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* I The official death list for the several years that Alton penitentiary f I served as a military prison was as follows: 1*63—SW; MW lt;30. 1*64— lima, 18A5 -214 The total on the record for the period of over three years was 1434, That the number Is low and conservative Is admitted, as the records were faulty and haphazard. with many e*eh%n*aa ol prisoners and aacapes Jumbling the exact number of uimatas. Thia Inaccuracy waa especially notlcable durir* the scourge of l**3-«4 whenguards and prisoners died tocether.and everyone waa too 111 to keep‘ died, bcheck on how many had d the prison era and guards were burled at the rate of aa many aa 00in a common grave, to It la thought that the *23 figure for that yearla ridiculously low.Dr. Hope a WswwrLack of medical attention could not be blamed for this high rate, lor the prison was supplied at all time* with competent doctors. Dr. I 1 Hardy waa the first prison aur-K . on He was succeeded by Dr Hes Williams, who was assisted by an army surgeon. Dr. Worrnll. Bome-tune later. Dr. T. Hope, former mayor and recent candidate for Bute Ooveroor. a prominent Altonphysician of outspoken secessionsentiments, was confined In the prteon for disloyalty. This doctor felt his confinement and begged the commander to give him some duties, sc he was placed at work in the prison hospital, and did excellentservice. A number of surgeons wereamong the prisoners taken, and eachdid his share. At the peak of the scourge in March 1**4 the Sisters at Charity lt;now conducting StJoseph's Hospital) came to attend the prisoner* serving ae nurses until the close of the war.
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 15, 1936
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