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ByDonThompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO One in- mate was killed and five others were taken to an outside hospital to be treated for stab wounds after a riot Wednesday at a Northern California state prison. The fight involving about 100 maximum-se- curity inmates began when one inmate at- tacked another, "and then everyone else joined in," said Department of Cor- rections and Rehabilita- tion spokeswoman Dana Simas. The riot at Cali- fornia State Prison, Sac- ramento, involved mem- bers of multiple prison gangs, she said. Correctional officers used pepper spray and fired three warning shots to stop the fight, which began shortly before 1 p.m. in an exercise yard. Despite the shots fired, Si- mas said there is no doubt the inmate was killed by a fellow inmate. The victim's identity is being withheld until rela- tives are notified. The five hospitalized inmates all suffered stab wounds, and numer- ous inmate-made weap- ons were recovered, she said. Other inmates were treated at the prison for their injuries. Noemployeeswerehurt. The prison commonly called New Folsom houses more than 2,300 maxi- mum-security inmates in Folsom, about 25 miles east of the state capital. Prisoners remained locked in their cells as of- ficers investigate the dis- turbance. SACRAMENTO 1 in mat e killed in riot at prison By Ben Nuckols The Associated Press WASHINGTON Philip John- son was dying of pancreatic cancer when he brought his former wife, Thanh Tran, to the basement of his home in Venice, California. Under a tarp that was weighted down with bricks was a vi- olin case with a combina- tion lock. He gave the case to Tran. He didn't say a word about it, and she assumed it con- tained an antique violin that she had once bought for him. It wasn't until nearly four years later that Tran learned the truth: The case contained a famous Strad- ivarius that had been sto- len from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg in 1980, likely by Johnson, who died in November 2011 at age 58. Totenberg died the fol- lowing May, at age 102. The last time he saw the Strad- ivarius was in 1980 when he left it in his office after a performance at a music school in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tues- day, Tran said her biggest regret was that she didn't discover the instrument sooner and return it while Totenberg was still alive. "I wish he would have told me before he died. Then I could have given it back to the Totenbergs," Tran said in her first exten- sive comments since the vi- olin was stolen. "I'm upset about that." Federal authorities gave the violin back to Toten- berg's three daughters, in- cluding NPR legal-affairs correspondent Nina Toten- berg, last week. Nina Toten- berg said her father had al- ways suspected Johnson of stealing the violin, but au- thorities didn't have enough evidence to get a search warrant. Tran initially hoped there was some explana- tion for why Johnson, who scraped together a meager living as a concert violinist for most of his life, had the Stradivarius. "I'm still digesting it. It blows my mind. I'm com- pletely shocked," she said. "Maybe it was just sitting there and it was too tempt- ing. That's all I can think of." Johnson had once been forced to sell an 18th-Cen- tury German-made vio- lin. In the late 1990s, Tran bought it back for him, pay- ing about $4,500. She didn't think he owned anything more valuable. This spring, while she was doing some home ren- ovations, Tran said she and her daughters got curious. She and her fiancé pried the case open with a screw- driver. "The violin looked mag- ical but sad, with all of its strings busted," she said. She decided to get it ap- praised. Only when she be- gan that process did she see the Stradivarius label inside the violin. At that point, she thought it had to be a fake. Tran and her fiancé ended up meeting appraiser Phillip Injeian at a New York hotel in June. He told her he had good news — the violin was the real thing — and bad news. He said they needed to call the FBI. Tran said she nearly fainted and wondered if she would be arrested. She spoke to FBI agents without an attorney. "They asked me if I would be willing to let them take it, and I said, 'Yeah, of course. It's not mine. It's stolen,'" Tran said. "They gave me a receipt." The FBI later informed her that Johnson had been spotted near the scene of the theft and was the only suspect. At the time, Tran was a student at the University of Maryland. Five years ear- lier, she emigrated from Vietnam to the United States with her parents. She met Johnson in the early 1990s after a perfor- mance in Los Angeles. They dated for several years be- fore marrying. They had two daughters and divorced in 2008. "He was a complicated person," Tran said. Even now, she said, only one thing stands out as suspicious: Johnson would never leave the violin alone for long. "I was looking back at some of the pictures of us, and there were pictures of us going for a hike, and he was carrying the violin case with him," Tran said. "Wherever he went, he would always take it with him." Tran said Johnson al- most certainly played the Stradivarius at home, but she doesn't know if he per- formed with it. ANTIQUE VIOLIN Su sp ec te d th ie f sa id n ot hi ng to ex-wife about Stradivarius PHOTOSBYSETHWENIG—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Sisters Jill Totenberg, le , Nina Totenberg, center, and Amy Totenberg pose for pictures with the recovered Ames Stradivarius violin during a news conference in New York on Thursday. The instrument was stolen from their father, renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, 35years ago when he le his beloved Stradivarius in his office while greeting well-wishers a er a concert in 1980. Sisters Amy Totenberg, le , Nina Totenberg, center, and Jill Totenberg get their first look at the Ames Stradivarius violin on Thursday in New York. Deliverythesedaysallschoolyear,or Delivery start date _________________ Delivery stop date _________________ CLASSROOM NEWSPAPER ORDER FORM News for a day...Learning for a lifetime! NEWSPAPERS ARE PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE* Number of copies per delivery(minimum10) Circle the days below on which you would like the newspaper delivered: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Select as many days as you would like. Pleasesendalistofanynondeliverydates along with this order form. Teacher's name School School address City Zip code Phone Number Ext. 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