New Britain herald., 1929-12-12
Prison patrulIrd Today

Auburn, x. | ., Dec. }2 R-J Jhrtc hundred armed men patrol"d tho walls and corridors of Auburn prison today after q day ot riouug in which eight con>icts and the head keeper were killed,
 The outbreak, the second within five months collapsed when stat" police in d spectacular dash, rescued Warden Edgar $ Jennings and seven guards, held as hostages by the rioters,
 The dead:
 Principal Keeper Geor2" X Dunn ford.
 Perry Johnson. sentenced to lile Imprisonment rom Hroomo county Alex Tucholka, sentenced to ll~ Imprisonment from Erie county.
 Steve Pawlah, sentenced 10 double lf2 Imprisonment from Erie county. stephen Spcrnins, sentenced 10 from 15 to Ii years, Erie county.
 Duke J. Bonnell. serving two sen trnccs, D 10 80 years and to 10 years, Queens county,
 Henry Sullivan, serving 20 to T years with an additional seven years for escaping from Auburn last March, Eric county.
 Ernest Pavcsi sentenced 10 40 years from Kings county.
 James Biancrass.
 Others to Face Trial
 Those of the rioters not dying in the hail Of police and guard bull lets. pr. Raymond r. kieb, state commissioner Of correction. said. Undoubtedly will find themselves faced with charges of murder, first degree" These men. he said, were implicated in a killing during the commission of a felony y-attclnptng to cscapc from a prison. Conviction cn this count, he added, meant death.
 The plan for escape came near ct to realization when the dcs- D radoes captured Warden Edgar $ Jennings and seven guards. With the snatching of the warden and luis fellow officials from this im- prisonment within their own prison, the well laid scheme first began to crumble.
 These officials. in the hands of the ring leaders for more than t"v hours, were rescued by a deter riined onslaught of state troopers armed with tear gas bombs. The warden himself credited the out standing bravery of a state police man for the rescue.
 Jennings was dazed by a blow on the head from a convict's pistol butt, and was badly gassed.
 Held Prison Five Hours
 The 15 to % convicts were ir charge of the prison for more thar five hours, before the spectacular dash of the troopers at 5;S0 saved tla day.
 Meanwhile. 6G guards and citizen. paced the walls and others patrollod d thc corridors.
 Warden Jennings was captured about II o'clock in the morning when he went into the heart of the prison 10 investigate report th2i "somcthinC wlS doing Returning f om the kitchen, he was met by ' convict who showed a gun into hiy stomach and 5aid Do not move CT say anything, Warden, or l will l.il you"
 Two other convicts quickly step ped to his side. The first convict trcn commanded. Just come witt me, Warden. We want you to ac- company us to the punishment gal lory and you will have 10 cover nS C. we will kill you Jennings "@n' along.
 Three More Captured
 Three other guards. not luOWn. thc warden vas hostage, were cap tired when they approached the ~ cup in the punishment gallery IIcy were forced to open all th' punishment cells, releasing the oth" most desperate inmates. The officer were bandcutt"d to each other.
 Henry Sullivan and Steve rawlaii aGcrs in the July riot, then too! charGc. Sullivan said to Jernings Warden, We are going 10 ask vol 10 instruct the men out front Nroop CTS. guards policep 10 l't Us go ou with you and these other officers You will have 10 give in" order, O We will kill vol. We arc detcrminr' ip 20 out or die. but if you fail. N will all die together
 They issued instructions" :a: 1he Warden, "Simply telling t1 men in front 10 open the doors am - keep all officers from any pu play, as they marched out with u ;* their prisoners. They haudcuHc Jr in pairs and they said.
 Warden, we intend to put a con vet behind every two keepers II L&s a gun anI will shoot his rai "f tho first indication Of trrachor. You will march out with us.
 "'Wc plan 10 seize enough @u'u IaObjios from inc streets or Nubug fp provide for us all IT you pla fair with us, ue win take }ou all o> into the coun.ry. and Gump yo @IIvc. If Wo dlc. Nou di"."
 Warden Gives Account
 Here is the wa~dou's accouu, , 'Ht turn or li" ]" m lUt battle.
 We got word tha. the men ] front had some plan O mcrtiu cir Uho conyicts> wishes. At ari r:tc they said they would conUuc tae prisoners that rac doors Var ulan and that the automobiles wet l.udy to take them away, and tao opened the doors 90 they could rute tuc main hall and hay- an unoi .1ructod view of the open priso door all the way 10 inc street, wit the automobiles waiting for thyun
 "Thereupon. the doors of inc mai hall were opened from both mort and south wings, and we all Wor out in that main hall. Tn" conyic lad mp to now controlled an emilia, ing runfirc from these doors.