TOMBS RIOT DEATH LIST STANDS AT FIVE
Other Prisons Guarded in Fear That Spirit of Mutiny May Spread
The prison was placed under heavy police guard, extra police were sent to the Bronx County Jail and State troopers were ordered on special duty at Sing Sing, for fear the spirit of mutiny would spread.
Three gunmen with smuggled firearms tried to break out of an old prison in New York.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5. - The death list stands at five as a result of the battle in the yard of old Tombs prison, when three gunmen sought to blast their way to freedom with smuggled firearms, regardless of the cost of human life.
All the gunmen had paid the great penalty for their rash daring, the prison warden and a prison keeper had given their lives in the brave pursuance of their duty, another keeper was seriously wounded in a hospital and a bystander was recovering from a bullet wound through the hand.
Two men were held by police, one of them having admitted that he helped plan the attempted jail delivery, and the other believed to have been his accomplice.
The famous old prison was under heavy guard by special patrols of police. Armed against any contingency, extra police were sent to the Bronx County jail, said to be overcrowded; plans were considered for increasing the guard at other city prisons and Gov. Smith, fearful lest the spirit of mutiny should spread as word of the riot circulated, ordered State troopers on spécial duty at Sing Sing, at Ossining.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
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TOMBS RIOT DEATH LIST STANDS AT FIVE
Other Prisons Guarded in Fear That Spirit of Mutiny May Spread
The prison was placed under heavy police guard, extra police were sent to the Bronx County Jail and State troopers were ordered on special duty at Sing Sing, for fear the spirit of mutiny would spread.
Three gunmen with smuggled firearms tried to break out of an old prison in New York.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5. - The death list stands at five as a result of the battle in the yard of old Tombs prison, when three gunmen sought to blast their way to freedom with smuggled firearms, regardless of the cost of human life.
All the gunmen had paid the great penalty for their rash daring, the prison warden and a prison keeper had given their lives in the brave pursuance of their duty, another keeper was seriously wounded in a hospital and a bystander was recovering from a bullet wound through the hand.
Two men were held by police, one of them having admitted that he helped plan the attempted jail delivery, and the other believed to have been his accomplice.
The famous old prison was under heavy guard by special patrols of police. Armed against any contingency, extra police were sent to the Bronx County jail, said to be overcrowded; plans were considered for increasing the guard at other city prisons and Gov. Smith, fearful lest the spirit of mutiny should spread as word of the riot circulated, ordered State troopers on spécial duty at Sing Sing, at Ossining.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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TOMBS RIOT DEATH LIST STANDS AT FIVE
Other Prisons Guarded in Fear That Spirit of Mutiny May Spread
The prison was placed under heavy police guard, extra police were sent to the Bronx County Jail and State troopers were ordered on special duty at Sing Sing, for fear the spirit of mutiny would spread.
Three gunmen with smuggled firearms tried to break out of an old prison in New York.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5. - The death list stands at five as a result of the battle in the yard of old Tombs prison, when three gunmen sought to blast their way to freedom with smuggled firearms, regardless of the cost of human life.
All the gunmen had paid the great penalty for their rash daring, the prison warden and a prison keeper had given their lives in the brave pursuance of their duty, another keeper was seriously wounded in a hospital and a bystander was recovering from a bullet wound through the hand.
Two men were held by police, one of them having admitted that he helped plan the attempted jail delivery, and the other believed to have been his accomplice.
The famous old prison was under heavy guard by special patrols of police. Armed against any contingency, extra police were sent to the Bronx County jail, said to be overcrowded; plans were considered for increasing the guard at other city prisons and Gov. Smith, fearful lest the spirit of mutiny should spread as word of the riot circulated, ordered State troopers on spécial duty at Sing Sing, at Ossining.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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TOMBS RIOT DEATH LIST STANDS AT FIVE
Other Prisons Guarded in Fear That Spirit of Mutiny May Spread
The prison was placed under heavy police guard, extra police were sent to the Bronx County Jail and State troopers were ordered on special duty at Sing Sing, for fear the spirit of mutiny would spread.
Three gunmen with smuggled firearms tried to break out of an old prison in New York.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5. - The death list stands at five as a result of the battle in the yard of old Tombs prison, when three gunmen sought to blast their way to freedom with smuggled firearms, regardless of the cost of human life.
All the gunmen had paid the great penalty for their rash daring, the prison warden and a prison keeper had given their lives in the brave pursuance of their duty, another keeper was seriously wounded in a hospital and a bystander was recovering from a bullet wound through the hand.
Two men were held by police, one of them having admitted that he helped plan the attempted jail delivery, and the other believed to have been his accomplice.
The famous old prison was under heavy guard by special patrols of police. Armed against any contingency, extra police were sent to the Bronx County jail, said to be overcrowded; plans were considered for increasing the guard at other city prisons and Gov. Smith, fearful lest the spirit of mutiny should spread as word of the riot circulated, ordered State troopers on spécial duty at Sing Sing, at Ossining.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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TOMBS RIOT DEATH LIST STANDS AT FIVE
Other Prisons Guarded in Fear That Spirit of Mutiny May Spread
The prison was placed under heavy police guard, extra police were sent to the Bronx County Jail and State troopers were ordered on special duty at Sing Sing, for fear the spirit of mutiny would spread.
Three gunmen with smuggled firearms tried to break out of an old prison in New York.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5. - The death list stands at five as a result of the battle in the yard of old Tombs prison, when three gunmen sought to blast their way to freedom with smuggled firearms, regardless of the cost of human life.
All the gunmen had paid the great penalty for their rash daring, the prison warden and a prison keeper had given their lives in the brave pursuance of their duty, another keeper was seriously wounded in a hospital and a bystander was recovering from a bullet wound through the hand.
Two men were held by police, one of them having admitted that he helped plan the attempted jail delivery, and the other believed to have been his accomplice.
The famous old prison was under heavy guard by special patrols of police. Armed against any contingency, extra police were sent to the Bronx County jail, said to be overcrowded; plans were considered for increasing the guard at other city prisons and Gov. Smith, fearful lest the spirit of mutiny should spread as word of the riot circulated, ordered State troopers on spécial duty at Sing Sing, at Ossining.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 5, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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