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An Impressive Picture Of LifeIn Ohio's Penitentiary Is ToldBy Leona Esch For JournalCleveland. 0., Oct. ll (IF)—Vivid 1 impression# ol! life within the walls of the Ohio stale penitentiary aregiven by Leona Marie E?ch, owral- i the inmates were elated as illiter-ing ili rector of the Cleveland As- fates iVfteu received; 71 per cent hat)I ami lies if the pristine is reijaest it. • “ Schooling is necessary in the penitentiary. Eleven per cent ofAsocialion for Criminal Justice, who recently visitoil the prison nl Columbus for ft del si i led inspection. A word picture, carrying one from I ho orison gale to its inner depths, was painted by the well known prison worker after her tour of inspection.Director Esdris slory, as t61d to the Associated Press, follows:“As’I drove tip to the penitentiary on u raw, rainy night, I thought of the (50,(1 JO convicts that had preceded mo tip those stone steps since the Ohio prison was built in 1S3-4.“A uniformed guard faced me, and I explained the purpose of my visit-^to get mi impression of theinstitution at night. ■Cliff ‘Tanks' Lattimer, of Xenia a former National, league baseball catcher, and now a ‘lifer* a signed to tlje iuain gfjte, received a similar explaiialion. lie placed me in charge j of Kariy Dillehay, of New Phi In-somo kjiul of grammar school education and three per cent were col- _ 'nge men, tine of the prisoners pass-j ing just then informed me, He him-self U brilljai)t, a college man serving time, and he requested that I not lei I hifi name.“‘Of course ((] per cent of the present prison population were not born in Ohio,’ he added. 'Eleven per cent of the population are foreign horn, have had little if any schooling/and yon will find a substantial percentage of the illiterate in this group.1“He said there arc in the prison many feeble-minded prisoners who cannot I earn.“I noled that the Ohio State Bur I'onu of Criminal Identities lion and Investigation had been removed to the new chapel building. There seemed to be little justification for using the limited space within the prison walls for such a public of-AViiElt;1Delphi's, ii ‘trusty’ in the prison of-, ,iee I Hiinb ils usefulness is sc-I riopjdy hampered by it* location“passing through the guard mom1 was soon within the wails.witfijn tho walls, to say nothing of the efficiency of its work when per-“The nemtonthirv anpnarcd like a formed by a convict office force.■ • * ■ T . » ■ * t * A a i v .1 w L i^l V T I «i a O n cminiature city with hotels, churches, j-chnojhouses, lunch rooms, factories I and bospiLals\ intersecting lmpplit walls criss-crossed tho groumjp-; all this wilhin Ifie circling walls.“Everything was silent. The buildings seemed dejected. Dillc-hay commented that during his first four months of prison life he hud j.evrr seen the moon or stars once!“The old cell block on the left, ‘converted into a makeshift dormitory, claimed my alien Lion. I gluneed through the dusty windows. Scores of convicts were marching up and down, up and down, restlessly, ceaselessly. ^“Dil.ebay explained that they were ‘nor von?, worrying about thoir troubles, their frxdlics and wondering what will happen to them when I hey get out.'“Approximately 54 per cent of the penitentiary population have dependents on the outside, ranging from one person to a wife and fiE-feen children. Uusually Hi ere acearound 1200 men iii the* idle house'earning nothing whatever for their depen den tc\ There are move than 300 in the school prisop who earn nothing. Con vie Is at work in the prison factories and fcliops earn rUiniB ranging from a half lo live cents an hour perhaps an average of $10 n month, which is. hOnt to I heirSuperintendent C- A. Myers, Ber-til Ion expert, should, in my opinion,hav/athUl(WI(kTo Avoid Gron China or ISimple New Way Does’ Wonders and Is Kind to Pretty Hands—Use Any Kind of SoapEven the most inexpensive tabic china and glassware can be made lo look tar better than its price in n simple wav. It can be given thebrilliancy and sparkle of the most: r.ostly kinds; and glassware particularly is judged by its sparkle.Simply add oho teaspoonful of the cleansing preparation called O-uialene to vouf water. Use the same soap vnii ordinarily do, but use only One- four til the usual quantity. Wnslias usual.This preparation is a grease dissolvent, while soap is, strictly speaking, a grca ic, Thus it gives shine and sparkle, while soap often leaves a greasy film that’s hard to get rid ol even with the most careful dry ing.Mast hotels usc this method to makeft«%plalikicatfabianngi
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Hamilton Evening Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Fri, Oct 11, 1929
Page 21
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