Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
REVOLT Is RENEWED
BY OHIO C0NVICTS
AS POLICE WITHDRAW
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ropes for an escape, a machine gun was
mounted on top of the cell block. Other
guards went into the cellar to prevent
any underground escape.
About 1900 convictS were in the idle
house today. Prison officials claimed a
majority of these were not involved in
the passive resistance campaign, but
leaders of the prisoners said most Of the
men were participating in the campaign.
Charles (Chuck) Quinlan and Muir
ray A. Wolfe, two convicts serving long
terms and ringleaders of the passive
resistance" committee, were taken from
White City this morning.
When the deputy warden, j. G..
Woodland, called the men from the idle
house those remaining began hooting
and cat calling. Quinlan and Wolfe
admonished them to "cut it out" and
keep quiet. Quinlan Is serving term
for robbery and Wolfe for forgery.
Quinlan and Wolfe were removed to
a dungeon called 1.-The hole" there TO
be kept in solitary confinement.
The third leader of the revolving con-
victs to go into "the hole" was Joe
Muzeo of Wauseon, Ohio, who Is serv-
ing from l to Is years for robbery.
Guards took him from the idle house
Hope that persuasive methods would
put an end to the passive resistance"
movement was abandoned last night
when another disturbance broke out
after day of comparative quiet. For
time it appeared that a break was
imminent and National Guardsmen
stationed outside the walls trained ma
chine guns on the cell blocks in which
the convicts were milling about and
shouting. Quiet was restored, however,
after 1000 gallons of coffee had been
distributed.
Deny Violence Intended.
Leaders of the convicts have de-
clared they seek nothing but the re-
moval of Thomas, whom they charge
with brutality and have insisted they
would not resort to violence.
Last nights uproar followed an
nouncement that 40 new guards would
be placed on duty today.
Night Capt. H. E. Laukhart said the
disturbance was not the result of an
escape plot, but that the convicts OBJ
jected to being locked in their cells.
Numerous conferences were held
yesterday between Warden Thomas,
city officials and National Guard officers
and once during the day Thomas adj
dressed prison guards privately In the
guard Offices, indicating that plans to
stop the passive resistance campaign
were considered before the disorder.
Before daylight this morning, convictS
we're seen pacing their cells in apparent
excitement and 1t was believed they
had learned through their mysterious
grapevine telegraph that today might
climax the week of bedlam that fol-
lowed the fire.
While the atmosphere of uncertainty
pervaded the prison, Gov. Myers Y
Cooper was preparing to study the re-
port of his board of inquiry which has
completed its investigation of the dis
aster. The governor has not indicated
the action he plans, but it was believed
that no individual would be held re-
sponsible for the tragedy since the in
vestigation failed to reveal the actual
cause. In this case, the blame would
be laid at the door of the State. which
the governor has declared is directly at
fault for overcrowded conditions at
State institutions.