The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25

placed in solitary confinement.
Warden Court Smith annC
would begin as if nothing had
One gun and half a dozen
knives, claimed by the prisoners
to be all the weapons they had,
were confscated by Warden
Smith, who entered the cell
house alone by a rear door,
while hundreds Of militiamen
armed with rifles and machine
guns formed a Gordon around
the building.
First move for peace was made by
the convicts less than an hour be-
fore the final surrender.
One of them left the barricaded
cell block of the prison carrying a
flag Of truce. He was received by the
warden.
Immunity Refused
The peace delegate first asked in1-
munity for the ringleaders Of the
mutiny in exchange for surrender.
The warden refused that, but
promised fair trials for the men and
protection of the law.
The convict then asked whether
he and his fellows would be pro-
tected from beatings at the hands
of guards and was assured no such
punishment would be administered.
He returned to the fortress" with
in the prison walls and after con-
ference the convicts accepted the
warden's terms.
Warden Smith had warned the
convicts that unless they accepted
his peace terms within half an hour,
the 900 troops and guards on duty at
the prison would launch a con-
certed bombardment of the cell
block.
Terms Are Accepted
Shortly before the half-hour ex-
pired, the convicts called the
warden's Office by telephone from
their post in the cell block and
notified him that his terms were
accepted.
Then the warden, pale from his
long vigil, entered the cell block
alone and took charge of the
mutineerS.
The sudden surrender ended a
desperate attempt by seven con-
victs to escape from the prison-an
attempt doomed from the start to
fail because the forehanded warden
had removed a bunch of keys from
its accustomed hiding place, several
days ago, upon learning Of unrest
in the cells.
Yesterday, just before Thanks
giving dinner was to be served, the
seven leaders Of the jail broke from
a line of marching prisoners and
made for the old hiding place of the
keys.
Guard Shot Down
They shot down guard who tried
to block their way, and another
guard dropped dead from heart dis
case.
When they found the keys were
not there, the seven men withdrew
to the main cell block and barri-
caded the door, holding 1900 other
convicts prisoner with them.
When it became evident the men
we're prepared for stubborn resist
ance. the warden appealed to Gov
ernor G. G. Young for aid, and TOO
National Guardsmen we're mustered
in and sent to the prison.
They had machine guns, tear gas
bombs and rifles, and later two
tanks were ordered from San Fran
cisco to assist them.
A check-up of casualties after the
convicts surrendered showed nine
persons dead and twenty-five
wounded. Two Of the dead were
prison guards. The wounded in
cluded five prison officials.
The dead:
Ray Singleton. guard, shot to
death.
Charles Glace, guard, died Of
heart attack.
Seven prisoners. names withheld,
shot down by machine gun fire.
The Wounded:
Walter Neil, guard, shot in leg.
Barnett Huse, secretary to the
warden. shot in leg.
AL Dealey, guard, stabbed and
shot.
Al. Massack, badly beaten.
Seventeen prisoners wounded by
machine gun fire.
James Gorhanson, guard, stabbed
and shot.