New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Guns on Walls

Auburn, N. Y, July 29 (UP)- Machine guns atop the ivy-spangled walls of Auburn prison brought armed peace today and ended the most daring outbreak in any New York state penal institution.
 Warden Edgar s. Jennings an- nounced shortly before dawn that all but four of the 1.700 prisoners who attempted to battle their way yesterday had been accounted for. The four men apparently escaped. They are: George Small, New York City, serving 12-year term for second degree robbery: Joe Catricio, 20. Rochester, serving 20 years for robbery; Arthur Barry, 39, of Nassau county serving 25 years for burglary; and Stephen Pawlak of Buffalo, sentenced to life inn prisonment as fourth offender under the Baumes law.
 Dawn found state troopers speed ing across the roads in search of the four men, while 400 troopers, national guardsmen and police guarded the smoldering ruins of Auburn prison. Two Investigations were scheduled in an attempt to pick the ringleaders of the revolt. One was to be conducted by Warden Jennings and the other by District Attorney Ben Kenyon.
 Prison Death House Death and terror were behind Auburn's walls today, for two con- victs were killed l injured and several firemen and guards hurt in , the second prison outbreak in New York state In less than week Last Monday three convicts were killed when they broke for free dom at Clinton state prison at 1 Dannemora.
 Those killed in yesterdays fight were:
 Joseph Cirringone, who was serv- ling from 7h to IS years for arson. i He was received at the prison from Buffalo in 1927.
 George Wright, who was serving i 5 years fo first degree robbery. He was received from Buffalo in 1928.
 Warden Jennings declined to re- veal the names of the II convicts who were injured. The other in- jured are:
 Charles Lazey, a fireman. shot in the left leg; George Soaring, fire man, back injured in fall from wall; George Stewart, Syracuse fire man. overcome by smoke; Patrick Morrissey, fireman, finger shot off of left hand; Merle Osborne, guard, finger shot off and suffering from gas inhaled when convicts threw a bomb; Milton Rither, guard, shot in left leg; William Dempsey, guard, shot in left elbow: Eugene Farce, guard, shot in abdomen; Thomas , Wallace, guard, overcome by gas fumes
 The attempted break occurred early yesterday afternoon when the prisoners were assembled for their regular Sunday baseball game. Trusty Attacks Guard The guards failed to notice a "trusty' slip into the administration building, followed at short dis tance by a band of convicts. The trusty leaped at Merle Osborne, a guard on duty inside the adminis- tration building, and overpowered him, while the convicts who had followed crept up on Milton Ryther, another guard, and overcame him. Keys were seized from the two men and the convicts sprinted to the prison arsenal opened the gun cases and carried out a supply of fire arms and amm onia-gas bombs.
 Out into the prison yard ran the armed convicts, tossing pistols, rifles and bombs 10 their fellow prisoners. Bullets flew and the convicts, bearing down with their superior numbers, were winning the skirmish.
 Then two prisoners, who had been left with Osborne and Ryther in the administration building, forced the guards ahead of them and walked out into the prison yard. Shielding themselves behind the guards, the two convicts worked their way to the front gate while guards on the wall withheld fire