PRISONERS' REVOLT.
FIGHT IN A MICHIGAN GAOL. By Telccraph—Press Association-Copyrfcht New York, September 3. A number of prisoners confined in bullpens at Jackson, Michigan, revolted and attacked and overpowered' their guards. The prisoners set fire to buildings, and the prison governor called out the fire department and the militia. A force of tho militia surrounded the pens and pointed their rifles at tho frenzied convicts, who were recaptured after fieroe struggles. The convicts' lack of arms prevented bloodshed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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78PRISONERS' REVOLT. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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