The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-21
TROOPS QUELL
UPRISING OF
21O CONv|CTS
Soldiers in Steel Helmets
Rule Canadian Prison
After AII-Night War.
NONE HURT, IS CLAIM
Machine Guns Are Mounted
on Walls to Subdue
Fighting ConvictS.
ByCnifed Press

A1NGSlON ontario, OcL. I'll
Kingston penitentiary guards and
munitions convicts waited quietly
today, but ready for action after
the second major riot this week
within the prison walls.
The big dominion prison beside
Lake Ontario was quiet. Officials
announced the troops and guards
had the situation we'll in hand
No one had been hurt, they said,
during the all-night bedlam, in
which the mutineers were reported
to have captured the prison power
plant
Steel-helmeted troops armed with
machine guns considered a gas
bomb attack to force surrender Of
30 revolving prisoners barricaded
within the penitentiary. where forty
guards had been reported held as
hostages.
Gunfire and a call for shock
troops to help the guards late
Thursday gave residents their first
news that a second outbreak was
under way in the big penitentisry.
The rioting started about 4 o'clock
Early. today the troops and guards
were reported in full command of
the situation
Their position, however, was pre-
carious. and Hughe Guthrie. minis
ter of justice of Ottawa, admitted
the situation was serious"
Another minor riot was staged
this morning. a report from Mon
treal said. 1t was understood there
that at least half dozen prisoners
have been shot since the trouble
began.
It was from Ottawa that residents
first received reports that forty
guards we're held as hostage. The
reports were not confirmed, and the
best information available here
was that the guards were not held.
A strict censorship made quick,
accurate verification of many
rumors and reports most difficult.
One report that the rioting con-
victs had captured the penitentiary
power plant apparently was true.
The prison was in darkness all
night long, a night broken by in
termittent firing.
Troops Are Reinforced
The troops were reinforced short
ly after midnight by several truck
loads from the Royal Canadian
Horse artillery stationed near here.
The troops were equipped with
rifles and machine guns. Machine
guns were mounted on the prison
walls.
They also were reported equipped
early today with gas bombs for use
in an attempt to force the convicts
into the open.
The revolving convicts were within
the general dormitory section. They
were prisoners not held in regular
cells blocks for the reason there was
not enough cells
The first riot of the week had
been put down Monday. with slight
injury to two men. so far as is
known. Thursday, an inquiry into
that riot began The second out
break, it was said, came during that
inquiry.
Four prisoners had testified dur
ing the morning. The men outside
walled and jeered during the hear
ing. Then prisoners who had been
summoned for testimony went on
a strike and refused to talk.
Fire Started by Convicts
So far as known, the testimony
up to that point had been that the
prisoners rioted Monday to obtain
cigaret papers, more recreation,
radios and daily newspapers.
Suddenly, the 10 corridor pris-
oners" went on a rampage. The
forty guards assigned to watch over
them, if the hostage report is true,
were "shanghaied."
Prisoners started a fire. II was
put out quickly. They started a
mad rush to liberate convicts in the
cell blocks.
Another 100 men we're freed. as
a result. after several hours Of ours
ing. jeering and milling about she
dormitory section The shooting
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 attention.
Then the turmoil was resumed.
The 210 angered. frenzied men
tried to liberate the other 500 men
in cell blocks They ran into wall
Of guards fully armed, instructed to
kill any prisoner who crossed a dead
line. No man crossed that line.
Situation "WeII in Hand"
About 1870 Thursday night a doc
tor was permitted to pass through
the line of troops patrolling the
area outside the prison. 1t was pre-
sumed he was called to treat the
man reported shot, although the
penitentiary has its own hospital
force.
Brigadier- General Ormond, 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.