TraJ.ORfiCON STAlMA SALEM, OREGON-
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ctato. rifles, Murray and ..Jonos
P"nd fire through a north win
dow of-the turnkey's, office upon
Ruard tower No. 1 overlooking he
main entraaca and In which guard
tower during this and subsequent
exchanges of shots -two guards
wer hit.-Guard Gardiner entered
Kttard tower1 No. 1 from the out
side, of the penitentiary by means
of an. interior protected entrance
during the firing and assisted
Guard Holman, .. who, was first
wounded in the arm. out of the
tower. We find that this guard,
however, did not arm himself in
the tower, although a weapon was
available. there,, and that, he left
the wounded guard. Holman. at
the base of the wall 'outside and
ran north toward the Oregon
state hosnital. Jt appears that
the wobnded guard, Holman, was
murdered by the convicts a fw
lQi.nntea later as they passed ly
this Bpotwhere hp had been loft
retlinin"jfgainst the wall.
'.'Reverting to the struggle in the
turnkey's office.; we findV tBaJ
Guard Davidson either fell or 'waft
knocked down by oh of the eon
r lets In that. office and thereupon
evapd from tbe.4)Uildint id ran
to tower No. 1 where he secured
a rifle. Guard" Davidson appears
to have left-the tower after two
other guard had' been killed and
made his way outside the grounds
where he took up a position of
vantage and fired upon the con
victs as they mounted the isteps
or guard tower No. 1 in leaving
the prison yard. He apparently
wounded Convict Jones at this
time, and from a point of vantage
emptied his rifle at them a they
fled northward outside of the
prison walls. "Convict Jones wa3
found dead following this ex
change of shots.
"It. appears that at the time of
the firing there were some eiglit
or more guards at the guards'
quarters outside and across the
street to the west of the grounds
or in the immediate vicinity there
of; .that these : guards, were un
armed and ' apparently ; had mo
weapons at the guards' nuartes.
it being required that they not
keep arms at that place where
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"Testimony is vague as to what
happened among these guards, as
well as other guards, but it is ap
parent, that a condition or panic
exuded at the time. In fact, due
to general confusion and excite
ment, minor discrepancies are to
be found in all versions of the ar
tair. '"Guard Sandifer apparently en
tered tower Xo. 1 and then left,
running north to the Oregon state
hospital, approximately one-third
of a' Jnile distant, where-he ar
rived in a state of collapse, re
quiring medical attention. Ho
says he was after a doctor to at
tend Holman, whom he saw was
wonnded.
"Guard Gardiner, who ran from
' guard tower No. 1, as previously
I indicated herein, says that he was
arter weapons, but found no avail
able weapons at the stnte hospital
except shotguns loaded with bird
shot, and a revolver which he was
reluctant to use against convicts
armed with rifles. After the- con
victs had vanished, these two
guards returned to the prtson ana
later joined in the pursuit.
"Your committee was unable to
interview Guard Savage, who was
reported as severely wounded.
"We ascertained that there were
to guard reserves available for
this emergency, and that the
guard manning .tower No. 2. past
which the convicts fled, was Killed
In tower: No.-1, which was the
point of . greatest danger at the
time. .
"Th ore apparently was no guard
In " tower,. No. 2 at the northwest
corner;.; So far as we could ascer
tain the only shots fired at the
convicts as they fled after leaving
the prison grounds were those
fired by Guard-Davidson and shots
fired from a shotgun by Warden
Dalrymple, whi, however, was not
within the range of effective fire
for such a weapon.
"The convicts left the prison
at about C u'clrtck p. m- and ran
north approximately one-third of
a mile where they appear to have
secured an auto Vehicle and im
mediately disappeared. There is
no evidence of pursuit during the
time thaUthey, were running and
in sight. Deiaifs of all witnesses
conflict as to the time pursuit was
taken np. testimony varying from
10 minutes, which was the esti
mate of Warden Dalrymple. to one
hour, which is the estimate of
two or mere guards. The major
ity of the witnesses Interviewed
by us estimated the ttme as 20
minutes;.
