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Secretary to 10 Wardens Designs Post by Request
In 1893 a shy graduate became secretary to Maj. Robert to McClaughry at Pontiac Reformatory and stayed through 42 years in Illinois prisons. Alice Tindall resigns by request but recalls convicts as capable when treated right. She survived Joliet and Stateville riots, urging politicians to keep hands off wardens. She plans to live with sisters near Pontiac.
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Maj
Robert
McClaughry
Pontiac Reformatory
Illinois
Alice Tindall
Tindall
Miss ‘Tindall
Pye
Ilinois
Joliet
Miss Tindall
Wess
Mere
Col
Henry ‘Tindall
Pontiac