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Show . More Fire Deaths Fearedl Convicts Who Suffered Serious Burns in Blaze Victims of Pneumonia Inquiry Halted While Board Inspects Holocaust Holo-caust Scene UPRISING NIPPED Warden Threatened by Prisoner cenea of the) prtaen tiro d'aaa-1 tae appear an pat 10 of today' I Telerem, y HARRY W. SrlARPt, United Pro Staff Corroopondant COLUMBUS. Ohio, April JO A tha fovernora board of lnu'ry eon. vowed today to roaumo Inveetifa-lion Inveetifa-lion of Monday nif ht'a atat penitentiary peni-tentiary fir In which 120 aonvict pariawad, OS other prlaawor were fifhtinf fop their live, victim of pneumonia, rooultlna, front burn and aapoaura. . . . Cor pa of phyalrlane attendln tho otrhrken men deacrlbed tho cool -troo of It aa "ratremety art a re." Tho remainder, they raid, were In a aerl. ou onditlofi and corapllcallona were feared. Heoumptran of tho Inquiry waa dele red temporarily while Iho In-veatlratar In-veatlratar Inaperted tho rtiarred. dehrta-atrewn rulna of aectione tl and H In tha weet cell block where tho pel eon era loot their Uvea. Prlaoo) tuarda meanlimo had nipped a threatening uprielng which waa plotted In aertlona A, B. V and U laee nlgrrl. but failed to materlallte. I ha outbreak waa fixed for ft a. m. when tho priaonera wero marched lo tho meea hall for nreakfa't. tiuard lwkhart waa tipped off on tho Impending break and haetlly auinmoned relnforremente. aug-(Conttnued aug-(Conttnued on paao 10). lion tn I hem to h praorfitt fjnH or-drly or-drly that pr-rii(H a riot, rather thnn Ih ildir' ha'on.. Thia diMater la a artrat lM n Ilia atate. It ahnuld re-nil tn a rlinnaa of tha alininl'ra(tun (era. It a aw a trmr rime ntuLiet lite poor bnym than they pvar rommltted (rainat the etate of 'tu. . oarnur Cioper tiny planned ti carry ottt hia annottirr inten-tlr-n f apptttntinc a council of live prominent rttlfna tn aid at-ito tf-fh-iala In tha Invent lat tun. Othtra, Including fV hoc ley, r tainted tha amok a wi only that of burn-In burn-In Wood. rVttooley ne4levti lite flamea atarted fi-om a Dhort rlr-Culted rlr-Culted lltht wire. AW ROOF CATCH Another ronvh-t. ViMiam ftohert Noel o 4'lvtaml. arrvine i( lor murrfor, tllfld ltt nlaht that he heard a ahnrp report, aa If a "hnt i had been fired. In tha rail Mo. k undrr ronalrurtion. II rap liiil. he aald, and aaw an alenrie liaht rah la under Iha roof grow red hot and Unit a tha raft era. Tha twthnHe chaplain's charge that oofferneoa 'a part of prt n of (trial a to prevent aerapea result - ! ed la tha trajredy. aa tnado In a statement to the I'nited Pre. I "It waa a great crlma to let I hone men dla." Kalher O'liririi aald. "The ao hilar a and ullco aero all Intent on keeping any convict a from petting pet-ting away, and apparently nobody gaa a thoiiRht to I heir aafety. The Mera eame tnt the prl"tt )anl and atood about with fixed avonefa do.na nothing ahlla tn trapped men died. it wmn trrilile. Nnbody aeeined lo annt to du anything except the con let theniarlvea and the thrte or four gimrda a ho wero In the en-I'lmture. en-I'lmture. J deputy Warden ViMHlutd la a fine, hravo pmn, rvl tS- jtrln-rtnern jtrln-rtnern know It. Only lila aruan of the eifuftti'tti prventd itivra ter-rlhlo ter-rlhlo acenea. -Wanlen Thuniaa waa outahle. 