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“Troops Withdraw As Mutiny Ends,” Toronto Globe. October 22, 1932. Page 1 & 2. --- THREE WOUNDED, PROPERTY DAMAGE $5,000 UPWARD IN PRISON RIOT --- Only 50 Soldiers Remain as Guard, Weary Convicts Eat --- All Quiet at Portsmouth, Superintendent Announces After Check-Up Is Completed - All Retire Early After Distribution of Food - Newspaper Party Is Conducted Through Penitentiary - Story of Hostages Is Denied --- ATTACK ON HOLLOW CEMENT WALL LED TO FIRING, IS EXPLANATION --- (By JACK HAMBLETON.) (Canadian Press Staff Correspondent.) KINGSTON, Oct. 21. - Weary and worn after a week of excitement and rioting, prisoners, soldiers, and guards at Portsmouth Penitentiary retired early tonight. All but 50 of the 160 militiamen were returned to their barracks.

Not a sound came from the grey stone pile beside Lake Ontario. Silent as well were the near-by women’s prison and the men’s asylum, to which trusties were marched today to make cell room for the rioters. All 906 of the penitentiary’s population are now in cells.

Officials tonight began counting the cost of the wild outbursts of Monday and Thursday. Three convicts were wounded in the rioting last night to add to the two slightly hurt Monday. Estimates placed the total damage in the prison by both revolts at $5,000 to $10,000.

Statement by Superintendent Tonight, Brig.-Gen. D. M. Ormond, Dominion Superintendent of Penitentiaries, issues a statement to the press, indicating it would be the last communication from him unless a fresh outbreak occurred within the prison walls. The statement said:

‘We have made a complete check of the penitentiary. The penitentiary count is correct. The penitentiary is as quiet as when you saw it this afternoon. There were three causalities among the convicts. One man in F Block has a wound of the shoulder from a ricochet buckshot. One man in the isolation prison is hit in the shoulder and one is huit in the leg. No wound is serious.

‘The damage in the cells is less than expected. The cutting of the walls is negligible. The damage to the cell barrier is much less than expected. All convicts were fed at 6.20 pm. The kitchen gang has carried on as if under usual conditions, ever since the 17th inst., making bread and serving meals.’

Convicts Given Dinner. Many of the prisoners who had not eaten since last night finished a hearty dinner tonight. But not until the final batch of trusties had been removed from the main penitentiary was food distributed generally. Then in the men’s and women’s quarters both guards and prisoners alike settled down to the first quick meal they had had for some days. The prisoners ate in groups of 40 or 50 as against the usual procedure of feeding several hundred at a time.

Only a skeleton cordon of soldiers and police remained circled about the 100-year old penitentiary tonight. Barricades of beams and trucks still blocked the streets, and it was through a long lane of trucks today that the groups of trusties marched to their new quarters.

The curious throngs on the outside were fortunate to get a momentary glimpse of marching men.

Veil Is Pulled Aside But the veil of secrecy that has cloaked the happenings in the ‘Big House’ since Monday was pulled aside today. Nine newspapermen were conducted on a tour of the penitentiary by Brig.-Gen. D. M. Ormond. The Dominion Superintendent of Penitentiaries refused to answer questions, but talked of the rioting, as he led the party through the main buildings. Only the cell blocks were not visited.

Hardly as sound was heard as the party trooped through the vast shops and the maze of corridors. Occasionally a shout or hoot was heard from the distant cell blocks, and then all was quiet.

Following the tour, Brig.-Gen. Ormond read a statement to the newspapermen. Confidently and clearly he outlined every step taken since Monday’s riot brought him from Ottawa to conduct an investigation.

Wild Stories Diiscredited He told the cause of last night’s riot and thoroughly discredited rumors of casualties and other wild reports that flew about Kingston when guards fired fusillades of warning shots.

Because he would not agree to meet delegations of convicts from the prison shops, said the Superintendent, yesterday’s riot started. Arrangements had been made to interview each of the penitentiary’s 900 inmates separately and give each an opportunity to lay his grievance before the Superintendent. When the prisoners began to riot after he had outlined his position, the militia was called to the prison.

The firing that came to the ears of startled thousands outside the walls last night was the business-like warning of guards that no attempts at escape would be tolerated.

As the hooting, jeering rioters milled about the cell corridors, wrecking beds and other furniture, guards beyond the curtain barriew saw the first definite move for freedom.

