The fire was one of the most disastrous in the history of American penal, institutions and a move is a! ready under way for an investiga tion by the state legislature.
'Outbreaks started simultanéou: fu the west cell' block amd the The prison authorities ordered that no forcible methods should be used to deal with men who refused to sleep in locked cells and most of the men pleaded that they should sleep in the corridors of the cell blocks Inst night. Lights were left on so that guards could keep watch on the sleeping figures.
Leniency in dealing with the prisoners, "the warden announced, wad as much for the sake of the guards and prison authorities as for the convicts. The authorities would take every reasonable chance to insure the safety of the men under their care—United Press.
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