Superintendent Pou and Warden and Prison Physician Headed to Prison Camp in Quarry, July 17, 1925

Mutiny Is Reported in Camp of Negroes. . . Prisoners in Camp Near Hiddenite Up in Arms, According to Report Reaching Raleigh

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, July 17—A mutiny in the state prison camp for negroes in Hiddenite, Superintendent George Ross Pou was advised by long distance telephone early today. In company with Dr. J.H. Norman, warden and prison physician, he left immediately for the camp near which 46 negroes confine din camp are working in a quarry. Details of the mutiny were not obtained the prison staff said, as the telephone connection was bad. Thirteen negroes are said to be leading the mutiny.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, July 17, 1925

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