Show Hardened Prisoners Test lest Jail Security The sc of the new DavIs County Count jaIl jait has been sorely tested during the past few weeks SI the first of the year two attempts at breaking break break- ing out but or of the jail have been staged by the same group of inmates OS ON JANUARY twelve men been imprisoned at the State Penitentiary were transferred to the Davis County jail in a an effort to quell a riot riotat riotat at the state penitentiary These twelve men were considered the ring leaders of oC that riot They were housed in these groups at the county jail in Farmington in cell No 1 were Dayton Belgard John Underwood Under Under- wood Rolando and Ray Sheffield in cell No David David 2 Harper John Galpin Leonard Bowne and John Walt Wait and in cell No 3 Dennis Kinder Kindel Jay Briggs Max Reay and Charles Stinnett There were no women prisoners at the time so these men were isolated from the theother theother other prisoners in the women's cell block rIlEY TIlEY had been at the jail only two days when the first jail break was attempted During the night of January the felons in cell No 3 were sue suc in prying a corner of a steel plate open by using a spoon they had brought with them from the State Pen This steel plate h uses a light recessed reces reces- sed in the ceiling It is like a steel grating that is set on hing es which can be unlocked and swung down to replace a worn light globe After the inmates had bad sue sue- in prying a corner of the plate loose they inserted a achain achain chain of their knotted sheets blankets and mattress covers under the plate plat and tied the theother theother other end endt endi t the cell ell bars According Ac Ac- cording to the offense report they evidently placed their shoes between the knotted bed bedclothes bedclothes clothes thus forming a turn turnbuckle buckle buckIe twist which produced a tensile strength equal to a steel cable However though they succeeded in bonding bending the light fixture plate they were unable to pry it completely open IT WAS their opinion that the recessed light led to the attic However they hadn't taken in to consideration that the cell cellblock cellblock block walls extending into the attic are of Sin inch 8 11 thick con crete When the attempt was din dis covered n morning the prisoners said that they had been attempting the break because be be- cause one of the others ha had a aO O bloody nose and they wanted to report it to the dispatcher This prisoner Ray Sheffield did have a badly lacerated nose lie He claimed he fell from his bunk striking ida his nose on the ed edge e of his bunk as he fell Th There re that a fire had been started in hiS cell by bythe bythe the lighting of pages from mag mag- zanes There were also signs that the light well in cell No 2 had been tampered with ALL TWELVE prisoners were moved to the maximum securIty ity cells until the light wells could be welded shut Then new lighting was placed at the back of the cell block where other utilities are controlled by bythe bythe the jailer Although the jailers are experienced ex ex- lawmen none none of the three have ever had bad to deal with this libis type of hardened hal inal Nor has there been any I specific schooling set up in Utah for forte aching teaching jailers about their I specific job I HOWEVER Sheriff Kenneth Kenneth ha had his deputies take advantage of every police course available The three jaller jaile hired at the Davis County Coun Coun- ty jail aXe are enrolled in a Jailers Jailers' Jail Jail- ers ers' correspondence course sponsored by the Bureau or of Prisons They and all the deputies deputies ties have completed a basic police course taught by the Utah Peace Officers Officers' And the criminal deputies have been able to take advantage or of several sev sev- eral Courses specifically set up for criminal Investigations Currently Chief Deputy Wilham Wil Wil- liam ham L. L Peters and Criminal Deputy Glen Clary are attendIng attend attend- ing an ci weeks eight course in Police Science which deals specifically with scientific crime investigation at Weber College And Gordon Roxburg another criminal deputy will be attending attend attend- lag ing a school on homicide invest at Camp Williams on Jan 28 29 30 and BUT as we said before beCore the I jailers had never had to deal with this type of hardened crim inal before They hadn't been schooled in security well enough to recognize the type of lof situation that Jailer Don A. A Smith walked into last Sunday night But once he was in that situation he handled it very well weIl Sheriff Hammond said of Mr Smith Im sure all the men have learned a great deal about what to expect from this type or of crin criminal nal They have learned fast and well during these experiences ex ex- of the past few weeks They know hand first of the necessity of constant alertness alertness' and of not allowing themselves to trust these felons for even an instant he said It should be as valuable as any school school- lag ing they might have had he added ThEY TIlEY realize now that while they are busily attending to the many duties of being a jailer the inmates are able to spend their entire walking hours devising methods of attempting to break brek out And these men have nothing to to lose because they're already committed to serve life sentences the Sher Sher- iff pointed out Understanding these things it itis ItIs is easy to see why a near breakout breakout break break- out occurred on Sunday eve eve- ning This is what happened according to Jailor Don Smiths Smith's report AFIER the lights had been changed in the women's cell cellblock cellblock block the prisoners were again placed in the cells there By Sunday however there were only ten because Briggs and Merlin had been returned to the State PrIson at the Point of the Mountain At about while the men were in the room thy of the cell block Mr Smith went there to get a guitar which belonged to one of the trustees but had been loaned to them by Mr Ir Smith INSTEAD of the men back to their cells and locking them in by means or of the contro outside the cell block h he open opened ed the cell block door and ste step pod ped inside He was handed the guitar by Jay Sheffield But at atthe atthe the same instant Dennis Kinder and Charles Stinnett came out of cell No 2 and Kinder pointed a black object at him It was shiny and looked like a revolver Mr Smith reported At the same time Stinnett grabbed Mr l Smith and told him to be quiet He had his urn arm around my throat and Raey was pulling some kind of a string the