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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Prisoners at Greenwich state prison near New-York rioted for several days, refusing rules and assaulting keepers, leading authorities to deploy flying artillery on June 5; troops fired to restore order, and 60 ringleaders were imprisoned in dungeons.
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Disturbance at the state prison.—For some days past, the prisoners confined in the state prison at Greenwich, about six hundred in number, had manifested a refractory disposition, refusing to comply with the rules and regulations of the prison, singing bawdy songs, blackguarding the people as they passed by, and even offering violence to their keepers. This spirit of insubordination was carried to such an extent, that the authority found it necessary to order out yesterday a company of flying artillery to the support of the state prison guards; and it was not until they fired upon the prisoners, that order could be restored. About sixty of the ring leaders were seized, put in irons, and immured in the dungeons.
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Greenwich
Event Date
Yesterday (June 5, Relative To June 6)
Outcome
order restored after troops fired on prisoners; about sixty ringleaders seized, put in irons, and immured in dungeons.
Event Details
About six hundred prisoners at the state prison in Greenwich manifested refractory disposition for some days, refusing rules, singing bawdy songs, blackguarding passersby, and offering violence to keepers; authorities ordered out a company of flying artillery yesterday to support guards.