1929 headline display newspaper COLORADO STATE PRISON RIOT Canon City - 13 DIE

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1929 headline display newspaper 13 DIE IN COLORADO STATE PRISON RIOT in Canon City, CO
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inv # 2Z-204
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
Baltimore News
(MD) dated Oct 4, 1929.
This newspaper contains a bold banner headline and long report of the
WORST PRISON RIOT in Colorado history. Thirteen were killed in this riot at the COLORADO STATE PENITENTIARY at Canon City, CO
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A 1929 riot at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City left 13 dead. On October 3, a group of five convicts led by Danny Daniels captured and disarmed several guards. As they took refuge in Cellhouse No. 3, another group of convicts set fire to the mess hall, two cellhouses and the chapel.
After prison authorities blockaded Cellhouse No. 3, Daniels threatened to kill the captive guards unless his group was set free. Warden William Crawford refused the demands. Instead, Crawford called for the National Guard and the police from Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
When Daniels’ ultimatum failed, he began shooting the guards. The warden then attempted to dynamite the cellhouse. When the blast failed to breach the wall, tear gas was thrown through the windows from the roof. Fearing capture, Daniels killed his four companions and himself. In all, eight guards and the five prisoners died.
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