand that there are some other gun men on their way here now to become guests of the state for the safety o1 society"
 The Frank J. Vaughn mentioned above was a resident of Bisbee for number of years and was engaged in the pointing business here. When Hunt was reinstated in the Governors 8 office he went to Phoenix and was given the oppintment as state painter. His wife is still a resident of this city. Vaughn was in the city last Wed nesday, having arrived from Florence that morning and stayed until Thurs day when he took the train west again. It was noticed when he was here that his white moustache that he had worn for years was missing and that his face and arms had an unusual rud- dy complexion, but those who saw him thought that it was caused by his working outside in the intense heat of Florence and Phoenix. While he was here he made no mention of his experience at Florence, although he talked to a number of his former