A CONVICTS' RIOT.
MILITIA CALLED OUT. I Times. NEW YORK. June 6. Eioht hundred convicts • created a riot at Jolietj Illinois. Three \ companies of militia were called out, • and a score oi the convicts were injured. '\ The convicts then set fire to the buildings) five of which i were partly dejtioyed. ". ' A ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16559, 7 June 1917, Page 5
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52A CONVICTS' RIOT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16559, 7 June 1917, Page 5
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