Between the double rows of cells, back to back on each tier, runs a hollow cement wall. Through it pass a number of pipes. As the mutineers began hacking at the wall with pieces of wreckage, the guards let loose with volleys of warning fire Had the convicts succeeded in breaking a hole in the cement, they might have succeeded in crawling along the narrow space, finally emerging through some manhole.

The forty guards in the dormitory section of the ‘overflow’ population were never held as hostages, it was officially stated today. They made their way out of the dormitory hall at the far end and beyond the curtain barriers before the most serious rioting started. The prisoners in cell blocks G and H were freed by the ‘overflow’ gang, who wrenched off the cell barrier fasteners.

Excitement had died down in Kingston tonight. Many of the prison guards who live in the city and adjoining Portsmouth were home for the first time since Monday. All refused to talk, except to express a desire for home-cooked meals, a bath and bed.

All in Cells Ottawa, Oct. 21. - The entire quota of the 906 prisoners at Portsmouth Penitentiary are now in their cells, and everyone has been fed for the night. This statement was made by Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice, tonight, following distance telephone communication with Kingston Penitentiary.

One prisoner only was hit as a result of some filing by the guards at 6:30 last night to overawe the convicts participating in the revolt at Portsmouth penitentiary. The man was only "slightly” injured In the shoulder.

Prisoners in two tiers of cells managed to secure liberation before the firing occurred. Added to the dormitory inmates, numbering 110 and comprising the “overflow population” of the penitentiary, the number of prisoners actively involved in the disturbance now totals 220. There are no prisoners now held in the corridors, the majority having been transferred to the new Prison for Women.

The remaining 700 prisoners are still confined in their cells, the minister said. The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery is upon guard on the walls around the penitentiary but are not in the buildings. This guard will be continued as long as it is necessary, the Minister of Justice declared.

The tumult seemed to have quieted down at the moment. Mr. Guthrie said, but Superintendent Ormond was taking every precaution against an outbreak later on.

“Locks Burned Out By Torches, Smashed Machines on Floor Indicate Riot’s Intensity,” Toronto Globe. October 22, 1932. Page 1 & 2. --- Party of Newspapermen Taken Through Portsmouth and Shown Evidence of Thursday’s Outbreak - Except for Few Derisive Greetings, All Is Quiet in Prison Grounds ---- SUPERINTENDENT ISSUES STATEMENT ---- (Special Despatch to The Globe.) Kingston, Oct. 21 - Penitentiary officers and soldiers were in absolute control of the disturbance at the Portsmouth Penitentiary at 4.30 on Thursday afternoon, said Brig.-Gen. D. M. Ormond, Superintendent of Penitentiaries, in an official statement handed to the press late this afternoon, following a tour of the institution by newspapermen conducted by General Ormond and Lieut.-Col. J. C. Stewart of the R.C.H.A.

General Ormond said that there were prison rumors that two convicts had been wounded, but this had not been ascertained as yet. To Halt Wild Stories General Ormond’s official statement was handed out in a determined effort of the part of Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice, to stop the wild stories which have been current in the last twenty-four hours about Thursday’s riot at the institution. The Superintendent of Penitentiaries went into detail about the riot, giving out his statement after the newspapermen had been taken through all the industrial buildings and shown to what extent the convicts had damaged machinery, etc.

Except for the presence of armed troops everywhere on the grounds, the interior of the institution was quiet. The shops, absolutely deserted, looked very much as usual, with only indications of slight damage here and there. It was noticed that the big doors leading into the industrial block were missing entirely, apparently having been lifted from the hinges after the riot of Monday.

General Ormond, who is personally in charge of the institution, communicated late this morning with W. Rupert Davies, editor and President of the Whig-Standard, that he would like to meet all the local and outside newspapermen covering the riot. All correspondents were vouched for, and the party of ten writers, after a wait of more than three hours, were finally escorted through the barriers, past the troops and into the institution.

Armed Soldiers At the top of the penitentiary hill, two huge trucks of the militia were hooked to each other and almost completely barred passage. Lined up at different points in front of the prison and against the wall around the Warden’s residence, were many soldiers, all fully armed and all wearing steel helmets. At the street the party was met by General Ormond and Colonel Stewart, and no time was lost in getting the party through the second doors of the north gate and into the courtyard facing the cell blocks. And inside, everything seemed as usual and would have excited no undue interest had it not been for the many soldiers and guards posted all over the grounds. There seemed to be only a few of the guards armed, while every soldier carried a rifle and appeared prepared for any eventuality. Just inside the north gate, a huge can of coffee was boiling, and the troops and guards apparently were prepared for a longer siege.

