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i | | Bl ” at the guard room end of the sowh | froopers bad {heir gas masks on corridor leading to the chiapel, by a [ We needed more gas bombs but d convict siid to have been Max | eided o use two at fir We s Becker, He ignored the call. The Clear in il ote to to) first volley of shots sfartled the | them they could come out. prison, “We opened the door of south hall Stumbles to Door ) the guard room, and another in- Durnford fell with scveral bullets to the back hall e rd 1ooin in his chest. Despite his wounds the | offered the best hope for the tear P. K" stumbled toward the door, | bombs. only to drop again, this time to ris “It was 11:30 a. m. when word 10 more, is passed to the conviets. They | Auburn prison was in a furorc e nentinepUiroush Rhevont (10y Warden Jennings was seiged v |COU1d Sec the open door. The gates e nd cven a line of cars await- three convic hd rushed from {h e R i < Kitehen to a stairway leading to the ABE ha RS aridiicean droon | il:‘vl\'»;‘! ”‘[n\_\‘nn]vr\l hin '?.”‘ Sioa jose who did not go down | ith ga second tier. Here the 1105 for safet Dlie i cdent ol fizst ieeper they. met wassubduealliing {ive guards buckisd undes de and. relieved ‘of his gun. The con- | fymes, but we dr A them out. viets then forced the other guards | Air Pull of Bullets to open the cells of the cmer | “It was a ticklish job. 'The air isolation block. Iawlak and wais full of hubets. Chief Cadin, | van took command Syracuse arrived with 50 e Chief ‘We are going out!” shouted Sul- | Cavanaugh, of Rochester, arrived livan. “Come along You want to with more gas and $0 me Then It not, stay in your cclls and shut |began the last phase of the battle, your heads!” | with the men in the upper tiers Not more thun a handful joincd They smashed windows and huggel them. the floors and did all they could to | Throughout {he prison, guards, |¢scape the gas, but finally g | civilian cmployes in the Bortillon | We rushed them again and | room and to storekeepers with (heir | fifing shots. They had to use ‘ Second Section NEW BRITAIN HERALD [w=s-+] NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 192¢ 29. Auburn Newspaperman Gives Out First Eye-Witness Account of Riot In Pnson Among Convicts PRISONER 3 FREED - | Alleged Perjurer Will Spend FOR CHRISTIAS DAY Boy Slayer Released Just Before Holidays || Chicago, Dec. 24 (UP) — To- morro Christmas celebration at the Morctti home will be mer- rier than usual, for Thomas Mor- wilt be back with his the shadow of a murder parents, In Response to For Benefit New Britain Gives Genercusly are visiting in Dudley, BURGLAR IS FINED 2 Ladies’ Aid so- Appeals Issued 73 F[]R BURGL ARY MG of Needy Famlhes $ leipms i - Newington Court Imposes Sen m L ursday evening at ) o'clocle . 1y froopers’ headquarters the charge lifted from him. A 45 ! ‘ H. 1 rdon, ¢ Dapping Presents Repmlhw departments of half a score « HUlldflY W][h His Famlly iy in Judge Daniel P, Organizations and Individ- tence on F“gl tive—0ther Notes - Jart o appear e : ; Trude's court freed young Mor- | | - liy afternoon e " [ nearby cities and towns. While his - treed : 3 5 3 ; of Chief of Police —|aias were thus engaged Chief Bil etli, an honor student in high uals Contribute to Funds il S | Lclephoned Major Frederick 8. John- | Hard-hearted Justice is sometimes | | Shool, in the Killing of John el - . e Heroism of Guards, City | ston. of the Auburn National Guard | tempered with merey. This fact has | sEe b oliing Sl for Families Who Were 8 100l board will w)my:m\ He detailed officers to been brought out foreibly in the case | ’”‘x’ o Ikm ]“H“\‘;{ ”;‘i‘ 1<‘“‘ w 2 house Frid e e of i lanans e reatened to kill Moretti's fathor ; . B oelog Officers and Troopers Is [ to the ciy in a car ane pick up of Antonio Catananzi of this cily who| | 7 iTe iened 1o kil Toretths fathr Not On Santa Claus’ List S | available policemen and rush them avcesied adhisivor i the Far: [1L08 eeTne mben piiel o Will Sing Carols raised in S 1c prison. Bills then sped down | nir Bearing Co. vesterday and taken || PO¥S cngaged in a fist figh g e : eld on Praised in Statement. |!0 the prison. Bills then sped down | bir ! e ‘ L] school tachers testified for the —Herald Receives Many h | the prison (o grapple with the|hefore United States Commissioner | | SBOO) 15 nning &t iest crisis in his carcer. Charles J. McLaughlin to answer a| 20V Slayer. Chechs At | Within thoese walls Warden Jea-|perjury charge in connection with | | ecks. g (W. O. Dapping, managing editor | ;o S0 captive, in imminert | Nis naturalization in this city more | ——————— ror re t of the Auburn Citleen, who sent the | perd)’ o6 death, and with him was| than {wo years ago. | back and walking gracefully,” the = = xilia N LR L phic story of the recent Auburn | Guard Clande Rills, Married and the father of three|instructor said. “While wearing The he of New Britain, alway S 115 ind outdoo prisonouthreak to the ociated | paiher, whose life also hinged Young children, Antonio found him- [short skirts they. have learned 10| quick to respond to an el oy place wi it the ho I're bulletin by bulletin, while | (e’ action of those ont If unable to raise bail to frec him- | walk like men ; 2 : i : out - i L e e help has d up as the Yul Ly ) one | John Wal prisoners and officials were strud- | ug within the prison self pending a hearing. With tears | TR J UL gling for mastery inside the historic | ks o ! : lin his eyes, he faced Christmas Day season ouches and chec for all partici structure Is here the first “inside” [ W "‘]” . ived (', e [v!""‘*"“‘l in a lonely cell in Hartford County AT RE Clans 1 have bee o &s 0 story of the revolt, as reported 10 "m‘w’ s "”\y;’]‘ L Mes 38l in Hartford. [coming into the Ierald office in e Mayor Osborns of Auburn by Chief [ 8 BEHE L BL tvan, Laptain 1 o1 1t was discovered that Antonio had Gr Siitrewia pror ed, b of Police Rills, leader of the forces If“‘”‘, M"‘,O e ‘)'”\‘m e ""‘\ | sworn that he had been continuously | Th B ; ithori. | of the lay cxtual excerpts of the |~ S5 €O 0 Al ' Vo resident of this country from u.-: N e | whm report are combined with the obser- [ O Men, Sergeant Green uary 20, 1920, to November, 192 ! hour Rl T Newington Notes Try P. Money {Ton ot : 4 trolmen Bobhett, Arnold, Bunnell, | ¢po of his naturalization h % S R ORE D Nina Blair of Main strect is| backifitfaile. Intubes with pile \ G L Gial ) andstetter and Graney holding the || g l ong dollar bills arrive with e | pipe, 75¢; tin box, 60c. All druggist vears Auburn representative of the [t 3 | i L G W th 0 I d L 1ke some poor child happy ' ociated Press.) (e st S | Commissioner vicraugnin 0ocea LAWDS GIOW WIth - Golored | o mox SR neet bl i AZO OINTMENT PING PRIL A TR 2 | Antonio over. He had been highly | ing 1 1 *hiches f By W. 0. DAPPING art, a prison shop employe, was i e i Ll hs Thmu hout G“ ling a £10 hil Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 24 (P L up o (he wiopet pDIo¥es WS | recommended to him as an honest | From a well | o Tealtor ] Embntsion ¢ : LA 3 1¢ SOUN 4nq upright man, a hard worker and W 5 the fragmbnts of testimony no e e e AL n Che arked 5 i : guare room. Behind him | ; “ryjipeul family man. Perhaps the | S ing gathered in three prison inves:i- g a conviet with a g We could | CLLTLAE : : : a convlet with a gun, ould | commissioner, stern though he must| A custom that started a few years | i hes ! : S zations have been y d together. ' not shoot him without sending a bul- | < i it 5 S O case enclosed check to the resulting m will present . N 2 | be as the agent of justico and thejago of lighting Christr [help some one have a happier Yiat SeianE de the mbol b Mieel LT Teepan enforcer of laws, fell the chill that | the yards of the home, has spread | (il s & ehock for fve 1o Beraabeis o IO e A MacTaggart d for Captain | was in Antonio's heart as he pictured | like wildfire through the town. ki - - D) s el Ri R E IN S chapte © st e pe 1 % 2 ) b was received from a sche teach d [ g i ‘J["y;(“,"‘ s ‘,‘.'MT"\,T,[, thegt McGrain, who went bravely to the | the shattering of a happy family | Whercas, a few vears ago, a dozen | “ipyre wnom 1om et Pleads for Wife's Ring, | E I ( .l B Sl Ao SEle B W oot inima et avd | kathering at home for Christhas. |at the most had trees decorated | yroo and L Bandlls Victim Is \ldln N {‘l ) of th . ; .