Show abill POI ISIL the red pert hilts ut AM the it BK keiu rj i march 31 last harman and mobley contractors tor the removal of felons from ithe places of convictions tb the state penal institution received telegram arm hon R H distrust clea of bell county us follows we have eight convicts in jail ahre they are insubordinate and gome come and get them to this harman and mobley 1 I learn by raad inthe waco news that you have smallpox small pox aiton jail anaker district uleric B H turner ot balton we have one man illi with smallpox small pox in the kuppr part of thai jail thero r none in the calla wit the jbf harman and mobley then wired GOT hoge a full of the case they also wired a to col thomas garee the superintend ant of the state Pr isona goy hogg 1 I have matter to dr E M swearingen the state health officer jn a short time came a dispatch from dr as follow confer with the county physicians of bell coulty regarding convicts A few minutes later came a dispatch from bupt supt garee saying we trill refuse tc receive the convicts from belton until all danaher of smallpox small pox ii passed under the circumstances harman and mobley will decline to take tho convicts away from beltha A dispatch from belton states chrt the insurrectionary ary spirit manifested by these convicts and all the prisoners in the belton jail grew out of their disposition to remain imprisoned with smallpox |