Show SMALL OUTBREAK AT STATE PRISON P Fourteen Prisoners Are Being Punished for Breaking the Rules I i MEN DEFIED THE GUARDS J ik t. t ru t A I Prompt ronIt Action tJ by Warden arlen 1 nis An IJ Any y End to Disturbance General W-v- W t Was as Planned i t. t t y Through h the prompt action acHon of or fi r Warden Sat Arthur Pratt an incipient i 1 c Insurrection among the prisoners at r r the state penitentiary in the southern 1 section of oC the tlc city was nipped in the Ule bud Tuesday nl night ht The disturbance disturbanceS disturbanceS' S' S which lasted about au an hour and a u half originated among the tho most desperate men confined at the institution and 5 1 had Just begun to 1 among the gi other convicts con when drastic measures t 7 were welo adopted b by the prison officials t and order was soon restored As a n. rc re- re suit of or the disturbance eight prisoners prison prison- ers rs are arc being subjected to severe ero pun- pun f S. and six others remain to be bc dealt with f The names of oC the prisoners who i created the disturbance with the term r I of oC sentence the they are am serving and the 1 C crime crim of or which they were convicted con follow i t John Burke IS years robbery p. p Frank Harrison 1 oJ years yem burglary L James McCormic 4 years burglary 4 Joseph Sullivan 6 5 years cars 10 robbery jC 11 Gus Johnson 10 years ars bur burglary lar Al AI Goodman 18 IS months month burglary burglar Walter Valter McLloyd 6 years cars house house- t 1 breaking John Furcy Furey S 8 years ro robbery ber 4 John Gm Gray 1 18 S years hou housebreak housebreak- 1 t lug luff Charles Smith 2 years cars assault f Steve Ste OJ Olds s 10 years attempted robbery i s F. F A A. Morris C G years attempted rob rob- bery J. J H. H C G years year attempted robbery Bichard Morris orris 2 years burglary burglary- All Thud Third Graders I With hh the thc exception of Richard Morris Morris Mor Mor- I ris who is Js a a. second grade prisoner r the men named compose the third grade at the penitentiary the penitentiary the convicts i L'- L' who are kept In solitary confinement I y l t and allowed no privileges Richard V Morris Morns orris is js a a. newcomer at the institution v tion having ha been taken there within 1 the last three months and had not up to the time of oC the thc disturbance banco proven pro I himself eligible to the first grade the v u grade rade which is afforded many privileges privileges f or the thc third grade rade It Is certain v- v however howe that he will wilt be placed In the third grade as a result of oC his participation pation In the disturbance of oC Tuesday r night Jeered the lie The disturbance really started Monday Monday Mon lon da day evening about 7 7 30 30 o'clock but was ras only of oC short duration It apI appears ap- ap I I. pears caas caa's that thai the iho members of oC th the third thirll j v grade SI-ade led Jed b by Burke who when at J r as somewhat hat of or a pug puy- f Indulged In loud talking nn and ami profanity an and 1 Jeered the guards when the latter reproved them The oc occurrence occurrence oc- oc currence was reported 1 to Warden Pratt and he believing that the thc prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- took look this means of oC making known that hiLt the they had a complaint to lo register YI visited them early parly morning lie He asked them them- i if it they wanted anted to lo make any complaint about abolt their treatment and all declared themselves elv In the negative c Two of the prisoners however howo requested that hat t. t tho they bo bl given more moro coffee correo to drink than they had geen getting gelling Warden arden r. r Pratt a assured them that the request was granted g and believed 1 that his r w warning to the prisoners had put an t. t end to the disturbance i Shortly before 6 o'clock Tue Tuesday lay evening however the thirteen third tt k grade began to shuffle anI J. J i stamp their feet on the thc floors of th hr ir ii cells which are built hullt of or steel and lo located lo- lo rs cater on th the tho third o of the south C ce cell house greatly annoying the other H confined there The ul r went to the cells of each of the thirteen thir k teen third grade prisoners and and deL demanded de de- de- de tL L mantled that the men keep quiet The prisoners replied to the guards with I h jeering and profanity The noise had f kept up UJ only a short time w when I t t f- f Richard Morris lorriS on the Iho first floor tier of oC cells voiced his approval of the actions of oC his third grade fellow pria- pria and joined them In I Increasing nci rasing jL- jL Y the tho volume of oC the hubbub Burke Burket t seems to be tho the leader of the di die die- ft and all absolutely ignored the guards Drastic tlc Ic Measures Urs Ta Taken Len oC Warden orden Pratt Prall was Informed of oC the thc cori conduct of oC the fourteen prisoners ant Rn and 1 f he ho immediately ordered that measures be put In fn force Burke I J Harrison Sullivan Johnson John son soil Goodman McLloyd and Furoy Furey were stripped and taken to a small story one cell house known as the Tombs located In the tho southeast corner of ot the prison yard yarl In this there thero are ore two cells with cement walls alls eighteen inches thick and in these the thc eight men were ee handcuffed to rings in the opposite walls about the height of a a. mans man's chest The rings kept a m man mn n in a standing standing- position n with S hi his arms arnie outstretched and It was Inthis Inthis in inthis this manner that th the eighteen ere lel punished for two twenty hours hOUIS with tho the exception of or a n short hort Interval about 8 S o'clock yesterday morning when they were given g a a. slice of oC bread and anda a drink of or water During the night the tho men were were- visit id d every thirty minutes b by the guards and it was wan seen to that none nono of or them suffered any am physical Jh injury The They were taken from tho Tombs shortly before 5 r o'clock yesterday afternoon and put in cells eells without an any bedding or furni- furni turo rhe They will wilt be again placed In Inthe Inthe the Tombs this morning mornin arid and will vIll bo be punished until the they nrc arc under sub sub- As soon as tile punishment of ot the men is concluded the remaining f six lx namely Gray Gray- GraySmith Smith Olds F F. A A. A 4 Morris Harper and Richard Rich Rich- aI aril ard Morris 1 will be dealt with Varden Warden Pratt said last night Unit that the prisoners had bad created tho the situation situa tion entirely through their viciousness Ho declares that he Is firmly convinced con tho the prisoners had planned to get up upa up upa a a. general Insurrection Appealed PJ to Governor GJ As the tho monthly meeting of the board of ot corrections was hold toM at tho lire penitentiary yesterday Governor Cutler Cutler Cut Cut- ler visited tho the institution and he ho was accompanied by Y Chief Justice McCart Mc- Mc c- c Cart Carty and Associate I ate Justices and Frick of the Supreme Bench o otho of oC tho the state all ot of whom viewed d tho the punishment to which the eight men being subjected Several Sc of or the thc themen themen men appealed to Governor Cutler but lie he told them that they must r respect the prison rules or expect to suffer sufferS S the resultant consequences t t S 'S I I L I 1 |