Evening star., 1952-11-03
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Convict, Shoot 4
As Troops Enter
State Guard Company
Moves In on Riot of
1900 at Columbus
BY the Associutee Press

COLUMBUS. Nov. 3.-Highway
patrolmen shot and killed one of
1900 rioting convicts in Ohio
penitentiary today and a few
minutes later a National Guard
company armed with rifles and
machine guns marched inside the
walls.
About 100 guardsmen in full
field equipment entered the south
west truck gate to reinforce 81
State patrolmen who had been
holding the convicts at bay with a
criss-cross shotgun barrage down
the corridors of four battered cell
blocks.
Warden Ralph w. Avis identi-
fled the dead man as Carlyle Noel,
80, of Hamilton County (Cincin-
natD, serving 2-10 years for
housebreaking.
He said Noel was shot in the
head at $40 am. Three other
convictS were wounded earlier to-
day. A fourth was shot yesterday.
Riot Guns Boom.
Outside the prison, the dull
booming of the State highway
lpatrolmens riot guns sounded like
a bombardment over a distant
hill. The guns spewed their fire
in giant "X'' down the corridors
Of cellblocks G, H. and K.
Only this line of pelting lead
kept 1000 screaming convicts
from charging the 81 patrolmen
locked inside the cellblocks with
them.
Occasionally one of the mad
dened men tried to reach STAIR
way at the end of the hall. Then
the cfiss-cross fire lowered and
probed at the sneaking, running
figure.
That's how the three men were
wounded today.
FL Face 1900.
This small band of patrolmen.
81 facing 1900. huddled IN small
shelters at the ends of the cor
ridors in four riot-torn cellblocks
and blasted away while convicts
screamed and shouted.
Four convicts have been wound
ed by armed peace officers in less
than "a hours.
Warden Avis identified today's
wounded as:
Harold Sweet, Is, of Toledo.
lserving life for first-degree mur-
der. superficial shoulder wounds.
George Grubb, 80, of Cleveland.
serving a four-62 years for forgery.
burglary and grand larceny. buck
shot wounds In. right shoulder
and arm.
Ezra Cayson, 81, of Warren.
serving one-15 years for burglary.
buckshot wound in right shoulder.
| .Grubb was shot a 3 am, Cay
son. at am, Sweet somewhat
later.
Everett Hodge, %, of Cincin-
matt was shot yesterday in an
escape attempt.
Locks Broken OFF.
There was no indication when
prison guards. State highway pa
trolmen and 400 Ohio National
Guard soldiers will be able to
bring an end to the 60-hour. mil
lion-dollar food riot that began
Halloween afternoon.
The 1000 convicts are rioting
inside their cellblocks because
locks on individual cells have been
broken off. The thin line of pa
trolmen are inside the locked CELL
blocks with them, with only their
riot guns preventing a mass at
tack.
Warden Alvis said the 1000 had
no spokesman. He said his officers
had no chance to talk to the men,
because they couldn't get to them
at the present time.
Not only are State highway pa
trolmen trying to keep back an at
tack, but trying to keep individual
convictS from rushing stairways at
each end of the corridor. Grubb.
Cayson and Sweet were shot in
just such attempts.
Lead pellets from booming riot
guns ricocheted and whined up
and down the corridors, bringing
fresh screaming from the rioters.
Inside the blocks prisoners were
reported to be causing much
damage to prison fixtures. Some
were said to have ripped away
screening inclosing the tiers, toss
ing pieces of metal and anything
else they could pry loose down to
the first tier level.
The warden's disclosure that
guards can't completely control
1000 convicts means that more
than one-third of the prison pop
ulation is out of hand. Some 1000
convicts were involved in Fridays
tumult. That number broke down
into a hard core of $50 to 200
men.
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