New Britain herald., 1927-11-25
FOLSOM PRISON
 MUTINY ENDS
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Meanwhile, the national guards men in command of Adjutant Gen eral R. E. Mittelstaedt, equipped with machine guns, tanks sawed off shotguns and tear bombs, stood by. The 200 armed civil officers aided In patroling the prison grounds while the process of surrendering went ahead.
 Folsom prison Is the states peni- tentiary for bad men''-those who hre serving second terms and up- ward and those who have life scn- tences.
 No Concessions Made
 The warden declared no Conccs- sions were made to the convicts eX- cept that he had assured them of safe conduct to their respective cells. He expressed the belief that the weapons used in the outbreak had been smuggled in through "trusties.'
 Had it not been for these ~ea- pons in the hands of few des- perate men who intimidated the rest, the revolt would have been auelled soon after the first rioting occurred, Warden Smith declared.
 District Attorney Neil k. McAl- lister and Deputy District Attorney Horace Frye questioned the con- victs. Seven of the prisoners called before Warden Smith agreed to as- sume responsibility for the affair.
 ATD,, lx- units on duty at the prison were summoned to the gate shortly after o'clock. preparatory to their dis charge as guards.
 Moved Into Cells
 All the prisoners were moved into their cells and a count was begun immediately.
 The uprising, apparently designed to bring about a wholesale delivery of prisoners, started shortly before noon yesterday with q. arranged signal. In a flash the convicts turn ed on the 15 guards in the cell house. and. brandishing weapons, moved toward the main door Sev- eral of the guards escaped and spread the alarm.
 Ray Singleton, assistant turnkey, was driven to the door with the point of a knife in his back and ordered to ask the turnkey on the outside to unlock the exit. The out side turnkey was without 8 key, however. and the convicts' plans went wrong. They killed Singleton in his tracks
 By that time guards had been thrown along the unwalled side of the prison bordering on the bank Of the American river, by which the convicts apparently expected to make their getaway.
 The rioters made no further et- fort 10 leave the cellhouse Warden Smith was trapped in his office as the convicts settled back and fired their guns to keep officers from ad- vancing upon them. The warden took command by telephone and remained in his office until dusk. escaping as darkness prevented his being fired upon.
 Dies in Excitement
 Policemen from Sacramento, state officers from surrounding neighborhoods and miitiamen were rushed 10 the prison. Charles Glaze, a gate keeper dropped dead as the result Of the excitement
 When a sufficient force had gath cred, the machine guns were turned upon the building and under tho barrage several miltiamen and guards advanced and threw gas bombs into the celhouse The con victs replied with gunfre while several of their number fell, mor- tally wounded. and succeeded in staying off the advance of the at tackers, One of the raiding party was wounded by shot from the cell house.
 Under 3. truce agreement, Dr. T P. Day. prison physician. entered the cellhouse to care for the wound ed. He found six convicts dead from machine gun bullets, one dying, and IT wounded, two probably fatally.
 The final casualty list showed seven convicts and two guards dead two conVicts dying, r wounded md four prison attaches hurt.
 Talk of 9 surrender kept the situation quiet overnight.
 Outlook On Thanksgiving
 The trouble started shortly before noon yesterday while the convicts were watching a Thanksgiving Day entertainment. At a given signal they overwhelmed the eight guards in the hall of the old cell house and started a break for liberty. The break was frustrated by sheer luck because the key to the cell house door had been transferred from one turnkey to another.
 One guard was killed on the spot. three others were wounded, one managed to get out and six of those in the cell house were held as host ages. The six guards still were among the barricaded convicts early today, but were still believed to be alive, although their position among the rioters Was regarded as hazard ous.
 Warden Takes Command
 The fighting convicts were be- licycd to have started the break in ali effort to swarm out of the old cell house and escape through an un- walled side of the prison area. War den Court smith, who was trapped in his office when the siege began,
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