Soldiers were everywhere, and those who were not actually on duty were snatching as much sleep and rest as they could. In the power-house four soldiers lay asleep on the floor, apparently totally oblivious of the unrest which has caused such a turmoil in the village and the institution, while four others were playing cards, jumping to their feet and to attention when General Ormond and Colonel Stewart came in at the head of the party of writers.

In Silence. Placed on their honor that they would not ask a single question and converse among themselves after they entered the gates, the newspapermen, who waited over three hours for the privilege, finally had an opportunity to see at first hand the actual scene of the turmoil that has excited the entire Dominion of Canada and far beyond its boundaries during the week.

A few convicts in the main cell block sensed that something unusual was going on, and apparently seeing the touring party, proceeded to razz the visitors. At that one time, and except for one slight incident later, no trace of disturbance could be heard.

The kitchen was pointed out and through a barred door two figures in white could be seen. These the General pointed out with the words: ‘Inmates working.’

The next step was to enter the southern block, the large building that houses the various workshops and in which the trouble broke out on Monday. These shops are located in the four arms of the cross-shaped building.

All Open But One All the shops except one, and that was the first one which the General approached, were open and the party was taken into and around them completely. The one shop which was locked was the blacksmith shop, in which the trouble had its very origin. This explanation was given by General Ormond, who added a few more words to his previous short-clipped remarks. Apparently changing his mind, however, he stopped in the middle of a sentence and waved his hands in a gesture that he would explain later during the interview in his office. He did point out, however, the places on the doors where the locks had been burned out by acetylene torches. This was done first in the blacksmith shop and from there the torches were taken by the prisoners to the door of other shops in the same building, where other steel locks were burned off.Four

Machines Torn Out In the mail-bag room, where, it was announced, the shooting of the first day took place, four sewing machines had been ripped from tables and at the end of the room the remains of the smashed machines were lying around. In the shops the General pointed to tools, saying, ‘Plenty of weapons.’ Nothing else was said and apparently the party was to understand that the men had not fought as much or used as many weapons as might have been expected.

Next the party entered the power-house, pump-rooms and electric departments. The fires were going under the boilers with soldiers doing the stoking. The machinery seemed to be all in operation. The General said, very dramatically, this time: ‘Gentlemen, this is the power-house.’ He then shrugged his shoulders, and all tried to draw their own conclusions as to just what shade of meaning was intended. His reference might have been to the persistent rumor a few days ago that this plant had been seized by the prisoners.

Coming out of the workshop block, the party commenced working north again, this time crossing over and coming up the western wall. The garages, the stables and other such buildings were pointed out, and the men invited to look in. In most of these buildings a few broken windows could be seen, but there were far more intact than broken.

‘The Black Hole of Calcutta.’ The next imposing building on the right was the prison of isolation, which the General described with the one title: ‘The Black Hole of Calcutta.’

Here a second outbreak of noise was heard. It was not a direct call to the party below, but coming from some broken windows above, seemed to be prisoners on the inside calling to one another. One large window was completely broken out, every one of its small panes being smashed. The glass lay on the grass and the walk before, and the General and his party walked over it without the slightest comment, no more than if it had been a pool of water on the roadside. In addition to the glass, about six or eight lengths of wood that seemed to be of about the weight of clapboarding were lying just where they had been pushed from the window above. It was evident that they had come from the window, because four more pieces were sticking part way out through the broken panes, but nothing was thrown or moved while the party was in sight.

Special Lighting. The special lighting arrangements on the walls next attracted the attention of General Ormond, who explained just what lights had been used on Monday night and what ones had been added on Thursday, and again on Friday.

From here the party passed through the front of the yard again, and entered the offices at the gate. Again they were counted in, and the ten were still all there, and no one had lagged behind. Just in case any one should have had such a notion, the party had been followed on all its rounds by a soldier with a rifle, who trailed along very solemnly, said not a word, and always seemed to be looking just the other way.

The General then entered his own office, and, after another wait of a few minutes, the whole party filed in. General Ormond read his official statement, as is given elsewhere.

At the conclusion, he added: ‘Gentlemen, you can realize I am fairly busy. I bid you ‘Good afternoon.’

All marched out again, signed the visitors’ register in one of the offices and filed trough the gates, counted each time.

