Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
Chaplain, After Visit to Idle
House, Voices Fear of Vio-
Ience-OfficiaIs Confer on
Course of Action.
INMATES WON'T LISTEN
TO FRIENDLY GUARDS
Situation Described as Worst Yet
After Quiet Was Believed Re-
2 stored-Turn Comes When $50
Columbus Police Reserves Are
Removed From Prison Yards.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28.-
Believed to have been pacif1ed
after their leaders had been re-
moved, unruly convictS in the idle
house at Ohio penitentiary re-
newed their revolt again this aft
ernoon, after $50 Columbus police
reserves had been taken from the
prison yards. The convicts refused
to obey orders of guards and re-
fused to listen to Deputy Warden
J. c. Woodward, who heretofore
held their confidence.
When it became evident that
the convicts in the white city idle
house had decided to resume their
passive resistance campaign
against Warden Preston Thomas,
whose removal they, demand, Col
R. S. Haubrich of the Ohio Ma
tional Guard went into confer
ence with other officials to map
out plans to cope with the situa-
ton.
The Rev. Father Albert O'Brien,
Catholic chaplain, who came from
the idle house after the revolt was
renewed, said, "the situation now
is worse than it has been. The
convictS are very excited, and
fear that we will have bloodshed
before this thing is settled"
Leaders Placed in Dungeon.
Earlier today "hard-boiled" convicts
leaders of the revolt, were removed from
the idle house to solitary confinement
Machine guns bristled in the prison
yard as well as outside the walls, where
Ohio National Guards were prepared Il
prevent any attempt to escape.
When guards entered the idle house tx
make a count, the prisoners lined III
obediently and made no show of resist
ance.
Between 25 and 80 of the ring leader.
were Weeded from the main body o!
convicts.
Conditions in the idle house were de.
scribed by an unnamed guard as ht
came from the city of cells. He sale
that during the past week and up unit
the authorities moved against the re.
VOTERS today, conditions in the idlt
house were terrible" There was oper
defiance Of orders, stealing and gam.
bling going on all the time, with thu
few guards helpless to stop it, he said.
Carrying out his statement that this
mutiny will be put down." the warden
ordered $50 policemen into the prison
yard early today, and at the breakfast
hour he said the unruly men in the
white city" idle house would not eat
until we have mopped up with them.
After a night of disorder in the idle
house, during which prisoners ripped
down cell doors because they feared tC
be locked in as were the 800 men who
met death week ago by fire and smoke
the prison population awoke today tC
face the first effort to end the con-
v1ctS' campaign of passive resistance
against the wardenship of Thomas
Garry Tear Gas Bombs.
Police who went into the prison yarc
were armed with pistols, riot clubs ano
tear gas bombs.
1t was expected that after the orderly
prisoners, housed in dormitories haC
been fed, some effort would be made by
the authorities to enter the idle house
and overcome the mutineers.
All possible means were taken to pre-.
vent any break. When a report wa.
made that some of the idle house mer
had cut a hole in the roof and hac
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