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(By the Associated Press.) Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 25.—Butler R. Storke, 31, convicted Toledo, O., forger donned civilian clothes this morning preparatory to stepping, out of the Ohio penitentiary Into a position which will pay $250 a month. Sentenced to serve two years, Storke, after 21 months behind the bleak walls, has been granted a conditional parole by Governor Donahey, effective today. The con dition is that he follow the work he instituted among his fellow prisoners and in which more than 1,800 now are interested. Storke, a college graduate and former army captain, is the origi nator of correspondence school, in which penitentiary convicts have been given an opportunity to edu cate themselves. His position, beginning , today, will be to try to install the same system in other state prisons, the movement being financed by Na poleon Hill, New York magazine editor.
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Iola Register
Iola, Kansas, US
Sat, Aug 25, 1923
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