The Statement. General Ormond’s statement follows:

‘I was authorized by the Hon. The Minister of Justice to give a statement and arranged with Mr. Rupert Davies to get all the authentic newspapermen together. If any have been missed it is because they could not be reached. This interview ends when I have ceased reading, and I trust there will be no questions asked.

‘There was a disturbance in the institution on Monday, Oct. 17, and by the use of the penitentiary staff and the permanent force of the active militia it was gotten under control. There were two slight casualties to convicts and about $700 damage.

‘I arrived here about 5 o’clock on the afternoon of the 18th. The prison work was being carried on with the men in the shops as usual. On Wednesday, Oct. 19, I continued the investigation and informed the convicts of what was being done. The men were at work as usual on Wednesday morning.

Planned Interviews. ‘I decided to interview the convicts and gave instructions that they remain in their cells. The convicts sent word to me that they wished to send delegates to meet me, and I informed them that I would see each man alone. I interviewed three convicts up to 6.48 p.m. and then went into the cell blocks, where I told the convicts that after hearing their complaints they would go to breakfast on Thursday as usual, but would return to work until I was satisfied that they would do no more damage.’

‘Between 9.15 and 9.30 a.m. on Thursday I again informed the convicts that I would commence by hearing the complaints of every convict in the penitentiary, starting in alphabetical order and singly. I further informed them that after seeing and hearing all of them I would make my report to the Honorable the Minister of Justice and then commence an investigation into the disturbance of Oct. 17, if I deemed it necessary. I further informed them that, as I wished to hear all the convicts in succession, there would be no work in the shops, but that the convicts would be exercised in rotation. I decided to continue according to the plan I had outlined.

‘While I was interviewing the third convict those in the cell block commenced breaking up the furniture in their cells and destroying the fixtures. Inmates in the corridors on the ground floors of cell blocks G and H only, commenced to wrench the cell-barrier fasteners and to release the prisoners from the ground-floor row of cells. There were approximately forty penitentiary officials in the cell-block dome outside of the corridors and controlling the curtain barriers. There was soon evidence that the prisoners were capable of wrecking the curtain barriers and a call was sent for the permanent force, who arrived in less than eighteen minutes

Absolute Control. ‘Parties were immediately placed in the centre of the cell-block dome and no further danger of losing control of the penitentiary existed. This was about 4:30 pm. Since then there has been absolute control of the convicts.

‘Penitentiary officers and troops were stationed outside of the block looking in and thereby giving added control. It was observed that in some cases the convicts were working through the wall between the cells and it appeared that some of them were commencing to work their way through to the Roman Catholic Chapel. To warn against attempting this, shots were fired by the penitentiary officers. No shots at any time were fired by the soldiers.

‘The convicts are being sorted out and new distribution is being made. This should give us added certainty of control and the avoidance of any casualties until the damage in the cell blocks is repaired.

‘All convicts had full meals up to the noon of Oct. 20, and approximately 184 had every meal on the 20th. After the redistribution is entirely complete, according to my plans, the men shall be fed in a very short time.

‘I wish especially to state that there was no disturbance at any time between 7.30 p.m. on Oct. 17 to 3.55 p.m. on Oct. 20.

No Damage to Lighting Plant. ‘The heating and lighting plant is inside the penitentiary walls. No damage had been done to it whatever. The total damage done in the penitentiary up to 3.55 on Oct. 20 did not exceed $700.

‘The damage in the cell blocks has not as yet been estimated, but the total equipment in each cell does not exceed $50. Not more than half of the convicts have misbehaved during the disturbances.

‘There are no casualties of any description among the penitentiary officers or the soldiers. So far as is known there are none among the convicts. Prison rumors have come out that one prisoner was wounded in the shoulder, and one in the leg. This has not been confirmed as yet.

‘The redistribution is being carried out without disturbance or hindrance.‘Any further communication will be passed by me to Mr. Davies. He is the only gentleman I was introduced to by some one I know.

‘Now gentlemen, you will understand that I am very busy. Good afternoon.

Many Good Conduct Prisoners Removed to New Women’s Prison – Those Transferred All Shackled Together and Surrounded by Guards – New Arrivals Not Admitted to Penitentiary --- PUBLIC LOOKS ON AT A SAFE DISTANCE ---- (Special Despatch to The Globe.) Kingston, Oct. 21. – A number of good-conduct prisoners from Portsmouth Penitentiary were moved to the new women’s prison, which has been under construction for the past few years, at noon today.

