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• *■PEpajp •;/•;; . • . .... -Worms in Brans 1“I have seen worms in the bear*, j served to the men. The fallows in L the kitchen wouldn’t cat the beans that went to the mess hall. You ( never saw butter, sugar, or pepper in the kitchen. On Sundays, some- C times, they'd serve butter to themen. declares Smart under oath.\ /But Wissel declares that storeroom records show that 5.800pounds of butter were served in the tprisoners’ dining room during the t last year. ^ jCity caterers point out that 5.800 t pounds of butter easily would feed * 290.000 persons in one year, or an 5 average of 1.000 daily for 290 days. Fifty-two Sundays in the year of serving butter, according to Smart’s ■ sworn statement, would be equal to ' but 1.040 pounds of butter served ^ at the ratio of fifty persons or inmates to the pound. The farm had 959 inmates on May 31. 1933. IAbsence of butter, sugar or pep-,per in the dining room is explained cby Wissel by the fact that these ( items are used in cooking and are : not directly served on the table.*'Chicory Served, lie Says *No coffee, some fake stuff called \ chicory, was substituted for breakfast. asserts the affidavit of Wil- * liam Lemon, a former inmate. j They have real coffee on Sunday I morning, but on other mornings they don't,’’ says the sworn statement of Thomas Bland. N?gro, another former inmate.But the menu at the farm for the week ended July 8. 1933. shows coffee on Sunday morning and Postum listed for serving on other mornings of the week.Yet a check of retail groceries of Indianapolis shows that Postum costs between 4 and 6 cents a pound more than the cheapest coffee. It is sold at from 23 to 25 cents foran eighteen-ounce package.Bought at LoMer CostOne former inmate, who worked in the farm’s office, says the so-called Postum is a by-product of the regular cereal beverage sold at groceries and is not the regulation Postum. He says it is purchased at a price much below the cost of coffee, from the Postum company, although it is advertised in the farm menu as being Postum.The farm, with the exception of ataple products, produces its own garden truck, canned goods, and.unlike the state prison at Michigan
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Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Mon, Jul 17, 1933
Page 5
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Sullivan C.
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