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Escapee Returns to Prison for Conscience’s Call
Elton Lockner, who vanished from the State school for the blind in 1916 while a trusted worker and later rebuilt a life in Indiana and western Ohio, sails back to the penitentiary to face his past. He explains his flight, marriage, business success, and the motive to return to square accounts with the state. He writes to his wife to avoid naming his former town and pledges to reestablish himself after release.
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