sheriff said it could have been a shoe lace out of his pocket after Kinder had said to tie me up up- up Mr Smith said hOWEVER he was able to back Stinnett into a corner and began yelling for help Kinder and Raey moved toward the open door to leave the cell block In fact he had taken a astep astep step out of the cell block when he saw Stan Tebbs the din dis coming around the corner comer of the hallway haIlway Mr Tebbs had attempted to contact Mr Smith on the phone from Crom the dispatchers dispatcher's office in Inthe the front or of the building When Mr Smith didn't answer Mr Tebbs went back to the jail to investigate and heard Mr Smiths Smith's yells If he hadn't gone back to the jail he probably would have heard Mr Smith anyway through the amplifying system connected to the dispatchers dispatchers dispatcher's dis dis- office AT ANY rate Kinder saw him approaching and Mr Tebbs was wearing his gun the jailers never wear their guns while serving the prisoners so Mr Smith didn't have his on him Kinder ran back Into the ecu block saying that it was up However he be stuck the black object at Mr Smiths Smith's chest as if to shoot then all men Who had b been en taking part in the attempted out breakout went back into their cells as Mr l Tebbs entered the door The two deputies locked the cell block and the doors the cells celis and then called for Cor Corthe forthe the help of the sheriff and his other officers who responded immediately WE ThINK the object that looked like a gun was probably a bar of soap shaped like a agun agun gun and covered with shoe polish pol- pol ish that they probably flushed down the drain the Sheriff said But at first it was convincing convincing con con- eno gh for Mr Smith Thinking that it might possibly be a real gUn I did what the prisoners told rue me to do to the point where I was uncovered red by U. U Then I started hollering foX for help he said No date has been set by the state as to when these men who Incited the riot at the state prison Will be returned thereAs thereAs there As long as they're up here the prison officials can control the tho rioting at the Point of the Mountain Our jail jaU is one of oC the most secure in the today and now we all that We cant be TOO alert in hand hand- ling hag these men the Sherlf Sherif said So now there three men are back in solitary confine confine- ment security quart quart- for ers the duration of their stay in the Davis Dads County jaIl jali OIlIER 1 prisoners at the jail this past two weeks have in- in eluded i ANOTHER prisoner who has been held in maximum ity for the past few days is Lewis Elmer Eimer Frayer 19 Salt Lake City Found guilty of second degree de de- gree murder charge he has been undergoing psychiatric and psychological tests at the state mental hospital for several days He was brought back to Davis is County this week to ap pear in Second District Court for sentencing When he appeared ap ap- before Judge Thornley K Swan on Tuesday artel afternoon oon he was sentenced to serve a term of not less than ten years in the Utah State PrIson liE WAS charged with the slaying of Louis Sylvan Garcia 20 a Helper musIcian The vie vic tint tim was shot while he and two companions slept in a car parked park park- ed beside Highway 91 89 at Parrish Par Par- rish Lane last July The convicted slayers slayer's attorney ney said he plans to appeal the case on grounds of improper Instruction n to the jury and improper im ha proper rulings on motions durIn duro dur- In ing the trial which lasted five days OIlIER prisoners t the jail this past two weeks have included in in- eluded Peter Gilbert Clayton 22 Salt Lake City charged with public Intoxication and released re- re leased on 50 bond lond David Lee LeeM M MOrse S i-S 29 Magia gna charged with driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and driving driving ing during of his drivers driver's license released on bail and Joseph Ward Hansen 38 Salt Lake City charged with driving while under the ence once of l- l sentenced to 30 dS r n r rCHARLES CHARLES W Warren ITen Stoddard 53 Hooper charged with driving lag ing while under the influence of alcohol was released on a bond Henry Carlos 20 Ogden charged with im proper passing was fined 25 and sentenced to serve ten days in jail F. F Warren Unsell 21 I Ogden who was arrested in October on a charge of writing checks with insufficient funds was sentenced to serve six in the county jail When he appeared in Second District court on the charge OTHERS woo who have bave been charged with driving while Under under un- un der the influence of an alcoholic alco alco- holic beverage include Dennis Lee Griffin 22 Ogden released ed on cash ball bail Glenn Wallace 48 Clearfield released on cash bail Chester Merchant Post 43 Clearfield released on property bond Simon Ramirez Hernandez 44 Sunset released on bond LeRoy Pat Gutler rez 30 Layton Robert Allison Odom 63 Ogden released on bail James E. E Sanders 22 Bountiful released on bail Eugene O. O Christensen 40 Clearfield released on bond and Quentin A. A Allred 45 Woods Cross released on balL bail Karl Kare Charles Jensen 27 Salt SaIt Lake City was released on bond after being charged with both driving the influence and public Intoxication Arrest ed On n similar harges was Charles Char Char- les LeRoy Davis 29 29 Woods Cross released on cash ball bail CHARGED with executing an improper turn Franklin Lender Thorpe 40 Bountiful was released reo re- leased after paying a 10 fine Cyrus R. R Adams 39 Layton was released on a bond on charges of driving during a revocation of his drivers driver's li ii- cense Similar charges were placed d against Clarence E. E Need Needham Needham ham 37 Ogden who paid a fine and was released Those arrested on public Intoxication intoxication in- in charges include Jerry Henry 26 Clearfield released re- re leased on ball bail Elmer Ivan er 55 Farmington released re- re leased on 15 bail John Davis 28 Salt Lake Cit and Floyd Heaton 46 Salt SaIt Lake City were fined 15 and five days in jail was released upon payment of the fine GEORGE Neeley Bountiful charged with petit larceny released re re- leased on GOO property bond Manuel Jack Rivers GO 60 Bountiful Boun Boun- charged d with driving while under the influence and on a revoked license posted bond Leo Sosa 19 Clearfield was released on 35 ball bail after aCter answering a charge of failure to appear on a traffic ticket and speeding and Dallas Dale Wilt Wil- hams Iiams 19 Ogden charged with driving 70 miles an hour in a mile 40 zone paid a fine and was released |