New Britain herald., 1929-10-04
PRISON RIOT ENDS AS RINGLEADERS COMMIT SUICIDE
(Continued From First Pago)

l lay the body of one of the guards, murdered last night by Daniels, the convcts said. A few feet further along lay the body of Daniels him self, leader of the riot and known eXccutioner of at least three de- 1 fenseless guards.
 The convicts had made provisions for q long siege. In one of the cells they had stock 9 huge loaves of prison bread. Two long butcher knives that might have been used as weapons were found nearby. Mar win Duncan still was alive when taken from his cell He was re- moved to Holes hospital. Previously . Duncan had been numbered among the dead.
 Guard Gees Mad
 Marvin Duncan, one of the guards in the cell house, was carried 10 a hospital this morning stark mad from terror.
 He was found locked in cell and it was necessary 10 take off the door 10 get him out. He was at first thought 10 be dead. but cx- animation revealed he was not even wounded. He saw Files. the prison hargman. shot down and saw his ] body tossed out of the cell house window.
 ! He stood by while Danny Daniels asked Wiggins, another guard. if he ] had said his prayers.
 That was at 9.3O D. m. From then until he lost his mind, he expected each moment to be his last Prison i physicians said his condition re- scm6led shell shock.
 Must Rebuild Prison
 The peni.ontiary will need to be completely rebuilt. The inmates are 1 being duamercd temporarily in tents erected inside the prison walls,
 Warden Crawford today osti- mated the damage 10 inc poniten- tiary at between $&0o.oo0 and S4oo.- ] GOO. All the cell blocks except No. 3. in which the mutinous convicts were harricadcd, were destroyed by fire, and No. 3 is badly damaged, he said,
 When tho prisoners were assem- blod for roll call this morning. four were reported unaccounted for Prison officials expressed doubt however, that they had escaped They were believed to be in hiding , somewhere in the ruins of the prison yard.
 l Red Riley. convict was reported 10 have cut the throat of a guard named DmrcIl and also 10 have cut the throats of two unidentified McXicans.
 After night Of battle in which sensations crowded fast, accurate survey of the battle casualties was difficult. Several prisoners were re- ported dead or wounded. It was like ly the death list would total 20 Warden Francis r.. Crawford. who dchcd the convicts, was shot in tho battle bat vas not believed seriously hurt. There were other casualtie: among the bcseiEcrs. how many ii was impossible 10 tell.
 Flames Roar On
 Throughout the night of battle flames fickcred and smoke rolled from the buildings fired by tn, mUtinous prisoners. From every vantage point the bcscigcrs, hastily called from nearby cities poured bullets into the last stronghold oi the mutineors. But the 15o despcr- ate men. deserted by 200 >othcr mutinecrs yesterday afternoon, bat. tied on, issuing demand after de mand and making good their threat 10 murder their guard hostages ii they were not allowed freedom.
 It was consarvatiycly estimated the attackers, composed of prisor guards, police officers hastily sum mOnod from other cities, volunteer and national guardsmcn numbered about 500 mon. Within cell house No. were still about 15o mutincors desperately holding out against the besieging force.
 Send For Field Piece
 After dynamite and bullets failed to rout thc conyicts and the slaughter of the hostage guards con. tinued, officers in charge said they would bring heavy artillery, 75 milH meter g1ns, into tho fray.
 It appeared likely tho conyicts knowing escape was impossible would sell their lives doarly
 From the stories told by guard. sent from the strongholds. if ap pearcd one Danny Daniels, dosper ate robhcr with a record for vicious ness, led tho mutiny from the time of it's inception. He is known to b, the man who killed Abc Wigsins guard, who died bravely when h, was shot down by the leader.
 One of Daniels licutcnants, Jim my Pardue, was known 10 be dead shot by his fellows, 10 put him ou of his misery after he had beer seriously wounded.
 Chaos Continues
 Chaotic conditions still held swa, at the penitentiary early today EUmors flew thick and fast.
 llt NlRi ttthflllfu HlIllIlS il ph' out yesterday noon when Pardue convicted bandit, shot J. G. Irwin a guard, seized his gun and keys and assisted by Danny Daniels, unlocked the doors of the cell houses.
 By midday the riot was in ful swing. Prisoners took possession O the arsenal and gained control of thu prison. Three guards were killed outright in the beginning of thu mutiny. Buildings were set atire a tho riot progressed.
 Late in the afternoon a Cou1to. attack by massod guards resulted in the surrender of goo prisOncr who refused to continue the battle These were hcrded into the "bul pen" while at least l5o of the con victs took refuge in cell house No 2, from which they directed thu GCht