Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
MORE GUNS FOUND
IN MUT|NY PRISON
Tense Excitement Felt as
Search for Weapons
Is Continued.
Dy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANON CITY. Colo. October T.
Fear lowered over the Colorado State
Pehitentiary again today, bringing
tense anxiety to the routine Of rehabil-
itatine the battle-scarred institution,
which only last Friday was in the throes
OF a bloody mutiny.
Coincident with commitment of a
second convict to solitary confinement
oflciafs discovered two revolvcrs hidden
in q coal pile. One official. unnamed, \
said he was certain five convicts in the
prison were armed-that Is, they had
arms hidden. The ofhcers would not
comment on his reason for such be-
ksf.
The moose today dsneled close to
three heads as a result of investigation
Of last weeks mutiny, In which II lives
were lost In battle, by massacre and by
suicide. ,,..
Gunman In SOLITARY"
Charles Davis was ordered placed IN
solitary confinement. Soon. after this
action the two revolvers were found and
Leo w. McGenty, IS, Denver st,nman.
was ordered confined. Both OF these
men, Warden F. E. Crawford said, were
in possession of weapons when the NIL
tiny In the prison broke out. Identity
Of the third convict suspected was not
made known.
The weapons believed TO be still in
nossession of convicts include a shot
gun, a 1890 rife and three revolvers.
AS the ofiicials probed further and
deeper into the plot back OF one CT the
bloodiest prison mutinies in the history
Of the Nation. more and more convlcts
file in procession through the warden's
once for questioning.
Fifty men have been examined. Out
If hatred for others, the fear Of stool
pigeons" or fear of being called that,
prisoners tell many and conflicting
stories From all these angles the truth
must be sifted.
Conflicting Stories.
Warden Crawford said many OF the
convicts were so excited they ola not
know what had happened. Some may
be deliberately lying to incrimlua1e en-
emies, other officials said.
THESE discoveries and developments.
coupled with a general uneasiness and
turmoil within the prison, may serve 10
give one condemned man a repfleVe.
Eddie Ives. Denver slayer. sentenced 10
90 to the gallows this week. may WIN a
temporary suspension OF sentence uhtli
the situation at the prison quiets ano
becomes more settled An eAeco.ioii
with the atmosphere OF the prison SUR
CHARGED as it is might result in serious
consequences. officials believe.
McS;enty has a long record. He IS
shown in Denver records as oeng
wanted for robberies in Minneapolis.
ST. Paul. Chicago, New York Brooklyn,
newark. st. Louis and Kansas CITY. ne
has attempted twice to escape from tne
penitentiary.
Convicts Are Buried.
In a cemetery overgrown with cactus,
whose fat. thick leaves shadow the
wooden, weather-beaten SLABS markme
the graves OF convicts. four OF the nve
nrisoners killed in the mutlny were
buried Saturday.
God of clemency. God OF gooonsss'
oh. God, who, according 10 the si num- ~
tude of thy mercy for the SINS Oh
those who repent and courageously re-
Thus Father Regis Barrett, Benedic-
tine monk. read from the ritual as the
bodies were lowered into the grave
The ceremony was DrleI. rouI LIN
victs, one q Negro. lowered the black
boxes containing the bodies OF DANNY
Daniels. Red Riley, A. H. DAVIS ana
Albert Morgaridee, the man Danleis
swore to kill, into the rocky grouno.
Only two graves were dug, TWO ooHes
being placed in each.
Germs Are Tagged.
A little paper label. the sort that Is
used to address packages for malilng;
was stuck on each box. On each lapei
was written single word-the last
rsme Of the convict contained in the
casket ...u,,
A few persons connected officiaily
with the burials stood around the
graves as rhe bodies were lowered.
There were no other spectators except
a newspaper man and motion picture
photographer. o.
The body of Daniels was the last 70
he lowered into the ground. The nrst
was that of Red Riley.
The body of James Pardue. Another
Of riot ringleaders, was sent to 81. LOUIS
for burial. 49,
!. AS the simple ceremony ended, tne
otBcials moved back to their cars. the
conyicts stayed behind to cover the
caskets with rock and dirt.
AS the strangers left, the conVicts
maid their only tribute to their own
dead. One of them picked four sun
flowers from A row along the NEARBY
fence and threw two OF them into eacn
grave.
nrrnre no rvp0Sr ssVi0CJING.