Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-19 | Page 1 | Officers Throw Tear Gas Bombs to Stop Revolt

OFFICERS m THROW W WHAR TEAR HAR GAS AS B BOMBS I m REVOLT RV lJ I Prisoners Strip Chains Off Cots to Barricade Cells HURL CHAIR LEGS I. I Protest Treatment at Maryland Prison BALTIMORE Md Sept 19 AP Tear gas bombs were used to quell about striking prisoners in Maryland penitentiary who today broke out in revolt They barricaded barn barri- themselves in their cells with chains stripped from their cots and hurled bottles and chair legs at Warden Patrick Brady and guards Gas bombs were turned on recalcitrant recal- recal prisoners at one end of th thi west wing ring ot of the prison when the they refused to remove the barricades The gas subdued the rIoters In that section quickly and the same treat meat ment was to be given the others If they refused to break their barricades bar bar- This was the latest outbreak or of orthe the demonstration which started o on Monday night by prisoners who declared de- de dared they are In revolt against official sanction ot of cruel and Inhuman inhuman man treatment of prisoners in the penitentiary Originally more than of tile the 1200 prisoners took part In the demonstration demonstration dem- dem which consisted of shouting cursIng and throwIng of articles s ot of furniture at guards Many ot the original strikers strikers' lU y e and today only about of the original number num- num her ber were still holding out The Tho demonstration started when the protesting convicts were denied denle 1 a public hearing ot of their chars charges The leaders ot of the the- were wele talc taken en from their cells under heavy guard and placed In remote ces cells The sharp shooting squad ot of the police pollee department was on duty In Inthe inthe the jail corridors and other polIce pollee were about and In th the the- building Heavy guard was also beIng main maln- tamed over the prisoners prison prison- ers who were at work at theIr various va- va rious jobs Five of the prisoners were rendered rendered rend rend- ered from the gas fumes Cumes and were ire immediately carried from their cells and revived Many of the others surrendered and removed removed re- re moved the llie barricades and chains from their cell doors With the remaining expressing expressing ex- ex pressing their desire delre to desist Warden War War- Varden den Brady announced that the backof back of the revolt had been broken