SHAMBLES IN GAOL CELL

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1929, Page 9

SHAMBLES IN GAOL CELL

RIOTING CONVICTS MURDER ORGY OF SELF-DESTRUCTION BODIES TOSSED INTO YARD. I By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian Press Association. New York, Oct. 4. Five murderous convicts barricaded themselves in a cell at Cannon City gaol and ended their war on society by selfdestruction. Four of the five, after the 17-hour siege during which they murdered, one by one, five guards they held as hostages, and callously tossed their bodies into the prison yard, stood before their leader and permitted him to shoot them down. The leader then executed the two remaining guards, after which he shot himself, causing the total loss of 13 lives, of which eight were guards. Eight other guards who were also kidnapped were released at various times by their captors, who were among the 1000 convicts in the over-crowded State penitentiary who yesterday rioted and seized guards and ex-Senator Colgate, who was visiting the prison, as hostages, holding them in the captured prison arsenal. The convicts warned the warden they would kill the hostages unless they were allowed their freedom. The warden refused.