"We find that there was no pre
arranjceil plan of meeting this or
any similar emergency. The guards
say they received no Instructions
covering their conduct In any
emergency and it was the opinion
of the guards that they were sim
ply to use their best judgment in
any situation that might arise.
"We find the same condition ex
isted in reference to the pursuit
there being no pre-arranged sys
tem or plan for use in this or any
other emergency. The area about
the penitentiary had not been dis
tricted. The method of pursuit
in this particular case was that
the guards on hand were instruct
ed by the warden to get guns and
give chase. No system of alarm
for breaks, fires or other emerg
encies appears to have existed.
Physical Aspects of Prison
"We find that the prison as a
whole is adequate for the housing
of, convicts now confined therein,
and will take care of any ordinary
increase. The walls are securely
bnilt and the guard posts are ar
ranged so as to give a clear view
of vantage points within the prison
yard. The roof over the main cell
building is flimsy and easily sawed
through', but such egress admits
of escape only into the interior
prison grounds, which are protect
ed by walls. The prison is not of
a modern type, but is not suffic
iently vulnerable as to render es
capes an easv matter. While the
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flimsy jrottf over . the main' 'cell
building was a contributing raptor,
it was not wholly responsible for
the escape of the four rMMerrt.
We believe that there .;r. urul
points of weakness in the i-truc-
ure of the penitentiary wiikh
ought to be remedied at once, and
that pending such improvements.
special vigil should be exercised.
Most important of these improve
ments, in oflr opin'an. is r'.ie estub-
ishment tjf a guard tower over
the main entrance, t'outrol of
he main gate from tower Xo. 1 is
now exercised over a distance of
approximately 7." yards and this
s not practicable in any way. A
main entrance tower would have
circumvented the possibility of an
escape of the type under consider
ation herein. It would also per
mit a close surveillance of persons
entering ad leaving the pri-on
grounds and ould afford effect
ive protection against escape from
,the west side of the prison. Un
armed guards who are in the
guards quarters outside the
grounds would he available for
duty if there were a main tower
at the entrance where weapons
could be had in event of a dis
turbance or a break within the
rounds.
"We believe that a steel cover
ing over the flimsy portion of the
roof should be added, or else the
space over the cells immediately
under the roof should be shut off
with heavy wire screening ;n -s
to deny prisoners access to i': e
flimsy roof. Steel lined half-doors
should La placed at .the entrance
and exits of: all guard towers so
m Up render it unnecessary for
guards to expose themselves need
lessly in .an emergency. The
guards who were shot in tower Xo.
i, iu our opinion, did not have as
aood protection a the convicts
Uo wire firing at them.
"In tills connection we believe
that -the three oak trees in tlie
west prison yard and from behind
one of which Murray found ade
quate protection in his attack on
suard tower 'Xo. 1, should be im
mediately cut down.
"The eai. v.aii, along that por
tion, parallel to the concrete work
huiidinxs inside the eat prisou
yards should be equipped with
barbed wire net rising to a heissht
of five feet above the wall, par
ticularly at the point rvhere the
n'eek enters under the- wall,
t'uard tower Xo. 4 at the south
cast corner might be equipped
with a small machine gun to pie
vent the possibility of an organ
ised break from the -main prison
yard on th east side where lar.se
numbers of prisoners assemble
daily.
"The abandoned guard tower at
the southwest corner is believed
to be a point of danger in that it
is easy of access from the out
side. It is our belief that the en
tire wall with all guard posts
could be readily taken from this
vantage point before resistance
could be organized. This tower
Py all means should be made se
cure asrainst entrance by unauth-
i;:ed persons.
"The wooden shack fn the eaat
yard, commonly known as the
"dog pen," should be destroyed
or else placed under strict regu
latou. aa it-now appears to serve
no decent purpose at t he ; prison
and Is a T festering place for idle
ness and worse. Stairs leading to
guard towers should . be removed
vWe beneve that better protec
tion should be given to the flax
plant east and outside the prisou
walls. Lights should be placed in
sufficient number in this area to
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