1 gueaa, watching to aea that nobody go.aaay. Jf he had rmno In aa I won aa ha not hera and trtrd t- get thoae prisoners out, tha men wutild hare helped htm. ftut It'a a good thing he dl'ln't coma In after thoao JiH) died. Tha 4wQ prlaom ra In tha )ard would hava torn hlin to plerea. "At auon aa tha dying mn e-gan e-gan to rome out on tha cell M-K-k, I riillr-d the blnhop and he sent f If -lean mora prleata to help. Tlmae convh'ts trusted ua. and I fully be-Heve be-Heve It waa otir ronitn lal .irtmnnl- Ccnyicts Who Suffered Serious rums ia Blaze Victims of Pneumonia that ha ald "I don't glva a 1mn If Ihry all dir." H waa eMr4 by Captain John Hall, another guard ofttrar. Dot to unlock Iha tirra. ha aald. finally ha unlocked tha tlrra ovrr Hall a all'ird imitnt. ha aald, and tha raacua work hriu It waa nrrraeary to unlock rarh rll ap-aratvly ap-aratvly and thrra ara alx llrra of cHIa In each corridor. Tha cntlra block hauard tot prlann.ra. Only a few of tha cell, had naan unlocked when IJitla and Ha Id win rollap.eH. l onvlcta aalied tha aea aad alfl.aa aad am shed tha cell lock., but tha flamea and amoke already bad dona their work and tha rella contained only blacktnad bodlea or dying men. That plctura of tlia dlaaater may ha revl.ed aa further testimony la taken. Ho far aach wltnaaa baa luld a dlfferant atory. Tha aotual causa of tha flra ra malnad a mystery today. Homa wit. naaaea aald they amallad oil burn-In. burn-In. and thai tha thick aneuka ram. from noma Inrendtary matarlaL other Brlannera to unlock Ik. calla III Iha doomed Here. The enlraiK-a to tha cell block waa barred by a fnaastva dtior, and In ida wera other barred galea, and finally tha locka on Iha srlla llitm. aelvea. ... It waa dating tha tragically alow proraaa of unlwklng Iheao. litany door, that tha ronfu.ln relgnad and tha trapped prleonera died. Taatlmony aa ta who finally unlocked un-locked the dora la conflicting. Hchuoley aaya ha got tha key tu tlta large door and handed It to a negra ronvtct, tleorga Johnaon. Jolinaon, on tha stand last night, aald ha un. locked tha door over Iha protest of "one of tha guards." All lliia time amoka was pouring Into tha great qiiadrangla of tha penitentiary until Iha figure, of nan became dim. unrecognisable ahataa and nobody knew who waa In command. com-mand. Warden Thomaa. at this lime, waa outside tha walla, concentrating, ha admits, on an effort tn prevent ea-capea. ea-capea. lla had already given order, or-der, that all prisoner, wara to be releasee! Immediately, from tha cells. lluarda Utile and llaldwln. according ac-cording to the warden, found them. aelvea inside tha front door of tha cell block, and ran to tha guardhouse guard-house tn get the keya to unlock the Inslda bara tn Ika call tlera. They allegedly wera farced lo take the keya over tlta protest of t'aptain Mcfoddington, In rharg. of Iha guard house. . MIT tr GUARDS At Iha cell block. Thoma. related, tha two guards were met by Uuard Watklneun. who told them lhay couldn't unlock tha tiara. Watklnenn denied "nn his honor' r. r . (Conllnurd from paga I.) nvotej by a atrengthened mlllliry Si't"1. thwarted tha plan. Out of the huga ratlla barn nv.rue at Iha atata fair grounds, in. tha victims wera taken Iroia tha flra ravaared rail block, grlcf-at grlcf-at ' en relativea today wara per-, per-, h.jrilneaa oontlnued among iha awrrvfrf a today aad prison official. en4 tha outstda military guard w uld be maintained until ramplata rHr ww. restored. Thara wera ojx-n threeta and Inalatent demands last Warden J'realon K. Thomas reiinqul.li ma poet la Deputy Warded War-ded J. K. Woodaurd, ona of Iha Hague, Ha-gue, of th. flra. -if wa don t get M'oodard aa waden we'll tear thia plara down." ona unuamed convict yelled aa In-Tvvl'Batora In-Tvvl'Batora ciambored over masses nf taieted ateel and rharred timbers let aertlnna U and II. rtetort. that ehota vers fired Holiday iil.ht when tba flra broke out wera believed partially confirmed con-firmed today when two caliber alirga. Ilia lyo uaed In guard's pis. tcls, wera allied from aahra of til. rfetaataled cejia. 