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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY a.

Honorable Louie Ba Nunn
Governor

Honorable Wendell Ford
Lieutenant Governor *

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

John Cg Taylor

J@ E6 Baker
Arthur Mo Reynolds
Weldon Welch

W. Parker Hurley
William Lyon
Robert Perry

Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner
Director of Education
Director-Farm management
Director-Probation & Parole
Director~Staff Services
Superintendent-industries

KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY

J¢ wt Wingo

John wa Drennon
Wt G; Herndon

W; H: Lesley
William Ma Egbert
Robert J. Grubbs
Donal Cole

Re PG Parker

Max c. Salb, MD
H. R0 Patterson
K. D; Johnson
Father Delma Clemons
Reva F.-P3 Loman

Warden

Assoc} Warden-Administration
Assoc. Warden-Custody

Assoc, WardenoTreatMent
Supervisor-Education
Supervisor-Industries a
Chief Counselor(Acting)
Captain(Senior)

Medical Director

Training Officer(Personne1)

Chief Records Officer

Catholic Chaplain

Protestant Chaplain

KENTUCKY PAROLE BOARD

Mrsg Lucille Robuck
Sewell Cg Harlin

CASTLE STAFF

Ho R. Dunbar — Editor ~
Billy Cox - Exchange Editor
Hank Hill - Sports Reporter

The CASTLE is
Penitentiary, at Eddyville.

CASTEE‘ SPRING

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CASTLE is R publication by the residents of the Kenpuoky sgeteoPenSQ
tentiarv near Eddyvilleo The primary purpose of thls pobileatlon 15
to offe} the prison pOpulation an opportupxey for creative express;
iong and to promote S better understendlgg between the inmates an

interested,persono eutsideo The magazine is ceoSoredg but the VleWS
and comments eontained herein do not necessarily refleop those of
the Administrationo PermiSSion to reprint alla materials 13 granted
provided the source is eeknowledgedo GAgTLE 1S 8 member of the Ina
ternetional Institutional PreSs Associationo

OUR COVER

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no RROM THE EDITOR
5° BILLE QQXUS EXCHANGE PAGE
e0 PAROLEE PROGRAM
70 OLD YARD KAT
8° BITS & PIEGES
9° KOSORO NEWS
10° KQSORO NEWS
11 KOSOP; NEWS
12° FROM THE DARK RASR
13o DRRK PAST
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18° SLRSR TO IRE DARK HOLE
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 —,;‘!. Kentueky39 State Bird? the Cardinal
5.’ has been intrcduaed tt Hawaii and
Bermufia, They aret admired net eniy
fif their! enimean beauty.0 but aiae
b faUfie of their~in©eesant appetite
irr destructive insects euen ae-
patete bugao
Cardinals are considered among
tne wept-*a beat songbipdan Unlike

d
most other birds9 they eften deliver
song while in mid flight at even
when engaged in a jumping danee t0
advertise a territeriai claim9 in
which case the male generally emanm
ates? Heweverg bath male and female
sing similar sengem
Some instances ef polygamy have been ebservedp although for
the most part eardineia are manegameua and multibreodal, The
female Gees vertneliy ail 0f the watt eenneeted with building
the nest? ineubating the eggs and byeoding the youngo The male
assists by feeding the femaie whiie she is nesting and the young
after they betcha While the meetiing periefi is variableQ incubm
atien ranges from-ii ta :5 date and the yeung emerge at differa
ent times éasynehroneue hatching} because ineubation generally
begins gradually in the Rienmendena Candinaiis familyo The
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EDITQR“S NOTE: The it sateen maetery @f Tfld LQWiB
combine with an insistent efyeet ef Ghee Dufiaim predueee Efla
eevers it was tne climax af a tangy anfl eemetimee trying~exper=
ieneea DuRein had previeusiy submitted aevetai bird drawings;
eueh as a Tween? a Parakeet» a Geekateeiy a Keag a Lerikeetg
and a biuefiay which Leaked auspieieueiy like an odd eelered
sparrewa He has a eeft spat fer aparrewe and has been feeding
eevemal generatiene ef teem ”which have quite naturally taken up
reaidemee- near his cell Qte the dismay ef the heueeteeping
detaiifie As an end result these sparrewe were getting uneemmenu
1y frienéiyg until tee real iatd;metthed feiiew wake up the
whale eeiiheuee by demanding hie breakfeet at 3 At Mo Heweverg
a rubberband prepeiied papereiip put a peried t0 his piereing
shill where ne peried wee int«amt:«lg-mi‘9 and; after same unprintabie
remarks about birds and peepie WhQ emeeurage thems the wheie
eeiiheuae went back ta sleep;