This action is to clear cells in he main prison so that the rioters, who have badly wrecked their cells, can be put in close confinement again.

The new women’s prison, which has never been occupied up to the present time, is situated on the prison road just behind the Warden’s residence, and only a few hundred yards from the main prison. It has been entirely completed with the exception of the administration building. The cells are just as safe, or safer than any prison in Canada, and the heat and water were turned on there today.

Hundreds Look On Hundreds of spectators stood in the cold wind and watched as a small detachment of prisoners, all shackled together and entirely surrounded by guards, emerged from Portsmouth Penitentiary and were escorted to the new women’s prison. The barricades on the roads were heavily guarded, and the strictest precaution observed to keep every unauthorized person behind it.

The new women’s prison was built so that all the women prisoners of Canada, who are now confined in a special building inside the main prison wall, would be quite separate from the main prison.

It is said that during the height of the riot last night a determined effort was made by the rioters to get into the women’s prison, and the convicted women grew hysterical.

Officials denied the ‘overflow’ population was being starved into submission. They would have been fed if it could have been done, they said, but it was impossible to distribute food to 220 men who insisted on wrecking furniture, battering down cell doors and generally keeping up a disturbance.

Some time this evening, it is expected, guards and soldiers will make a definite drive to down the ‘overflow’ convicts and definitely restore order. They will make their way directly into the riot-wrecked corridor, marshal the mutinous into order, and march them into the cells.

Cannot Be Admitted Three prisoners sentenced to the Kingston Penitentiary, who were brought to the prison early this afternoon to begin their sentences, were refused admission.

The Sheriff, who accompanied these men, found himself in the very difficult position of having three prisoners and nowhere to put them. He applied for admission for his charges at Kingston Police Station, and the men, who were all chained together, were taken in there and confined to cells. They are from Englehart.

“Just A Transfer Not a Release; Prisoner Jolted,” Toronto Globe. October 22, 1932. Page 1 & 2. ---- Stories of Brutality at Penitentiary Said to be Exaggerated --- (Special Despatch to The Globe.) Kingston, Oct. 21. – With regard to the statement made in the House of Commons this week by the Minister of Justice that all the stock brokers serving sentences in penitentiary had not been released, it is learned the two Ottawa brokers, Mowat and MacGillivray, are still serving terms. Both had been in the Collins Bay Penitentiary, but last Saturday MacGillivrary was transferred from the Collins Bay institution, in course of building, to the big Portsmouth prison, where the rioting of this week has occurred.

It is said that MacGillivrary was quite surprised at the transfer as he thought he was being paroled. Until the motor car which took him from the preferred class prison drew up at the entrance, to what the guards and prisoners call the ‘Big House,’ in Portsmouth.

Just a Little Police Duty The officer who commands the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery which came to the aid of the officials and guards of the penitentiary, on two occasions of outbreaks by a section of the convicts, is a Kingston-born man, Lieut.-Col. James Crossley Stewart, D.S.O., who served with the unit in France, during the Great War. To the veteran soldiers, the work at the prison was just like a little police duty, or ‘a party,’ as one of the R.C.H.A. officers called it.

The ‘hole,’ or dungeons, is a thing of the past at Portsmouth Penitentiary. At the present time men who have been sentenced to special confinement are placed in cells below the keeper’s hall. This compartment contains about eight or nine cells, which face one another, and brightly lighted by windows. The men sentenced there are usually handcuffed, but never with their hands higher than their shoulders. They remain handcuffed in this position for about three hours at a stretch, and not more than six hours of twenty-four. They are fed on bread and water, but not for more than twenty-one successive meals.

Foundationless is Claim The stories which have been printed in some newspapers in the last few days about the treatment given convicts at Portsmouth Penitentiary, purporting to show that the inmates are subjected to wholesale brutality, are absolutely without the slightest foundation in fact.

The ‘dungeon’ prisoners kept handcuffed with their hands above their heads for hours at a time and the free use of the strap, are all grossly exaggerated in these reports, it is said.

The strap is used only when specifically ordered by the Warden, and it is never ordered except where the convict has been guilty of some serious breach of prison discipline.

There was a ‘black-hole’ at Kingston Penitentiary, but it has definitely been closed for over ten years, and during that time, has not been in use on any occasion.

Wants Warden Appointed. Editorially today the Kingston Whig-Standard says:

Two things must be done without delay. First, a new Warden must be appointed and secondly a new penitentiary must be built to house the overflow.

