Youth Beats Gaol Guards

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 10

Youth Beats Gaol Guards

I I BUT ESCAPE IS EOILED BY A LOCKED DOOR POLICE RESERVES QUICKLY SUBDUE PRISONERS Twu guards of the Essex Count. House oi Detention, Newark, New Jersey, were beaten when a dozen young mem iumates attempted to escape. The prisoners were quickly subdued by police reserves and guards from the Essex Country Goal across the street. Charles Gotch, a guard, was on duty in the third floor hail when he heard sounds indicating that one of the prisoners was ill. He stepped inside to inquire and was attacked by 12 men, ranging in ages from 16 to 21. Ho was rubbed of 24 dollars, his keys and watch, and was tied with bed sheets. Mrs Caroline McMillan, matron on the second floor, had heard the commotion and notified James Sullivan, the guard on the first floor. He ran up to investigate and was beaten and tiel up. The 12 prisoners tried to get to the roof of an extension of the building but could not force the door. In an ollice ou the third floor they forced a lock and got an old, empty pistol and some tools. Going down to the first floor, they were Hying to batter down the iron grating around the • vestibule when John 1.. Burgess, the superintendent, was awakened by the noise. Ho telephoned the goal and police hoadquart When the police arrived th ■ prisoners retreated to their dormitories. Later they were transferred to the goal.