     

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PENAL DIGEST' INTERNATIONAL m domes now a new concept‘in the annals‘
of journalism» a unique monthly tabloidasiaed newspaper» called the
Penal Digest Internationale Its home is Box 899 Iowa city9 Iowa but
just because it comes from the heart of the corn belt does not mean
that one ounce of corn has sifted into the pages of PODOIo 'To tell
the story of PODOIo is to tell the story of the man behind its Joe
Granto Grant9 now 40, until l966 was the Editor of a successful
crusading weekly in Iowao Then things changedo He was consisted of
counterfeiting and served three years for.the federal at LeavanWorth
Penitentiaryo Joe Grant just didnvt‘serve'timeg he surveyed the site
nation around him with the eye of a trained news gatherero He came
to some interesting conclusionso One was that efforts in penology
could be made tremendously more successful by using former offenders
in the institutional treatment serviceso Others have come to the
same conclusion but Joe Grant sent one step furthero He pledged to
himself that he would work toward goals that would encourage and
help these people to enter these areaso Upon release” he made his
first more° He entered a University and majored in criminologyo He
broadened his base of contacts in the communications field andiat
every opportunity he talkedo He talked about his ideas9 his hopes9
and his dreamso A dynamic personality» he spoke fast and out came a
rapid overflow of ideas 'and practical programs of helpo Thoughts
of how to use a vast supply of unmined talent that he had encounter»
ed in prison» talent he had preceived in the penal press across the
nationo He was a successful salesman of these programs and Phase IV
came into beingo Phase IV» a nonwproiit organisation dedicated to
aiding former offenderso Just one of the programs of Phase IV is
this Penal Digest Into When the first copy crossed our deska just
a few weeks ago» all of us stopped to read this 70 page issueo We
”urge you to get a copy and do the same thingo FBI is offered to the
men now incarcerated on an interesting plano The normal {subscriptm
ion price is $6 per year» tut foW inmates the rate is $i now and you
pay the balance after your releaseo

we are sold on PEI» its merits and its future planso the house
paper is not a snowman hand for the staff includes such enapenal
press greats as John RicardoS Wesley Graham9 and soon to rejoin the
group will be Rex Fletchero ‘

WRITERS AND PORTS MQVE WITH CAUTIQN

Not a month goes by that we don t receive at least two or more
letters from some college student who proposes an anthology or book
featuring stories or poems by men in prisono They offer nothing but
the glory of seeing your work in publicationo You in turn are helps
ing someone get his thesis or term paper the easy wayo' my advice
would be to hold your work for places like PDI where you are offered
some financial gain as well as a good showcase for your worko

From The Editor continues on Page

CASTLE 39711 , PAGE 3;

 FORM THE EDITGR(Continued from page 3)
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AVE ET VAEE! ,

In a non—related to prison book we ran across a statemen that
seems to sum up some of the frustrations that face many a prison ed~
itor in his search for newso Said the bookooo"The chance of asking
the question and getting an answer can be as slow materializing as
is the promise in the road signs reading "Christ is Coming."

This column marks the last one for this editor here at KNS,Po
and so with 'failing hands we throw the torch ' to another with our
best wishes and fervent hope that they will keep the faith 31d the
flame of CASTLE burningo We thank all of you for your past support
and letters of encouragemento Looking over them it seems to have
made the past three and a half years of editing worthwhileo

HORo Dunbar

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A SAEUTE T0 A WINNER

Unfortunately to much is said about the few noisely recidi-
vist while too little praise is given to the majority of ex~
offenders final story is the crown of successo To ofter the only
eXuconviets we hear about are the old familiar faces we nest on
'the yard or hear about them getting into jail someplace° Not
often enough do we hear of an echonvict who is doing will.

