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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Atlanta, a prisoner discovered a loaded, rusty 32-20 Colt revolver and bullets in a police patrol wagon driven by Officer C. R. Henslee while transporting inmates from Fulton County Stockade to City Jail on Tuesday morning. The items were likely placed there Monday night and turned over to the station captain.
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A 27-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department had something happen to him Tuesday morning that had never happened before. A prisoner informed him he had found a loaded pistol in the back of a police wagon the patrolman was driving.
The startling discovery was made shortly after 10 a. m. when Officer C. R. Henslee drove several prisoners out of the confines of the Fulton County Stockade. The men were on their way to the City Jail and freedom, Henslee said.
The rusty and corroded 32-20 Colt revolver was spotted by a prisoner after the police wagon had gone about a block from the Stockade. Henslee said he stopped the wagon and took the pistol which was wrapped in a piece of cloth and placed under a bench behind the driver's seat.
OLD AND RUSTY
He said he doubted whether the gun would fire because it was so old and rusty. "It looked like it had been loaded for about a year", the veteran said.
Another strange incident occurred earlier when Henslee ordered several prisoners to sweep the dirt out of the wagon.
Among the trash brushed out of the vehicle was a number of cartridges. They later turned out to be bullets for the weapon, Henslee said.
PLACED IN WAGON
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must have been placed in the wagon sometime Monday night while the vehicle was idle on the street, Henslee thinks. If that is not the case, "I can't figure how it got in there," he stated.
The officer said he did not believe the weapon had been placed in the vehicle to facilitate a prison break. "My wagon is just used for transporting prisoners back and forth from the City Jail and County Jail; it's not the kind of wagon used to pick up men on the street."
The weapon and the ammunition were turned over to the Station Captain and Henslee racked up just another experience in his life as a policeman. Incidentally, he expects that rough life to end in about three years when he retires.
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Atlanta
Event Date
Tuesday Morning
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Outcome
weapon and ammunition turned over to the station captain; no prison break suspected.
Event Details
A prisoner informed Officer C. R. Henslee of a loaded, rusty 32-20 Colt revolver found wrapped in cloth under a bench in the police wagon shortly after 10 a.m. while transporting inmates from Fulton County Stockade to City Jail. Earlier, cartridges were found while prisoners swept out the wagon. The items were likely placed there Monday night when the wagon was idle.