Riot Among Jail Prisoners

St. Louis, Oct. 12.- There was a riot among the prisoners in the jail at noon Tuesday, during which twenty desperate negroes engaged in a desperate fight among themselves. It occurred during exereise hours, when the buil pen was full of prisoners. Fearing that somebody would be seriously ir.jured, Deputy Jailer Wagner turned in the riot alarm to the pólice, who overpowered the combatants and placed them in dungeons. The fight started over a crap game, in which 80 cents was involved.