Eddie To Alvey is such a persono He first appeared at K.S°P.
in 1966 where he served as chairman of the Alcoholics Anonymous
group, and editor of the groups‘I “CUR HOPE" magazineo At the be»
gining a few of the hard nosed old timers scoffed at Eddies change
of attitude as the result of a sort of spiritual awakeningoooit
was a magnificent change and, in time even the hard noses admitted
that they were impressedo
' Eddie became the first prisoner to ever be temporarily releau
sed from the penitentiary in Kentucky for the purposed of being
baptizedo He took religious correspondence courses sponsored by
outside churches and by the time he was released by expiration of
sentence he was ready to preach his first message in the Mtg
Zion General Baptist church near Reedg Ky, ‘

Later Eddie Alvey furthered his studies at the FreeduHardeman
College9 Henderson, Tenno and was chosen as fullatiie minister of
a church in decaturvilleg Tenno During the 2% year assignment
there he helped erect a $hh90©0 meeting complexo

Active in politicsg he appeared on radio» TV? and in newsm
paper as well as doing public appearances for Governor John Wile
liams of Mississippi and Wallaoe during the l968 campaigna

In order to supplement his income during this periodg Eddie
worked in auto sales» collections? trucking and was General Manag»
er of a state wide distributing company in Tennesseeo When he
started with that company it claimed only t$ll, 000 in assets and
when he resigned the business owned by the Mayor of Henderson”
Tennog assets were in excess of $7h90009 . , r
. Nowéaadays Eddie can be heard over Radio WBNLQ Boonvilleg 1nd
AM & FM at 8300 A0 Mo each Sunday morning° He is also the author
of a booklet entitled” "Why Young People Should Be Savedo"

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 Well, here it is time for
another look at the Penal Press
eiro nit and all .the happeningsG
01 Ed.o has had a drawer Tull of
them for me for a month or twee
Sines he”s about] to leave us
guess some of the pr see wars will die downa ‘

‘IN CROWDwWe1ve been reading this fine magazine for the past
three years and note the great progreSs that they have made from a
mimeo sheet to a printed pro auctiono The winter 1970~71 issue is
the best out yeto
THE VOTCEa First time welve seen this nagazine from the Correction
Farm at Caprong Virginiao James Williamsg the Editor, seems to have
gotten himself a grand crew of writerso Polarization by Winfred
Reynolds explains the hangoups and problems of most any institutiono

 

one of the Deans of the

EYE OPENERnTtus so long to Rex Fletcher,
voeess in his outside world endeavors.

penal press a ~We wish him st

CONCEPTnKansas State-Prison This is another magazine that we are
seeing for the first timeo They are on a ft nd raising job to build
a new ohapelo We wish them the best of luoho

HERBIE Hayes=Not a penal publieetieng but while 11m thinking about
it I_just found out why all the boys at the gym. have been calling,
him» “Judgeofl It seems itVs beeaase he1s always on the benoho

lar and  Speaking Out by
“39 really speak out

on Grano Sells" as he
itor of the J23 Times

THE PRISON MIRRORaVolo tgwlol“ The slat Soho
31 Frazier Smith an& 51” Boz1eyp nee eelT l
‘1 had to hand it to Dion Irvin in his ”F“
got on our palg J H -Milanis the est-w
for fussing without nausea

EES ah. SCENE- ShaErg db; '6 Bu

11.1,”..11.2,9 wha * :1tind. oT wine do you suggest for
drin.ing e.ndei the rqiiroa
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ago“ Most of as wine tibbers donlt
Ta How about telling us about Elder»

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know much abbot that fa; ey stn

eisry or Dandelion? Hie

THE FOLSOM OBSERVEBw»nst be mt, fol is about the tops we ean hand out
.fc. your April issuco It n: ?“'v
ISLAND LANTERN—Jester PrieeQHLitormLes.'has a story. The Executr in in
.this iSSQe.that.is great1 If you havenlt read itg by all means” 101

(It

just received their Sebring issue
and for the zipn oar bqus th toesa Louis Harper, Editor asks
all along the oirsuit who are n exehcnging with him to put the
Dopester on the mail-“g listo Adan”, is: The Dopestar, P009 Box
1177, evens Park Florida (33825)

THE DOPESTERcAvon Parks Flo ids
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'PRESTDIQn Comes t?.ee Marshaaoril issueg b :inging with it one of the
most comprehensively as ssembleo magesi ne that we have seen in some
timeo Quality'writing seems to be the hallmark from the Iowa penw
itentiary publicationo Would that we all could do as welll1

CCI NEWSz'A correction for youg The word SHEEN in reference to Prie
son guards is strielzlgi,T an-Ameriean inventiono Sing S:«‘1,1r1g,,1\I.T'o 1.825.
Cheek up and you will find that our hi storein is usually correct.

