New Britain herald., 1929-10-04
Priest IaNS (harmn

10 blast an opening. William Rain ger offered to assist him in the ef- fort.
 Priest Lays Charge
 Covered by barrage from ma chine guns, the priest made two trips with dynamite across the en- closure to the walls of the mutinecr' fortress. He ran swiftly in the flick ering light of the burning buildings and despite the fire directed on him by the convicts, made the trips off the dynamite, the heavy eXplo- sion shook the walls of the entire prison, but the walls of the cell house were virtually uudamaged.
 Fire losses to the penitentiary during the battle were heavy. Three cell buildings, numbers l and ?, and the building containing the mess hall and chapel were destroyed. Cell house No. f caught fire last night but the flames were eXtinguished. Great quantities of food and equip ment were lost in the flames.
 rear Gas | Sfd
 Shortly before ? o'clock this morn ing the attackers succeeded in hurl- ing s tear gas bombs into the cell house, holding the convicts. Their effect could not be determined from the outside.
 O. F. Osborne, one of the guards | inside the cell house who had been marked for death in the last ulti- matIm issued by the convicts. was brought out of the building shot and badly wounded. The prisoners who brought him out were apparently seeking a barley, put as they came out heavy firing started.
 All the windows Tn the warden's house crashed in and the chandcl- i icrs fell as the first charge Of dy- i namite exploded. Hats were blown off mon outside the walls. The militia rushed toward the building.
 Danny Daniels, leader of the con victs, was seen at the window of the , coll house just before the dynamite was exploded.
 It is believed that Daniels fired upon the priest So quickly was the charge exploded after he was seen | that he may have been caught in ! the debris. A heavy pail of smoke 1 rushed over the cell house
 Firing is Continued
 Meawhilc, firing continued from l 'hp constantly swept with bullets the two machine guns sprayed at full speed over the heads of the guards 1 mon as they advanced. The west gate was opened as the dynamite charge exploded and the militiamcn charged through it to- ward the cell house.
 There was q temporary luIl as the guards reached the bull pen" in the l recreation yard Of the prison. The prisoners had retrcated to- 1 ward the undamagrd part of the 1 cell house and were still fortified there. For the first time the prison- CTS returned the fire briskly as the militia advanced. Lights were turn 1 cd of in the warlen's house for the l protection of neWsp&permen, who 1 were standing at a window watching the battle and telcphoning the dcs- cription by long distance to Denver offices.
 The national guardsmcn. during their charge across the jaiI yard, stopped at the "bull pen," where i they gathered their forces for a fresh advance. Meanwhile firing l ceased.
 John Pease, the guard released 1 to carry the latest uItimatt1m to 1 Warden Crawford, reported Par dues body was in the cell house. 1 P2rduc was wounded early in the lighting.
 Policeman ShOt Police Sergeant James Pitt of Denver was shot in the neck dur ing the advance on the cell house flesh wound-and refused to re- turn 10 the rear for treatment.
 Icasc said he thought Pardue Was killed by his comrades to put him out of misery after he was l wounded.
 Following the failure of the dyna- mite to destroy the cell house and . the apparent impossibility of driv- ing the convicts from their posi- ton with gun fire, it was decided to order ,75 milimcter field piece rom the rifle range at Golden. This indicated that the leaders foreaaW the possibility of pro- Ionged siege. This gun would he strong enough, leadqrs said, to tear the building to shreds.