FIGHT FOR LIFE.
ASYLUM GUARDS AND MAD CONVICTS. NEW YORK. July 24. A telegram from Napanock, New York, states that, led oy a giant negro, 400 rioting convicts attacked Ip unarmed guards in the mess hall or an institution for defective delinquents during the supper hour. One inmate and a guard were killed, while seven guards were seriously injured. The guards were grouped in a corner with their hacks to the_ wall, and fought for their lives against a surging wave of enraged men, who hurled stools and crockery, but were saved ffom an overwhelming rush when the institution superintendent ran into the hall with a revolver and subdued the negro who started the trouble. Thirty murderers and other violent criminals were among the convicts, who, for several weeks, have been grumbling on the ground of insufficient recreation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9574, 27 July 1923, Page 5
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