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.‘Xfl Mrg Cepmettes a counselor at Eddyn
i Ville? told the Medieonville Jayeeee
that the general poelio“a attitude to»
ward former convicts must changec "We
must learn to aeeept them? to treat

7' them with dignityin to be willing to
week beside themg live beside them and
have our children be friends with
their ohildeena if we ever expect them
to beeeme good citizens)“ he was

queted in the Madisonville Messenger?

Mel Coenttte along with Maurice
Wootenj a eommunity sepviee Offieerg
and ease Braneonfi a Probation Officer?
attended a Jayeee Meeting at the Tea»
velodge in Medieonville to bostep the
newly formed Parolee Probation Volume
teee Greup" Five other persons who
had peevieoely completed the federally
funded inetruetional peviod also ape
peered at the JayeeeeB meetinga

Ne lees than fifteen persons exppeeeed some interest
in the programs and ten others have already volunteered for
the onopaying positienc Of two‘ women volunteerep one
already has been assigned a “client“ ae the eXaerisoners are
knowno *
Mrc Mauriee Wooten expleinee to the Jayeeee that Pro»
bation Parolee Program in Kentueky eae e result of the Safe
Streets Aet enacted by Gengreee ie lgogo The Program ie one
der the Department ef Goereetiomeg ”The peppeee of the vol:
unteee program is te eeaiet the eXmeonviet to eemeetablieh
himself in the community; te beeeme involved eoeially; in
Little League? Bey Soouteg end entree were» leis program
is an effert to make the exmeemviet an eaeet to the eomG
enmity; instead of a burden?“ he wee quotedl

Men GurnutteVe talk wee appaeently eimee at explaining
the ppieonfie routine! The preeedere eeed in admitting an
inmate though to his dieeeergel adding that? ”it eoet the
State of Kentueky EQQQGQ dellere to eonviet a man and keep
him in prison for five yeaeee ieapayereh moneys He also
brought to the Jeyeeeefi ettentiom that this cost doubles in
the very pretable ease of Peeieivietl eel teemette emphae=
ized that the attitude of the geneeal peelle toward the exO
eonviet is very important (to Melee we ate AMENlm ‘

While the program is reperted meeting with emthasiaemg
regular parole officere are eaid to be something lees them
enoekedaeg over the idea of heving anyone around who might
question their opinioe as to whether or net a parolee should
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for being the beet teaehee?

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WThe streets of our oonntry are in tunmoLLL The Universities
are fiLLed with etudenta nebeLLing and nLothgq Gommuniste are
seeking to destroy our countryc RaaeLa LL threatening us with her
might and the Republic is Ln danger? Yesa danger from within and
danger from withouto We need Law and endeng our natLon cannot
survive, Elect us and we ahaLL restore Law and oruerg“

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for construction of more penitentLaPLea next year and the prospect
of “wallet0swall prisonsL inexorably extends its shadows aoross a
feararidden countrya“

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“Courts and polioe have LLtt LLe me aet on oriminaLec The odds
are four to one that a emee LLLLL not result in an apneatg 50 to one
it wiLJL not result in a eonvLeLLOL , and EGG to one it wLLL not
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person with an eye toward the Iutupe rm We ecth IL of societygn
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make a bank robber want to vomLt every time he Law a bank? eouLd
make an armed robber ahudde n everythe he Law a gun“

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NEW PAROLE BOARD CHAIRMAN NAMED

Mra Sewell Harlin» Glasgow2 Kentucky» a three year’ member of
the Kentucky Parole Board has been elevated to the»Ghairmanshipaof
that body b§ Governor Louie Bo Manno mro Harlin succeeds the Honor=
able Glenn ade whose term expired this montho

At the same'time9 the Governor appointed State-Senator Wendell
van Hooseg Tudor9 Kentucky9 to a four year term on the Boardo

EDUCATIGNAL DIRECTOR SEES BRIGHTER
FUTURE FOR VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL‘PROGRAMS

Mro William Mo Egbert indicated that the coming fiscal period”
.July-l97laJune 1972» would be one of growth and improvement for the
Educational Department of the Kentucky State Penitentiaryo The coma
ing period should bring about greater expansion both in the Academic
and theVo-oation'alprogramo WChanges are indicated in the methods»
the techniques of both schools through the introduction of new and
innovative programs which will help transform the present education=
=al structure"9 Mr%.Egbertusaido ‘

