The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21

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 side walled and jeered during the testimony. Then prisoners who had been summoned for testimony went on Q strike" and refused to | talk. So far as known the testimony up to that point had been that the l prisoners rioted Monday to ob- tain cigaret papers, more recre. ation, radios, and daily newspapers Suddenly the 110 "corridoi prisoners" went on rampage The 40 guards assigned to watch over them, if the hostage report is true, were "shanghaied." Prisoners started a fire. It was put out quickly. The started mad rush to liberate convicts in the cell blocks.
 Another 100 men were freed, as a result, after several hours o1 cursing, jeering, and milling about the dormitory section. The shoot ing started, apparently nothing more than shots fired into the air to frighten the prisoners. One convict was shot through the shoulder A truce was called, so he might be given medical atten- tion. The the turmoil resumed.
 The 210 angered, frenzied men tried to liberate the other 696 men in cell block. They ran into q wall of guards fully armed instructed to kill any prisoners who crossed dead line. No man crossed that line.
 About 7:30 las night a doctor was allowed to pass through the line of troops patrolling the area outside the prison. It was pre- sumed he was called to treat the man reported shot, although the penitentiary has its own hospital force.
 Brigadier General Ormont, Fed eral prison inspector, called here to conduct the inquiry, remained at the prison during the night. Prison authorities were in constant touch with Ottawa.
 General Ormond announced that "No convict was hurt and no guard was injured" A high penitentiary official told newspapermen at the same time that the situation was well in hand.
 Montreal, October 21 (UP) = A former convict just released from Portsmouth Penitentiary at Kingston, Ont, has given an in- terview to the Montreal Herald in which he declares that the current trouble is "the result of five years and more of maltreatment, of grievances not remedied, of bully ing by the guards and of conduct by the authorities that amounted to mental if not physical torture"
 The Herald's informant, who is referred to as Convict 5000 Odd," declares the present outbreak .s not in any way an attempt at es- cape but a demonstration to focus the attention of the people of Can- ada upon their woes. They want an investigation, he says, and they have decided that an open mutiny Is the only way to get it.
 Ottawa, October 21 - (UP) - The Kingston Prison revolt may have been instigated by Commun- ists, it was, believed in some oifi- cial quarters today.
 This belief was based on the receipt by Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie or telegramS rom Van- couver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Mon- treal, and other Canadian cities where Communism flourishes, de- manding that Communist pris- oners must not be punished for taking part in the first riot on Monday.
 An immediate incentive to the riot, it was suggested, may have been the abrogation by Great Bri- tain of the trade treaty with Rus sia.
 Some officials said the inquiry probably will reveal carefully planned riot, engineered by Com munist prisoners who took advan- tage of dissatisfaction in the part of Canadian convicts.
 Montreal. October, 21 - (UP) - Convicts in Portsmouth Peni- tentiary at Kingston, Ont, staged another ~minor riot this morning, according to a report received here. It is understood that at least half dozen prisoners have been shot or otherwise injured since the trouble began several days ago.