The Whig-Standard is of the opinion that what is needed at the penitentiary is a strong disciplinarian with military or penitentiary experience. He should be appointed quickly and given instructions to clean up the situation. Furthermore, this man should be appointed by the Minister of Justice.

Nothing more ludicrous has appeared In the press since the penitentiary riots started than Hon. Mr Guthrie’s statement that he was going to ask the Civil Service Commission to speed up the appointment of a Warden. The Civil Service Commission has been dilly-dallying with the appointment for months in its usual manner. Marks in set examinations may mean much to the Civil Service Commission, but they mean little in the actual administration of a big prison. Hon. Mr. Guthrie should make the appointment. He may have some one in the service who is worthy of promotion and who he thinks could handle the situation. If not, there are applications in from able men and he should choose one without delay.

The trouble has arisen because of the fact that the cells are full and over 100 prisoners are sleeping in the corridors. An addition should be built quickly by contract— not convict— labor and the men properly housed. Until it is ready, it might be wise - if it is practical— to move some of the men to the new Women’s Prison.

In any event the public will expect that something will be done and done quickly, not alone to end the immediate disturbances but to prevent any further outbreaks of this kind. “All Convicts in Cells, Guthrie Is Informed,” Toronto Globe. October 22, 1932. Page 1. --- (By WILLIAM MARCHINGTON.) (Staff Correspondent of The Globe.) Ottawa, Oct. 21 – Convicts at Portsmouth Penitentiary were all in cells tonight, and comparative peace reigned in the Federal Prison, according to messages received by Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice, from the Superintendent of Penitentiaries, Brig.-Gen. Ormond.

Trustees had been transferred during the two in two old buildings, making cells available for prisoners who had participated in yesterday’s rioting.

‘The situation,’ said Mr. Guthrie, ‘is well in hand, but I cannot say when General Ormond will be able to order resumption of prison routine.

Whether the convicts will renew hostilities when they are again taken to the workshops will not be known for the present. Meantime, the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery is ready for any eventualities.

The investigation into the underlying causes of rioting is to be continued, and measures to enforced prison discipline are under consideration.

“The Rise and Fall of Convict Revolt,” Toronto Globe. October 22, 1932. Page 1. ---- Following is the day-to-day story of Portsmouth Penitentiary’s riot reign as disclosed in official statements.

Monday – Disturbance started among convicts from unestablished cause at 3 p.m. Quelled with aid of militia by 7:30 p.m. Casualties: Two slightly injured. Damage: $700.

Tuesday: Penitentiary quiet, Inquiry into Monday’s disturbance started. Prison work carried on in shops and outside.Wednesday – Investigation continued. Decision made to interview prisoners separately on Monday’s disturbance. Orders issued convicts remain in cells next day.

Thursday – Convicts refused to be interviewed singly. ‘Overflow’ corridor inmates wreck furniture in protest. Militia called just as corridor gang releases inmates of two ground-floor cell-blocks. Authorities in control by 4.30 pm. Shots fired by prison officers to half efforts of ‘loose’ convicts to break through wall into Roman Catholic chapel. Casualties: Three convicts injured, none seriously. Damage: Not officially estimated.

Friday – Meals withhold from about 700 convicts unfed since noon preceding day. Overflow corridor rioters lodged in cells vacated by trusties transferred to women’s prison and men’s asylum near by. Prisoners then fed in groups of 50. Prison routine in great part re-established.

“Heroes of Revolt,” Toronto Globe. October 22, 1932. Page 2. --- Deahan and Garceau Pleaded With Inmates. —- KINGSTON, Ont. Oct. 21 -Two long-termers named Deahan and Garceau were the heroes of Mondays riot at Portsmouth penitentiary, officials of the prison disclosed today. This was the first authoritative substantiation of the report a convict had subdued his maddened mates when the first trouble was at its height.

Deahan and Garceau, officials said, pleaded with the other convicts when they threatened to burn down the mailbag building in which they were barricaded and were the outstanding factors in the arrangement of the truce until yesterday brought renewed rioting.

Photo caption: TRANSFER OF PRISONERS AIDS AUTHORITIES IN COPING WITH RIOTS A number of good conduct prisoners were removed yesterday from the main Portsmouth Penitentiary to the new women’s prison, which is not yet used. Picture shows the men being transferred under heavy guard, the women’s prison building being seen at the right. Photo by Edwin Strachan.

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