Evening journal., 1920-01-12

and the result WAS thai no sufficient
watch was kept over the condemned
( prisoner. At about O'Clock In the az
lern00n OF December %. this guard
: went % the west wing TO release the
prisoners Tor supper. lie went to the
TOP or fourth Tier OF cells ilrst. then 90
bo third the second, and the FIRST tiers
/ IN succession. The released prisoners,
some six or seven 10 number. came
down ahead OF the guard, and passed
cut o. the west wing 90 center and then
~ down stairs 60 the dining room fol-
I lowed by tine guard. IN passing from
/ the west wing these prisoners had 60
.s within four or flvo feet Of the lock-
or box containing the levers for Price s
/ 'e, door and the corridor door. The
guard was slill upstairs releasing pris-
. 0ncrs and could not then see The locker
loX and it would have been very easy
Z matter for a prisoner 10 have stepped
I out OF line and thrown the levers open
pg Prices cell door and the corridor
door, because at that precise time, this
I locker box was unlocked and entirely
insuarded. Indeed. one prisoner was
/ seen slightly out of line and lolterlng
| near The door from The west wing tO
/ center. while the other prisoners were
l passing on down 20 supper. This door
about lfleen feet from The locker
: box. Price may have been released by
q prisoner, or the cell and corridor
| doors may have been left unlocked In
any OF the ways above designated.
"Once out OF the corridor 70 was easy
! for Price 60 90 Out ~ the west wing
7 f..f g.. sH
/ OF The guards were eating their sup
pers. and others were downstairs in
! The diningrOom with the prisoners and
/ there seemed 90 be shOctase OF guards
/ both IN center and al the door LEADING
[ from center into the front corridor and
at the front door of Che workhouse.
price went from cenler through a
/ narrow hail about Gfty feet 10 the
sioreroom. passing on his way the
open dining room door. in which din
ing room some Of The guards were
then at supper and also passing
m open door into the guards'Skitchen.
! Price had obtained the hat and coat OF
a trusty at the front part of the hall
while the guard was lin the rear or
center going from one wing TO the
other The store room door was opeh
and there was no guard in charge 81
the store room Price picked up a bag
OF -four weighing ninety-eight pounds.
placed 10 on his shoulder and passed
in a STOPPING position with his head
down along the hail into center and TO
the door leading into The front corri-
dor. This door Is SO constructed as 10
enable anyone 10 sec clearly through
10, into all paris OF the center. Here
Price pushed the bell which sign1is
10 the office that some one wants &C. get
out Of the center into the front corri-
dor. The clerk in the ollcc. who at
this time was doing both clerical dut-
les and front guard duties. CAME from
his Office az tho ring Of tie bell and
saw Price inside the door, standing in
STOPPING position with The iat and
coat Of a trusty on him, and the bag
Of ilour over his shoulder. Tile clerk
asked him where he was going. and
Price replied "Bunkhousc." which was
the name Of ihe building ont on the
farm where the TRUSTEES were confined.
Although the clerk knew Price well,
he failed 20 recognize him. By the
side Of Price az this time and within
Two feet Of him was a guard who had
Just come In from the shop with some
reports. He did not know Price we'll
and failed 70 recognize him. At This
time another guard passed along ,ihc
south side Of center about fifty feet
away and saw Price standing at iho
door and failed 10 recognize him. After
the reply given by Price. the clerk
opened the door and Price passed
through into the front corridor Of the
prison.
"Hc passed along the corridor by The
open door Of the warden's oflce. and
the warden saw him pass with The bae
or -four and failed TO recognize him.
and made no inspection Of him. Tho
clerk then came TO The front door OF
the prison and Price was standing
there waiting 10 be LET outla The
clerk failed 70 recognize him. Tle
front door was then opened by The
clerk and Price passed out ana was at
liberty.
Guards.
we were told that there are twelve
guards. one deputy warden, one clerk
and one warden employed by The
workhouse Trustees. We feel that the
compensation paid these guards is not
adequate when the. present high cost
Of living Is taken into consideration
and we also believe that 70 is not pos
sible % obtain either efficient guards
at the rates Of compensation hitherto
paid by the trustees Of the workhousa |
for such services. We feel that there /
ought to be 81 least three additional /.
guards. and that they should be en- I
ploycd Immediately. Al leas. one /
guard should b. constantly on duty I'm /
the center corridor. and also at such 1
times as prisoners under sentence OF (
death are in the workhousc, there !
should be a guard over those prison |
ors all the time from the date Of CEN /
tence until execution.
1.-TWO Of the guards whose duties