From the Dayton Daily News Sunday, June 8th, 1930
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GANGSTERS SAID TO BE PLANNING TO AID CONVICTS
City and County Officers Called on For Help At State Prison
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MACHINE AND RIOT GUNS ARE PLACED
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More Than 3200 Men and Boys Are Now Confined at Institution
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MANSFIELD, June 7— A large force of Mansfield police and deputy sheriffs armed with machine and riot guns were stationed about the walls of the Mansfield reformatory tonight in preparation for a scheduled appearance of gangsters in a purported delivery plot.
Machine guns were trained upon the gates of the institution which recently received 266 penitentiary convicts following the Columbus prison fire of April 21.
T. C Jenkins issued an appeal for local authorities after receiving a tip that gangsters were planning a delivery after midnight. Jenkins employed 25 extra guards to augment the regular force of 60. With police reinforcements the forces were increased to more than 100.
The reformatory was the scene of a minor disturbance several weeks ago when Gov. Cooper visited the institution in company with his penal commission. At this time, guards were sent into one cell block when the transferred convicts hurled catcalls and threats at the gubernatorial party.
Today’s enrollment at the prison numbered 3217 men, the majority of whom are youths and minor offenders.