The new programs will feature an individualized learnin sittea
tion with the possibility of a Learning laboratory to help t’e stu=
dent to pace his program to his own abilityo An increased budget
'for this period .will mean an expansion in the.library=serviee
section of the schoolo Inolnded in tie orer=all planning ,is a
building program for the expanded educational services to be offered
hereo Mr0 Egbert also indicated that there will be an increased
participation through *other agencies? both state and federalg to
help implement and expand both rotational and academic programso

new CATHOLIG oairiiir NAMED

Reverend Delma Clemons has been named as Catholic Chaplain here‘
to succeed Father Thomas Clarko Father Clark has' been- reassigned
to Sto Annls Parish in Morganfieldg Kentnehyo

Father Clemons is a native of Leitchiield9 Kentucky and is 32
years oldo He was ordained in May9 l96d and for one year: was the
Assistant Pastor at'Sto Joseph'chnrchg'Bowling Green» Kentuckyo For
four years9 he served as Chaplain at Owensboro &.Davis county hose
pitalo In March of this year» he became pastor at Sto Paulls Parish
and the Mission at Dawson Springso In addition to serving as Ghapc
lain here and at Sto Panlls he will also be partatime Catholic Chaps
lain at the Childrenls Hospital and School at Ontwood9 Kentucky;

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 KOSOPo NEWS Continued:
Go Eo Do GRADUATES
Diplomas will soon be in the offing for the latest two ~groups
of men who have successfully completed the state administered GtEoDo
examinations0 In the February testing9 passing warez

Anthony McNealy Gerry Brown Raymond Lee Johnson

Themes Wright Roger Pace John Greene

Robert Prater Robert Redmon Larry Sutherland
In the April group warez '

Coley Lewis Archie Townsend Charles C0 Hinds
' Leonard Brown Robert Cunigan

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WARDEN HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE

Warden Jaw; Wingo held a press conference this month for
the Editor of the CASTLEo Using thebasic9 informal style now pope
ular with most-chief executives» he began the conference with sever:
al announcementso

Warden Wingo: ”We are announcing today a liberalization in the mail
procedureso Each man will be permitted to write and receive _a
reasonable-number o£.letters weeklyo" ~-' -

Reporterc»Reasonable?

Warden: Well you knowoooreasonablel Where it use to be two a week
written or received from each approved correspondentooo Let me con:
tinue with the eannounoemento :Any additions or deletions of corres=
pondents will be made by the Counselor assigned to the mano Any
questions will be decided by the Chief Counselor or the Associate
Warden for Treatmento What 19m saying here is that your counselor
is going to be the man to see or talk to about any incoming or out=
going letter that might be in queStiono

Reporter: What about magazines? I

warden: Magazine subscriptions» which hare been approved» will be
_ accepted and deliveredo We are in the process of revising an ape
prOVed list of magazines that you can subscribe too This list will
be based on what the American Correctional Association approves for
most institutionso It should include types of magazines ‘that will
suit most readers°

Warden: Nowg we want to talk to you about the Whole"?o

Reporter: We dingt do nothing!

Warden: Here I want to say that the isolation or segregation cells
used as punishment is being phased out° There is an increasing libs
eral attitude in all prisons that isolation should be used only for

control purposes and not for punishmento There are better ways of
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 KoSoPo NEWS (Continued)

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WARDENVS PRESS CONFERENCE (CONQTO)

reaching people and this old idea of punishment in isolation just
doesnit worko By this I doth mean that we are going to coddle anym
one but we are going to have controlo

The Wardenle Press Conferenoe went on to cover other areas of
interest including:

PAY RAISE FOR ATTENDANTS:

A pay raise has been granted for the ten inmate attendants who
staff our new neurompsychiatric unit in three cell houseo This
unit» receently opened to serve the more mentally disturbed at the
institution» is proving to be a very satisfactory investment and it
is to be noted that in some cases remarkable ,results have been obc
tainedo The inmates who do help with the men housed there are doing
a fine job and it was because of this that the pay raise was grante
edo

INDUSTRIES COMPLEX:

The new prison industries complex is now open in a doubleefenca
ed area beyond the rear wall of the institution° The new area un=
der the supervision of Mro Robert Grubbs9 contains the clothing
plant and the IOBOMo operationo It is adjacent to the Industries==
furniture and upholstering operationo About W80 rmen are inow ems
ployeed in the industries Complexo

SCHOOL DAYS ARE TO BE COOLER:

