New Britain herald., 1919-08-04
Trouble Started When Ital- ian Prisoner, Who Went on Strike of His Own, Was Knocked Down By Of- ficial.
FOUR ITALIANS
 AND TWO NEGROES
Man Killed Was Lewis Brown. 30. Colored, Who Refused to Stop | Fi9hting-OtherS in Fracas Are Badly Battered and Placed in SoIi- tary Confinement

Hartford, Aug. 4.-Lewis Brown colored, 30 years old, a convict at the Connecticut state prison in Wethers- field, was shot and killed by a guard today during an attempted mutiny in the shops. There were six convcts in the mutiny. The shooting of Brown : was in shop No. 6. a shirt shop
 Five Others Wounded.
 Another negro and four Italians We're severely injured during the , quelling of the mutiny. The affair occurred shortly after the shops opened this morning. The dead negro, Brown, was shot by guard named SBrummitt at the order of Deputy Warden c. L. Parker after Brown had refused to cease his attacks on the guards. One shot passed through his left leg below the knee and a ksecond through his abdomen. From khe effects of the scond he died in 3le prison hospital shortly after 4ards. The others involved, s.all of
 nom were pretty well used up, were: e4eroy Robinson, colored; Antonio Mungillo, Charles Collobollo, Car #mine Battiata and Vincenzo Codis- Fpoti. The guards immediately cor nected with the affair besides Brum- mitt, all of whom suffered minor ir.- Juries, were: " F.. Berry and James F. Dempsey.
 Refused to Work.
 >t The trouble started in shop No. ? of the shirt manufacturing plant in which the four Italians were em- ployed. After the men had been in the plant for about minutes one of the Italians Collobollo, walked up to Guard Berry. Armed with long pair of shears and in a threatening aaEFanner he satd he did not intend to work any more. The guard tried to argue Collobollo into going back to swork and when persuasion failed Knocked him down with the club with which the guards are armed. At this the other Italians began attacking : Berry with iron cuspidors, water pitchers, bobbin standards and any other weapons handy. Guards from shop No. 8 next to the scene of the disturbance, hastened to the rescue of Berry and this started the trouble with the negroes, who were at work there.
 Ordered to Fire.
 AS James, F. Dempsey guard over the negroes, went through the door into the other shop Brown and Rob- inson tried to follow. Another guard aimmediately closed the fire door, thus preventing them from carrying ] out their purpose. Thereupon they started mutiny of their own. using the, same kind of weapons that the Italians were using in the other shop. In fact the trouble started by the two negroes continued after the four Italians had been subdued and sent into solitary confinement. Deputy ' Warden Parker was called to the scene and when he saw that the negroes would not cease called for re- .yolverS from the turnkey. At his order. after the negro had been warned, Guard Brummitt fired. Rob- inson was shut up in solitary con- finement.
 No Others Involved.
 z Warden Charles C. McClaughry said today that no other prisoners were involved in the trouble, nor was there any attempt to escape. The other prisoners in both shops, he said, huddled together along the sides of the room, their main purpose being to keep out of the way of f1y ing missiles and swinging clubs. He said that the five involved besides Brown, s were locked up on a bread and water diet. All of the guards were on duty as usual after the fracas.