The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-19
Warden Fears It

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 Warden E1ill said an outbreak in the women's quarters, where the in- mates were out of their cells, would be difficult to quell as guards could not use clubs or guns.
 Tension at the women's cell house has been increasing daily during the recurring riots of the last five days at the old prison. on the edge of Joliet and at SfafexfIle,. four miles away, most of which was destroyed yesterday by fire and rioters
 The women are held by women guards and if additional; forces of men were suddenly thrown Into the cell house, Mrs. Ffnnegan feared the women would <eyoIt.
 Warden IIill ordered the inmates back into their cells as soon as emergency work, occasioned by the rioting was finished. -'s'-s'
 Joliet, Illinois, March 19 - -s(UP) = An ominous silence hung today over the riot torn model prison at Stateville and rebellious convicts slept, unfed, while more than 500 armed guards patrolled the walls and trusties fought the last of seven costly fires which the prisoners themselves had started.
 Every prisoner was locked in his cell in the circular, model cellhouses, and orders from Warden Henry c. Hill were that they be kept there, deprived of all privileges, isolated completely from the outside world, won since 1905.
 Several troops of National Guards men, city. state and county police were among the men who patrolled the prison, inside and out, to prevent a recurrence of yesterdays riot which resulted in serious wounding of three prisoners and destruction of almost $5o0,000 worth of state prop erty.
 Only charred ruins remained of six of the seven buildings. The seventh, the machine shop, still blazed and trusties aided firemen in preventing the flames from spread ing.
 Quiet prevailed, but the extra guards and the smouldering ruins bore mute evidence of the mutiny that was quelled only after the con- victs were herded into their cells and convinced that their rioting was use- less in the face of Warden Hills de- termination that discipline be main- tained.
 Even the shouts of parole board, parole board" which the crazed felons had kept up for hours, died away as darkness fell and troops were marched about the cellhouses as a gesture to prove the warden's declaration that ''this is not coun- try c1ub.p
 About 200 prisoners accused of iii- citing and starting the riot while in the mess hall were in solitary con- tSHa . = prisoner who was accused of starting the fires with gasoline drained from prison trucks also was in solitary. Warden Hill said he would be in- dicted for arson.
 Because the mess hall, kitchens and bakery. as we'll as all the pro- visions they contained. had been de- stroyed, there was nothing for the men to eat.
 T am sorry for them, but they did 1t themselves, and will have to wait for food" said Hill.
 Work on rebuilding the mess hall was started last night. but, orders were that the men be fed in their cells until all signs of mutiny had passed.
 Warden Hill, just recently recov- cred from an operation, scarcely has slept for several days. keeping in constant touch with conditions at Statesville and at the old prison. four miles away, where two riots within the last week resulted in much bloodshed and property damage.
 Hill and the Rev Elijius Weir, chaplain, were two of the heroes of yesterdays outbreak. Both walked. unarmed. among the rioting prison CTS, pleading with or ordering them to stop. Both were treated with re- speot, they said, but their warnings
 The rioting started by signal among about 250 convicts in the