| Telegrams | Protest Letter by Young | Writ Quo Warranto |
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USPAC SF 142 FEB 28 1945 950 AM
WARDEN JOHNSTON TO DIR BENNETT
FRANKLIN 335 STABBED YOUNG 244 IN BACK OF RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN THEY WERE IN EXERCISE YARD YESTERDAY. DOCTOR DRESSED WOUND DOES NOT THINK IT SERIOUS. MEN WERE SEARCHED BEFORE TAKEN FROM D BLOCK AND WERE UNDER GUARD IN YARD. WE SUSPECT SOME OF KITCHEN CREW PLANTED KNIFE IN YARD.
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THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. ITS FURTHER PROOF OF HOW DANGEROUS A MAN FRANKLIN IS. I DONT THINK WE WILL WANT TO PROSECUTE FRANKLIN UNLESS YOUNG DIES IN WHICH CASE I WOULD BE INCLINED TO DO SO EVEN THO IT MIGHT RESULT IN ANOTHER INSTANCE OF PUTTING THE INSTITUTION ON TRIAL. PLS KEEP ME INFORMED OF YOUNGS PROGRESS. END
WOUND IS NOT SERIOUS. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OTHER GOOD TIME TRIALS ON FRANKLIN PENALIZING HIM WITH CREDITS FORFEITED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN EVENT OF ANY REDUCTION OF LIFE SENTENCE. BY THE WAY WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DETAINER FOR YOUNG ON THE LIFE SENTENCE STATE OF WASHINTON. AS TO YOUNG WE HAVE ASKED D A IN OREGON TO FORWARD DETAINER WHICH I PRESME HE WILL DO SOON
[NARA-SB:RG-129:244-AZ]