| Show i t 21 l tl t a on ea ove t JO Disturbances Mar MarJ L I J Transfer to Point i i One Oae e of the largest penal migrations in American history was Monday as prisoners of the state of Utah were Aj a t from historic Sugar House prison to Point of the Mountain gyi r everal Several windows were broken and furniture wrecked in celle cell- cell e No 1 of the old prison as inmates took advantage of the theto migration to their new home a at Point o t of th the Mountain Io in Chief Deputy Warden Varden James i I Davis said the disturbance amount to much but admitted a bunch of prisoners were involved in the fora foray One prisoner who shied slued from cameras and like being handcuffed took a swing at a photographer but missed Swings on He was Hyrum Beebee one of the legendary characters at the prison Mr Davis said he became almost violent when guards tried to put on his handcuffs Another prisoner in No 1 said he did not want to Other news and pictures of the dramatic prison transfer appear on pages 2 3 8 and 4 make the move and to prove it he burned his clothes and kicked out outa outa outa a few windows v Mr Davis s said id some of these boys must get into a little mischief mischief mischief mis mis- chief or they dont don't feel right At noon the inmate who burned his clothes still sUU had not left the prison but Mr Davis said His lIis Time Will ill Come Weve been so busy we haven't had time to fool with him but hell he'll go when we get to him Alerted for Firebugs Guards were on special alert for fora a firebug who might try to torch some of the bu buildings at Sugar House Warden Varden Severson reported a quantity of sulphur was found last week in a trash can and guards were cautioned to be on the lookout for more of the chem chem- ical Prison officials theorized the sulphur was brought in m by workers work work- ers from the honor farm where the chemical is used in welding Chief Deputy Davis said there had been no evidence Monday that anyone would try to make use of any more of the the chemical Six condemned men were the first prisoners to arrive at Point of the Mountain prison The first group came into sight of officials at the new state prison at am a.m. arriving at precisely 9 am a.m. Four patrol cars in front and four behind the Salt Lake police patrol wagon escorted the group Accompanying the six condemned men were four others being See Page 2 Column 3 8 Slayers lead Prison Move Continued from Irom Page One housed in death row for disciplinary disciplinary disciplinary nary reasons As the wagon drew to a 1 atop in front of the modern prison gates the ten quiet men were ushered into the prison There was no outcry almost no sound Cameras flashed but most of the prisoners held new newspapers in front of or their faces to avoid being photographed Guns Gun Circle Convicts ConvIct Sawed off shotguns and machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns were everywhere as state police city police and sherIffs sherIff's sherIffs sherIff's sheriffs sheriff's sher sher- iffs iff's deputies watched closely for tor any chance of escape In the first wagon were Eliseo J J. J Mares ares 24 Ray Demp Dempsey cy Gardner Gardner Gardner Gard Gard- ner 29 Verne Alfred Braasch 24 Melvin Mclvin Leroy Sullivan 21 Fred Matteri 30 and Joe Garcia Trujillo Trujillo Trujillo Tru- Tru 44 All six are condemned to die and are awaiting appeals appeal For some of them the ride was probably probably I ably the last glimpse of oC the outside outside outside out out- side world they will have With the condemned men in the heavily guarded patrol wagon were Alfred Belaski i 23 William E. E 23 John Merrold Bagshaw Bagshaw Bagshaw Bag Bag- shaw 38 38 and Harold Lee Roy Franklin 24 They are arc being held in death deathrow row ro which doubles as disciplinary disciplinary disciplinary nary cells Belaski and Franklin arc are serving time for rob rob- bery Bagshaw was sentenced on ona ona ona a morals charge Busloads Busload Arrive e At intervals of an hour busloads busloads busloads bus bus- loads of prisoners prisoner's arrived cd at the new modern structures Each group was closely guarded and stationed strategically along the route were patrol cars just in case The buses moved mo without incident incident incident inci inci- dent along along- South to State st st. and south to the prison a distance dis dis- distance tance of about 20 miles The second load pulled into the I prison at Thirty-six Thirty men were unloaded off a Salt Lake City Lines coach They walked in pairs and all earned carried small paper paper paper pa pa- per sacks with their their- personal be be- longings They smiled and appeared glad for a chance lp fo 0 get out even if for fora a little while At Sugar House a crew of 20 inmates were left behind to cleanup clean cleanup cleanup up the debris of moving day Final Instructions Given GI As Ag early as 7 am a.m. Warden Varden A. A O. O Severson Severson on gave final instructions to guards In the operation of the mechanized security equip equip equip- men ment t. t In Jn the bakery the smell of freshly freshly freshly fresh fresh- ly bak baked d bread greeted the first load of prisoners Bakers and meat I cutters began work Sunday in preparation for the first meal Monday noon in the new buildings All prisoners were escorted into the new orientation chambers stripped of their old uniforms told I to bathe and issued new clothes Nearly mattresses from the Sugar House prison were brought to the Point m in huge vans They were placed in a large room and disinfected preparatory to use in tn inthe inthe the new buildings More than new mattresses were awaiting the the prisoners at the new quarters X N No o 0 Drab Walls ails Morale of the men took an uplift uplift uplift up up- lift when they saw individual cells I with sky blue ceilings and dusty r t d a d fg s' s r i ir rrT R N f Ii l i 5 A r rR R- R Y 4 4 4 r 2 f r jOr t Warden A. A O. O Severson His charges move into new quarters rose-grey rose walls a walls a striking contrast contrast contrast con con- from the drab walls of the theold theold theold old prison The Thc dining dining- room of deep rose shines in contrast to the primrose yellow kitchen 68 stainless steel tables seating 10 men each line the immense space of the dining room Prisoners were ushered after i their baths to their new quarters More than of them were confined confined confined con con- fined to the individual cells and more were sent to the farm dormitory near the outside wall of the prison on Honor Farm Already at the new prison are re men housed in the farm dor dor- They have been there for some time in what prison officials call the honor farm Only four foul of the men were al allowed allowed al- al I aI-I lowed out of the dormitory Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day during the move mO They went I about their daytime jobs as u usual I Others were kept locked in the buildings during the move In the first bus was Robert S S. S Harries most publicized of pr present present pres pres- sent s- s ent prison inmates He walked with other other prisoners carrying his small sack of belongings I Also in the first bus was a man with a crutch He hobbled along I as fast as he could and the line linc I waited for him to catch up before opening the gates I He is Jimmy Timmy Ferris He has only o one e leg I Il l The crews who man the main kitchen also were aboard the first bus buss They went right to work fixing fixing fix fix- ing lunch the lunch the first meal in the west's newest and most modern prison |