~1 : ‘:w John, the rden, myself and | Perhaps it was the thought of three | with brightly lighted colored lamps, {5 2 Eattena sohool e i Diredomenper from the sealter or SIS guArds have been captured by 12 | lonesome little fots unable to be [the number now is near the|pips a for scindl|ing: Lo be ved (o k aRpronal e, U tromBthe el ar O vt They say that if they by over the visit of Santa Claus to | hundred mark |ty 01d ring his wif TO OUl‘ excitement has been construeted SR e o nesdenit oo Hone S e e sy e | family ¢ o R B ot low & f their father rom | The west end of city is espe entUSTul ing 1 ral y s “’”““ t December 11| Will Kill the warden and all of At any rate, Commissioner Me- v decorative. Some of the trees ont T wiat F . d C] tiny “of Wednesday, December . Laughlin said {o Antonio.” I am go- have only white lights, others, yel- | R otie: rendas an Spuiie “‘"; ]" Ll . The to allow you to go home ta your|low, green and red. Wreaths, t00. | yunior Ac Al i arnd and its roic re i 4 2 X b ¥ for over Christmas. I willlare lighted, and blink a Merry | gressed ent of dolls € P LU pLison kit fal et B ash vour hearing until after | Christmas. (I | banal atrons the forces of law nd m\fw : iy gas in th nas and 1 will release you on Busin streets lighted up | oq \V W h AA\ To the record of facts obtaincd at said there was none recognizance in order that|within' an inch ot the tradesmen's|One Junion Aclilevement club '} © it first hand during the trilling dran been ordered, but had|you can be with vour family.” The|lives, their stores look festive With|g large doll whieh sill make / o have been added the ordercd rr commissioner explained that he felt|greens and' red ribbons, the toys in|nanrt of some littls girl happy '\/Ierrv Chrlstmas ments of principals. None surpasso get gas ratisfi he could lot Antonio | the stores gather more oldsters than | & \wir S e e e J the official report u_r Chief of Poli hombs MacT 20w urity voungsters to watch their antics, | doll carriage. “Send out for it,” she !ed and the and Chester J. Bills, of the Auburn poli W the wick-| Antonio, therefore, will be ar-lihe crowds bustlo you here and | gaid. e department, made yesterday o raigned Saturday morning at 11/{here, hut then—isn't that half the| A Mayor Charles D. Oshorne said: ‘The w n | o'clock and. if probable cause is|fun? w Dritain for its size, is|gor Ha Vs s f ze, 18| some toy ‘ OR AL SERVICES re had been hints of something unlock the doors found ill be bound over to | the most decorated city at this time | little girl '””"‘ DAL ' N ,"M " LLyLar = pp' ANLES S LCORNDEU G Rl eyer; GLORN | United States Distric {of the ye | A printer in the Herald compos st ‘ < i N 7 Yeal‘ (ol 0 LA GGG S s like this.’ re- | TR BY M0 means is it to costly 10| ing room had an entive outt o EW ices business as usual was the or- | pli am I to know | i 1 e chee ut Nt sm aby, “Let some worthy ; ) s 1 ! Sy ()nl\ Tall Girls hrow ittle cheer out into the|small baby. “Let some wortl Gt der at 10 a. m. on December 11 the wir cold Drisk nights. A tree indoors|ily have it, 1 o 1 Out of the cell block there was| “The fmpatient. | ( an Wear Long SKirts | is ioveiy. and very pretry. and in-[ic 1 cver ne F EH iir of suppressed cxcitement. At [ *You've haven't you Lvanston, 11, Dee. 24 (UP)—|door trees a tractive With| A repor A . least a score of conviets knew fhe |he asked Make the girl tall enough to weir! tinsel and doodabs and sta lind desk to 1l time had come for a “break.” Other | *'Yos! said McGr m w long skirts is the solution| Ton Acre road—nearly every | editor said irmates knew, {00, although perhaps | in eharge here.? of Miss Mary I%. Cutler, physical ed-|house Tas its lighted tree. The | of children vaguely, it o desperate episole | Then avho is,” demanded the | w:mn\l'\]\‘ 1ctor the T.