Two new programs in cooperation with the State Department of
Vocational Education will soon be in full operationo The classes;
one in Meat Cutting and one in Radio and Television Repair are now
in the process of being setcupo Outside instructors have been hired
and equipment for both is now being receivedo More information
about both classes will be announced at a later dateo

FEDERAL PROJECT MONEY

More federal project money will be available within the departw
ment of Corrections in the new fiscal year starting in Julyo One of
the projects will include an independent mobile radio system that
will implement existing systems and make it possible to maintain a
constant communication system with all areas of the institution and
the farm systemo

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

With all of the current progress and work being projected there
still esists some wishful thinking of what might have been° Had‘the
bond issue hot been defeated at the polls9 the sound of much cone
struction work in progress might be ringing about the institution in
this coming fiscal period° As it now stands many more programs and
improvements must lie on the shelf awaiting money to put them into
operationo

REPORTER: Thank you9 warden Wingoo (exit writing)
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Mro Kevil Sellers9 of the Educational Departmenty lent
the CASTLE an old copy of the HOURS, a sort of grandfather
of the CASTLEO This AprM I lu<8 news sheet reflects some of
the other publications which are still in business were on
the circuit- way back in the dart agesi THE REFLECTOR, THE
HILLTOP NEWS9 and THE MENTOR; are all showing signs of ad=
vancing ages

In that issue was a vivid account of the RED DEATH in»
cident of l923 which has become a dark part of Kentucky“s
folk loreo The.bullet scared messhall referred to in this
article was torn down long agcp andg te,3 since it was write
ten another riot ripped threugh the prison leaving ll bleed=
ingo

a HOURS? 3:938 a: a

In the fall of leggy KSP suffered the enly riot in its8
history a and this startling affair was engineered and stage
ed by three grim and determined men who» for the purposes of
this item shall be anonymousg the“ everyone in Kentucky ree
calls the episode vividly

This trie had guns smug2l ed intc the prison and systemw
atically began a tour of the institutiony searching grimly
for certain guards? who,9 for devicus reasonsy had incurred
their animosityo They hunted down and murdered a trio of
officers and fellowwinmatesy but failed tc crash the front
gate = their ultimate aimo

Turning at bay, with hate and desperation etched in
their.frustrated faces months unholy three swiftly decided
upon a barricade of the diningeroom and suited prompt action
to the thoughts

For three days they withstood the siege; refusing all
pleas to surrender and repulsing a continuous hail cf fire
from guard personnel and a detachment of National Guard?
which had been ordered to the scene by Govt Morrow? Warden
John Bo Chilton made every effcrt to quell the disorder?
without further bloodshedt Balance ef prisoners were kept
under lock and key during the three day siege? Meantime it
became imperative that same drastic measure must be used if
the determined men were te he dislodged from their fortressn
A machineegun battery was setup on the NE wall cf the Gastle
from whence the gunners fired a spray cf lead into the roof
of dining room interiory but the angle cf fire circumtented
its“ purpose and the embattled men continued to hold outa

w Speculation that their ammunition supply was low; led
the officials to believe the men must seen surrendera Meanu
time Capto Wt Po Gilliahanfi later heputy Warden» cautiously
apprcached the heleagured ricteers with an earnest plea for
their surrender a cnly to receive a flesh wound in the legg
after the men had pleaded with him tc haltg but very flatly =
refusing to bargain the sericus situaticng

Fear and apprehensicn had the statels eyes fecused on
Eddyvilleg On the final day we cf the blockade» cfficials
noted less frequency in the firing frem the DR good then a
lull of strange quiet for a short few momentst Three shots
crashed outg deliberately timedOQ ”a final tombalike still:

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RED DEATHz

Afternoon of same day a scouting party ventured into
the dining room (hearing no voice or other sound) m and on
the floorg lay the dead bodies of the three men a OUT, the
hard wayl Double murderg suicidell

Examination of the bodies by "the physician? determined
in every respect that none were fatally wounded by the mach=
ine gun fireg though one of the men had been dead for appar=
ently twenty hourso The method of corpus delicti is immata
erial to uso Suffice to say that the effort to crash the
strong walls of the old Cumberland Castle had fallen short
the needleSs price being their lives, their allo

The riot extended no further than these three inmates;
and order was soon restored after the three day stalemate of
the dining room RED DEATHl Aftermath9 was the simulataneous
disppearing of a negro trusty; and the arrest of the wife
of the ring leader in the affair9 with a subsequent trial
an