Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-24
CONVICTS Give
ULTIMAIIJM TO
KANSAS BOARD

LANSING, Kan, June % E14-R
list of Idemandsg including more liber-
ties and a revision of parole procedure,
was sent up to the. state board Of
administration tonight from tie
depths Of the Kansas penitentiary
coal mine, where S28 cohKicts have
been in 'apstate bof mutiny since
Tuesday. safIs a Nta3
Inaia long statement transmitted
over the. mine. telephone, the econvicts.
denied that the inutiny was to en-
force demands for cigarettes, which
are forbidden under the prison rules.
They asked assurance that none
of the men in the mine would be-
punished.
A written statement from the board
of administration rejecting or accept
ing the demands. was called Tor IN
the ultimatunl.
Members of the state board OF adj
ministration went into session IN tas
warden's office, after receiving the
statement from the convicts. They
issued the following statement:
sgThe board of administration has
no comment to make at this time
except to say that if there is, anything
in the rules governing the manage
ment of the. state .penitentiary Whlch
should be changed for the betterrnl11geri. 1g 4.
Of the condition of the inmates o.
the institution, the board will go INTO ES,
the matter in fair impartial way;
charles w. Huffman. vice. chairman gall
of the board, and Lacey Simpson ana
n N Peach !, members, signed, the
statement ti..Y,& s6 8s ,gIs
Thes conyicts complained Of the
nrison food asked for more good
times" demanded that they be per-
nitted to recaiEels food from friends
and that prisoners applying Tor
parole Yget the consideration that IS.
allowed thenaecby law and not the
hoard members ruling as in the past.
THE prisoners lnutinied Tuesday
morning. lust after their noon luncn
had been sent down to them, made
prisoners of the IA guards in the
mine and & issued their demands OF
mo cigarettes-no coal. The sale
of cigarettes was recently legallzed m
Kansas, but prison officials refused
cigarettes to prisoners because OF the
fire danger, and the danger of snlllg-
Cling other things in with the SMOKES
7 Il. Heslop, one of the mine guards
held prisoner this afternoon called
DEPUTY Warden r. H. Hudspeth ana
said the guards were very weak and
hungry and requested the warden TO
do something to relieve the situation.
Hsidspeth secuted Heslop's plea
saving hestsdid mott SQUAD very weak
andFanoiYifed to the possibility that the
miners might have been forcing MN
to talk and say what he did IN an
effort to create surface sympathy
for the guards, and thus cause prison
officials to relent.
The officials have shown no con-.
cessionf@ to the cigarette demand,
Deputy Warden Hudspeth refi1arkirg
when they get aiifgry, they'll conae
out.
sof course, it Is Unfortunate that
the guards have to suffer also, put
they'll probably be able to stand IT,
The mutiny was 81 hours old az
5 o'clock this afternoon, breaking Dy
many hours the length OF the three
previous nlutinies in the mine, Ctre
longest of which lasted but SO houfs.
Demand for cleaner bed linen last
summer led to a mutiny that lasteo
SO hours.
Heslop, in his conversation said
aTell our wives we are all right, just
hungry" Wives Of II of the guards
became apprehensive of their nus
bands safety early today and were
considering appealing to Governor
Paulen to take action to get the men
ont of the mine.
Prison officials. today pointed ont
that the last meal sent the prisoners
even if rationed. would have been
exhausted last night, and that the,
prisoners had since then either gone
without food, or had begun to