(3 of 3)
Danny Daniels had lined up his four
comrades, executed them one by one, then committed suicide. Most of the
last hostage guards escaped unhurt. Total casualties: 5 dead convicts,
7 dead guards, 3 badly wounded guards, 7 other wounded including Warden
Crawford whose head was grazed by a slug. Eight inquiries were
started into the origin of the revolt. In 1924 the National Association
for Penal Information pronounced the Canon City Penitentiary "the
worst in the country" for brutality and repression.
