Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-16 | Page 7 | Girls Riot in Jail, 5 Officers Injured

GUIS GIRLS IT RIOT IN JAIL M S EU EUI I s Interior of Building Wrecked tk Jailers Jailer's Finger Almost Cut CutOff Cute e Off in Attack 4 3 LU r N. N C. C April 16 As- As Press Fite Five officers officer and fIremen were Injured In quieting six prisoners ners who carl early tA today s spread pread if terror in the Ro Robeson son county Jail for foran hour The girls tore down z an n light lIht fixtures and broke out put win- win panes pane after setting selling their bunks afire Austin Smith the jailer JaUer turned Ithe prisoners into a corridor to save ave ithem them from being bein overcome by the cells There the they moke inoke in their continued their rioting They attacked attacked at- at f tacked the Jailer jaUer cutting one of his lingers almost of oft off and slashing his face with glass Firemen and alit alit- cers were attacked similarly I Finally th the the- insurgents were overcome over over- como come and locked in new cells containing con- con no furniture J l J The girls had been brought to the ther jaU r and charged with arson three weeks ago aJo after a dormitory at Sai Sa- Sa i state stale school for delinquent J girls was burned They had been J Inmates of or the school chool