, 1866-08-31
MUT1NY IN SING SING PRISON.

Over Thirty Prisoners Break tlIe Lines
and Attack the Guarxis-Thc Convlcta
OTefpoxgertd-Onc Killed md Five
Woundcd-Eseapc Of Ono of tho Pr1s-
oucrz.
From The New York Tfmca, August s3.1
The telegram published in yesterdays
ainaes, relative to an outbreak Of the conylc:s
st Si1g Sing Prison, although incorrect in
gcrous character Of tho conspiracy which cul-
Minated In desperate effort Of d BODY Of The
convtcts to escape. It is stated that escapes
have been frequent Of late, and there IS cou~
siaefanlc ieeing smouE the Villagers Of Sing
erty unsafe while TINT Insecurity exists of
Which those escapes arc given as evidence.
The outbreak Of Monday has been expect
60 for some time, aud while unable to pre-
vent It's birth, due precautions wcsc taken
BY the Guards and due vigilance exercised.
convicts told the keeper that something
which was not right was going On. Free
quently since then similar Information was
given, but never sufficiently definite to en-
men, get It was Of great Importance TO them
IN increasing, If possible, their watchfu'ness |
in the direction indicated and III all others.
Following, VIC give accurate details OF the |
About five O'Clock on Aonaay afternoon.
Mr. Benson being then at the room Of the |
chief keeper, Mr. Stanley, consulting him |
relative TO some tprlsou business, they 3yeIc
iuterrupted by loud yclls from the direction |
Of the yard sous Of the prison. Bcuson ir- |
tutttTcly knew EAat was wrong, aud rushed |
to the scene. followed by Mr. Stanley, who
was i'll nt the time- On reaching the place |
whence the cries proceeded, they saw the |
convicts. about twenty In number, scattering
over the grounds without the limits Of The |
prison, aud making every. effort to escape.
Some ten or more had kept together and got |
out on the raiiroad track, wlcre the keeper,
located there, was trying to head them
of. A few minutes brought ten or
Sy this time many Of TIC conyicts
had succeeded in placing half & mile be-
tween item and the prison. The prisoners
were sill armed, some of them with tong
knives, others with pieces Of iron, and Others
track found their further progress barred
BY the keeper, with his revolver in
hand, and heard the rusl, Of the Other
guards ard keepers coming upon them from
behind. they thcn charged npnn the Keeper,
staf'sfd the leader, e1flnE out IT, "kili n tue
doubtless with that intention, a. Stafford
WAS leading with huge knilc in lis appraised
hand, but before they could injurc him the
other keepers reached the scenr,anl Stafford
fell dead with bullet from II revolver in his
BRAIN. Fire Others were wounded, as here
after described. The rest Of the gum then
yielded, seeing TINT the choice was either to
do this or run tlse chance Of
following Stafford. With the exception
the Others were also brsn.lt in
by tho keepers who had ft,lloned them.
The whole affair began and ended within
half an hour. As the convicts, oyer clcren
occurrence III tic different workshops
throughout the yard, and more Or less aware
Of wllat w.s gu1ng OIL, it WAS feared for Il
time that there would be II general outbreak,
nNA the anxiety Of the kecimrs' Remaining in
The sudden arrest Of the cnfspirators, how
cvor, md The iuct that the arrest was uccotl-
plishcl l.y s,lle fifteen officers only, lcayiu.,
titIy eti;l on duty. most likely saved the rep
utation Of tho prison nnd Sing Slug and it,
ncfshbnrlGed irola unexpected and unwel-
conc visitors. AS 1t was, there was not the
slightest clEs,r! at disturbance within the
prison workshops or allun. The ,Itarrymcn
aud others cusn:.cl nntsl,lc. Everything, As
far as they were es,ccrtIed, wcnt Oh as nst1al,
both at the time and aflcr the cxc'tr'nea't iad
subsided.
Ag,er Investigation has disclosed The birth
place Of tic conspiracy In have been In the
koutll Foundry, s.1d that its first Inception
was among number Of King County lnr1l,
who had known tacl. other in hapriHr days,
and '.wurked' together, and lad giveu up
society about the sa1,.c time. Tho number
who consI1rcl In the foundry Is supposed 10
lave been considerable, but sl',ont sixteen or
seventeen only faced Inv llngcr when tho
cd tl,esc ftotn the ausur shast, and tw.. from
the k1ioctn*kcrs' stal,-iu ali, as l'cfo7c stat
cd. about thirty rntn. The evidences nrc
such rs to lead fairly 10 the assumption that
mulch more extensive affair was intended,
hut that the tnniurity dcsIr,frcd of sucsc*s,
seeing that they were suspected and watched
with the utmost vigilance.
When tl,c Intelligence reached Sing Sing
village The excitement Vas intcis,:, tho VIII
lagcrs rushing III numbers tlosyn The track,
some 10 see and hear, and others with oilers
Of assistance to capture tie conrIcts; hut
long tict1r. tue ncws llad reached tlttnl the
niiajr was concluded, and all was as quiet as
usual at six o'clock, when tie ntcn arc locked
up for the. night.
Yesterday there was neither excitement
among the prisoners nor any Indication that
they lad cScn lcarl the st0ry.
The escaped convict is tl:tlltd James Gun
ninGlain, sentenced on October - lstii1, by
Judge Dyck1nan Of Kings County, to 1--WE
years Imprisonment for burglary second dc.
xrcc, nna grand iarcery.
The convict who was slIot and died instan.
tancously was named Edward Stafford, alia.
Duly, a:.ed twenty-tour, sentenced ou Janu
ary 20, fStd;, 10 fifteen years and SIN months
for burglary III the first degree, committed IL
pntchess Connty. Stafford was shot iii the
back or tll: lead, the ball passing through
the brain aud out 1,y lis left eye.
1uc NDMnAGu arc. Jl[1ltS AMCl.AEEillln.
aged tWcI,ty.sevc,,, sentenced May, lSG3, by
Judge Garrison, Of Brooklyn, III i've ycars
Imprisonment, tor robbery in the first de-
gree. GunsAot flesh wound in back, pass
Ing loWnwartl-ball extracted.
John cah*idy, aged nineteen, sent cncea b.
Recorder Hoffman il, November, 1S1s3, TO fiyt
ycars and tix months, for burglary in tht
1irst degree. Glsn*lot wound through left
breast, passing through thorax-gun.ho
round ID le[l hand.
Andrew Yates, Of Brooklyn, sentenced
May, lh&l5, by Justice Dycxil,ni, to iulrrison
Mcnt for tile for murder superficial gun
shot wound O! scalp.
James Ainorc, Kings County, ecntcnced Il
ten years l,y the sameJudsc, lhr robbery il
the 1irnt degree, On October !, 1SsI5 Eu,isho
wound, bal1 lodging in Ills abdomen, not CT
tfncted. lfaac Bcnnan, d'ids Peter Butler
sentenced October -, 1855, for burglary j,
the third degree, from Richmond County, II
four years imprisonment; wounded in ths
leg; ,..
The keepers state that at no time In tllei
experience 1las the State Prison been s,
marked by the psRhcnrc Of dangerous anl
desperate men, many sentenced for lon,
terms OF imprisonment. arising from The lat
numerous convictions for ,ur.; ;iarics and tn
Just severity Of the Judges wllun passIn.
sentence. The keepers in all number M
not more than eighty men, ali told, T.
these are entrusted the care Of nearly on
thousand two hundsc1 Men-a serious, an
it would seem too great n charge where thcr
arc no boundary walls to prison, unlcs
stonc fences be called SO. The cry-out i
the village is great, and the people nniyel
sally give expression to their sense Of iuss