European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday july 19, 1991 at prison ends As inmates free guard Baltimore apr armed inmates who seized control of a maximum Security Cellblock at the Maryland state Penitentiary ended a 23-hour standoff peacefully wednesday night by releasing the last of two guards taken hostage. At least two inmates were seriously injured in the uprising that began tuesday night after a failed escape attempt. A Small fire was extinguished. All inmates involved in the rebellion surrendered said Frank Vazzone assistant corrections commissioner. Authorities say How Many inmates took part in the rebellion. The Cellblock houses 259 prisoners. Corrections spokesman Greg Shipley said a it ended very peacefully just like we had hoped All prisoners armed with at least two handguns had taken two guards hostage after an escape attempt failed said Lee Carter a guard at the prison who responded to the disturbance. It Wasny to immediately known How the inmates got the guns but the prison was built in 1811 and its age makes control of smuggling difficult said Bishop Robinson state corrections Secretary. / a the design of this facility certainly contributed to contraband coming in a Robinson said. Three inmates who apparently led the uprising met wednesday with a five member negotiating team that included a psychologist Shipley said. The inmates released guard Gary Wooten 29, of Baltimore late wednesday morning and ended the standoff by freeing the second guard Larry Hughes 31, of Baltimore on wednesday evening Shipley said. The guards were unharmed. The prisoners had demanded better food and that overcrowding be eased Shipley said. Gov. William Donald Schaefer promised to examine inmates complaints about the food. The Penitentiary the nations oldest functioning prison held 1,005 inmates wednesday. It is limited by court order to no More than 1,103 prisoners. One of the injured prisoners was in serious condition after he was stabbed in the Fieck and Side. Another prisoner suffered facial fractures and several puncture wounds and was in stable condition University Hospital officials said. Other inmates were injured but the ringleaders would not let them be sent to the Hospital Carter said. Masked inmates peer into the courtyard wednesday. Accused policeman wounds 2, kills self at personnel hearing police department employees in Baltimore Comfort each other after the shootings. By Mary Pemberton the associated press Baltimore a a policeman told to surrender his gun wednesday after he was charged with child molestation used it to shoot two Superior officers and kill himself during a hearing at police Headquarters. Officer Calloway Hatcher 56, was meeting with superiors to determine whether he should be suspended with after his arrest tuesday police spokesman Dennis Hill said. Hatcher was charged with sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl a relative. The girls Mother said she believed the abuse began four years ago and last occurred in june Hill said. When told to hand Over his gun Hatcher Hung his .38-caliber service revolver on the end of one Finger and swung it into his hand As if to surrender it Hill said. Instead the 27-year Veteran of the Force began shooting firing four shots Hill said. One victim it. Michael Waudby 41, was overheard saying a a a you done to have to do that. We re All friends Here a a Hill said. Waudby who was shot in the Chest was hospitalized in critical condition. Maj. Peter Shaulis 59, was shot in the head and was also in critical condition its obvious that everyone liked officer Calloway Hatcher police spokesman Dennis Hill Hill said. A it appears they did not have the Opportunity to return fire a Hill said. He said a stenographer at the hearing Wasny to injured. Reporters were not allowed to interview witnesses. Hatcher surrendered a gun of his own when he was arrested and was told to surrender his service revolver when he appeared at the suspension hearing required by department policy. Hatcher was not in uniform Hill said. Officers Are not required to walk through Metal detectors when entering Headquarters. Fellow officers described him As a genial co worker. A a it a obvious that everyone liked the Guy a Hill said. Hatcher of Baltimore was charged with child sexual assault after doctors confirmed evidence of abuse Hill clergy endorse episcopal sex guidelines Phoenix apr episcopal representatives on wednesday upheld the Church s sexuality guidelines but recognized they Are widely disregarded. Lay clergy representatives culminated several Days of heated debate at the churches governing convention by endorsing a vague measure adopted earlier by the Bishops. The measure affirms traditional rules limiting sex to marriage. The House of Bishops adopted its position in reaction to a proposal to allow homosexuals into the Priesthood. The House of deputies the Lay clergy Branch of the Church s bicameral legislature had to i ass the measure for it to become Law for the 2.5 Mil Ion member denomination. The deputies like the Bishops turned Down a move to prohibit clergy from having sex outside marriage. Some thought it hinted at allowing sexual activity by Gay clergy but leaders said it would not loosen standards on clergy sex. A clergy Are under obligation to Lead wholesome lives As examples to follow a said Bishop Christopher Epting of Des Moines Iowa. Rejection of an explicit Law against clergy sexual lapses conformed with the present pattern of ministry canons which done to enumerate the multiple possibilities for sin the Laws opponents said. But the Rev. John h. Rodgers of Pittsburgh pa., called it refusal to a affirm biblical and classical sexual they also joined the Bishops in rejecting a recommendation drawn up by a commission headed by Bishop George Hunt of Providence r.i., to accept sexually Active Gays As priests. The proposal would also have initiated rituals for same sex unions. Instead the deputies adopted a substitute proposition affirming historic Church teaching condoning sexual relations Only in a lifelong monogamous Union of husband and deputies like the Bishops also recognized a the discontinuity Between this teaching and lifestyles of Many members. They admitted that the convention failed to a resolve this discontinuity through legislative