1'hera wera con-fniing con-fniing reports of shooting, tioine 0'lilta aald ona of thrlr number aa shot white trying to break out aa a. amoka-lllled cell. C'NOlrt IXAMINATION . 'I ha Investigating board, at ye, teruey'a aeaalon. fulled to aatahliMli whether thera had barn aliootlng. but ordered bodiea of tha ylolun aamined for bullet wounds, - itovrrnor t'ootir Inllmatad f hiding hid-ing of tha bullela would clianga tlia C,rea of hla InveatUrallolt and aeeiionlng of wltneaaeg , waa do-re---'l until l:i p. m. arden Thomas and Guard W. O. Haldwln, who with (luard Thorn, aa I. it lla eavrd several, acora of prisinerK, wera aaked to reappewr. Attorney fieneral tillbert Uettman, direct iriic tha lmiulry, anld he "waa D"t ktiutfied" with their at orlea. a prleon today wsa quiet, but a , ''"ii air prevailed and crunded e- i i"ii augmented the daigcer of e " iltreak. h,very avullabla foot tee wsa used to quarter tha a. ! or Ihn rulmd cell block, c-.' ,, ia eArti sleci'iiig lii tempurary t .J U laa CaUiuDQ rliajial, : Open threata war. frequent, some of the, against Warden K. I. Thuiuaa. whoaa testimony befora tha Investigation commit lea revealed ha waa oulaeaa tha walla throughout tha tragedy, rltala Klra Marshal Hoy R. (Mil. who la conducting a ae. reel Invest Igu l Ion. aald tha situation situa-tion waa allll unaettled. HEAR TMRIAT While paaalng through Hi. cell-bouaea cell-bouaea an an Inauection Irlp. he "said, ha heard Iha convlcla snouting snout-ing angrily: -Tell Iha governor had better Jerk Thoma If h. want klta la live. Wall get hi in or dla try., Ing- liill aald th. men f.al an Ineacua. hi. blunder on auateone'a pari coal Iha live, of thalr coniuanlona, "Tha prisoner, are at ill far from auhdued." ha declared. Another fir. f incendiary mlgln which aeemed lo bear out tails Interpretation, In-terpretation, waa dlerloaed last night when It was learned that an attempt had been made to fir. III. dornil. lory building Monday while hvdiea war. allll being removed from Iha destroyed cell block. II waa dlerloaed that a group af oonvkta rushed Int. tha building, seised a guard, bound him Willi a blanket and dropped III in from an upper window. After Dm fir. had been atai-ted. fieputy Warden J. C. Woodward persuaded Hi. cunvlcta lo eitingul.li tha bias and ret Ira lo thalr cells. After all th. testimony at hear-Inga hear-Inga yeeierday and last night, only ona major fact seemed to hava bean established that tlier. waa confu-alon confu-alon and delay In opening th. cell blocks and that Iha belpleaa con-vlcta con-vlcta burned or war. suffocated In th. meantime. Tun far. It appeared that th. fir. waa discovered alioul s:: p. tu. by hVhouley from hla position In tha prlaoll offices. Ha called Ih switch-board switch-board and wa told that tha fir had already . bean reported, freviuu testimony was not established defl. nltely who discovered th. flames and reported. TOOK CHARGK HIMSELF Bchoolry said ha took rharg of tha altiiutlon himself when he discovered dis-covered there v. ore no official. In Ui qiiailigimla. .ia tu duett Uig |