MUTINY IN A GAOL.
FIFTEEN PRISONERS WOUNDED. A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 9, 10.10 p.m. New York, May 9. At Colombia, South Carolina, 15 prisoners were shot, several seriously, as the result of a mutiny in the State penitentiary chair factory. The prisoners refused to enter the factory, claiming they had been deprived of certain essential rights. Meanwhile a number -who had been working on the second floor set fire to the building, and the fire hose was found cut.
The prisoners attempted to charge the guards, who opened fire. City police and firemen were called in, and they subdued the prisoners and extinguished the fire. On the cells of the mutineers being searched, it was disclosed that numerous weapons had been devised in the factory and smuggled into the cells. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1922, Page 5
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137MUTINY IN A GAOL. Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1922, Page 5
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