The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-06
in TWO PENINSULAS.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
PENINSULAR STATE.
Convicts i'm jackson Prison Riot Against
WoriS-Deputy Warden Northrup Fa-
tally Injured aud Others Badly Hurt
Machinery Ruined a Fire Started.

Eight desperate criminals started a
desperate riot in the shirt factory at
jackson prison and but for the timely
arrival of guards well armed there
would have been terrible results. The
trouble came like a flash, and was
about trivial matter. Foreman
Muller told Dick IIuntley to trim the
shirt collars better, or he would re-
port him. Suddenly Iluntley knocked
Muller down with a club. Then Supt.
Coffee ran TO Mullers assistance.
Curley and Lige Bullard ioored Coffee
with a smash over the head with an
iron bar. The alarm was sent in, and
Deputy Warden A. G. Northrup hur-
ricd to the shop The moment he came
to the door, he was struck on the head
with n hammer 10y one convict, and
another with Il bar OF iron, and the
convicts piled upon him rs he lay
stunned on the ground. Then the
rioters found the keepers coming,
armed, to the scene, and fearing they
would he shot, ceased their murderous
efforts, and were at once all placed in
their cells.
There are 100 convicts in the shirt
factory There were eight convicts
directlv engaged in the battle OF
InlS hummer, iJltk llunlitAs tllN ~
wear burglar, and Curley, the five-year
man, and Ligc Billiard, the fighting
coon" serving second sentence, all
of Detroit. were the ringleaders.
Dick Huntley is one of the worst men
in the prison. Three years ago he
scaled the wall attempting to escape
and guard shot heavy bullet
through his body. but he lived. A
year ago Curley came near killing a
foreman on the granite works by hit
ting him on the head. DIR. Gibson
prison physician, says he fears Deputy
Warden Northrup is fatally injured
Kelly and Western. keepers in the
shop, were handy roughly. but are
not dangerously hurt Supt Coffee
of the shirt factory, has several humps
on his head from blows of a club, and
one eve is badly cut. As soon aS the
fight became general in the shop, some
convict threw a lighted match into
greasy cotton waste and flames sprang
up 10 add to the horror of the sit
nation, one of the cOnvictS turned on
all the steam, while another attempted
to smash the pipes and let the steam
into the room Co cause a stampede into
the yard. Prompt action Of the officers
in overcoming the demons alone saveC
a general break, no doubt, and great
loss of life as well. I'm all there wer,
40 machines smashed 90 pieces by the
convicts with iron bars and hamm ers
Aged Lady Fatally Injured by Robbers
Mrs. Define, aged 90, living alon,
near Columbiavillc. was nearly killed
by burglars She was aroused by
noise at the kitchen door, and a mo
ncnt later there were two men in he
room. One of them caught her 10y th'
throat and asked for money. She saiC
she had none and begged them to SPAR
her life. After this she remember
nothing until several hours atterward
when she awolSe, nearly frozen. SIN
had been transferred to another bed
She managed To make her way To tn
house of Leander Levalley and DIR
Wisner was sent for and discoverc'
that she had been drugged. 1t i
thought that on account of Mrs. De
lines extreme age she will not recover
The thieves got no money, although
there was small sum ir her safe.