\.mx:r\m house of Albert hilling Hart A o to Sant Tune in on Laundry was imminen. conviet i school, for the fashion prob-!and Lincoln stivets is causing much | lit{le girl who lost 2 e Warden Jennings closed some | ‘Il find out 1 McGr lem comment. The shrubbery around the | unfortunate acei . Concert Saturday Busices e Morlimer 0t Clas I rviNEvouL anle door After looking over photographs of | house on each side is intwined with | tory was sent to the pre 9 Night, WEAF, 8:3 was Clark who caught the first L note from the warden ? S00 girl students. Miss Cutler deeid- | the lighted bulbs, and over all is a | factory. “We will take car g 1dible warning of “something down inmate ed only 5 per cont could wea soft yellow glow. The door lamps|family.” the traffic mana below” and the warden started (o s then fhat Chicf Bills de fer skivts without looking ridiculous. ) dre areen and red and the home | phoned the next da g g investigate. ned upon a tear gas assault c Will have to learn to|is one of the show places for the | s a veteran’s family., we'll look FOR BEST RESULTS L In that part of the administration once. Hastily teclphoning 1o Syra- ' look tall by keeping their shoulders|Christmas season. | them” the municipal home | USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | building known as the “box oftice, | cuse and Rochester, e called for ] where cverything sent to the con- &as bombs {o he sent by airplanc or victs is opened and examined, David by any other rapid means J. Winne, guard, was at work when Refuses to Honor Note an inmate called him to the wicket Il resisted o note bearing what “What do you want?” he asked Purported to \"‘(l\v warden :Uzv:v‘x- Faced With Pistol t cting the openir _of \..w Winne looked into the muzzle of Prison, accepting i d (nf. ters a pistol order of Dr. Raymond I €. Kiel “Open the door,” commanded the State prison commn ner, “It tr convict come out shoot them down; if th don’t come In out lows Winne darted o a door opening on the prison yard. In a split se: ond, before the convict could thrust the gun through the grill and fire Winne was out through door. Thus, at moment between 10:1% and 10 the Ryther, i Housen situat » more c Atkins hich ever tical. stant 1 o The inmates brought Warden Dlan) fot the Hacsperafloss tnyvarfent | SH e SRR IES SRESHE RS ETERY Had they captured Winne in the |} e S : o it : head,” the report continues. “They i s % 5 only continue to stall them. Time, utes and just beyond was the outer Pmoratine At At Gie nasdan. gate, wen Father Clgary arrived. He Down to the ground level anl|pnage goveral mf»\' into the prison back to the south corridor raced the | g0, P T0E A B0 chagrined conviet. Already the sut- | G H0 T e jection of guards had beg time “Most of ‘day had been spei 1o the expected capture of the “box | 4 Nl o oligo s en time was up—to t sonuw Principal Keeper Georg ford was hailed as he left his offie our plan all ready. T ] ringly, ammunition. conviet aides barricaded {hemsely.s having from the demons who now ms sy not held the corridor. The self-imprisoned work- | 6 80t them all” of the mutiny outside G B givearms began. Every cell was | 2 emptied nd all their contenis | ptain Byron Sawyer wi the | (hrown into the corrider. Not a| gesicHinRths Aubnon eIty imant policell s hi s el cvbrloakeal int thel ieasonil station when the telephone bell ran; nest room. It we machinery of 1 in operation Orders flew in a dozen directions in as many seconds. Help was called | There's lots of bargains in the | from the Onecida barracks, the state ! Herald Classificd Ads. | Bills who set t leaves much la r than themselves them over their heads. 1 12 pistols which were missing. | “This is Auburn prison,” he heard ! gix were found in the prison and the an excited voice shout over the wirs. |eiher six v located outside the | “Another riot is in force here. The prison and cither returned to acting | rden and some of the guar we | Warden Christian or otherwise ac- 'n captured. Get all the help yoa | counted for | can and come at once!" ! = | Help Is Mustered [ ol ants derive their name | Sawyer called Chief Bills from the | from a habit of biting oft picces of | | and carrying e, == New Britain's Christmas Store Transformed Over Night to a Winter Festival of Bargains The 1930 Edition of this Welcome Economy Occasion OPENS THURSDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK Every department plays an xmpollanl part i this New Year's the thousands of extravagance. Fresh Dependable Merchandise of Unquestionable Fair Store Quality oo ORI CR O CROSLO RO LOXLOILON yellow and black price To Those Who Spend Wisely, We Say COME THURSDAY Splendid Buying Opportunities Abound OO Cdl'dS [U]‘I]L\‘l] an Thrift Sale and (‘I]‘D]l‘,}li(' rebuke to == LOCRROO = 25