The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-10
Why Is Armstrong
Permitted to Hang
Around The Prison?
He Has Been Suspended. Vet the
State 10 Paying His Board While
He 10 Putting Stumbling
Blocks In the Way Of the
Prosecutor.

&i Warden Wenger has
placed charge OF the
prison by prison suspended warden
remain the the OF the state and
to all appearances reality still the institution
Prosecuting Attorney Jackson county pushing the
bribery endeavorng down stories charging more
graft the of the warden which investigation necessates
interviews with certain and convcts the prison
These convcts afraid talk because
Warden Armstrong still the prison. for they fear that they
will suffer if they offend the warden.
Prosecuting Attorney hampered in the
service he attempting
through getting the bottom of OF
which there all sides with of these rumors
already substaniated
THE MAN THE PROSECUTOR IS TRYING TO INvEs-
TIGATE is PERMITTED TO REMAIN WHERE HE is BEST
ABLE TO THwART THE EFFORTS OF THE PRosEcU-
TOR.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
up cudges against this
public and to have landed him far from the Jack
back until he had been
properly CARRIED and his hair
BY grace of governor Michigan
paid the taxpayers that he WATCH EVERY
against him. and stand the of that in his honest
efforts the taxpayers that service for which they
him.
suspension by
che board would been compulsory for the
charges against asked for his
which would resulted the waden forced
ton of his suite in the prison.
But did governor present any charges the board
Not this thirdterm governor
He the accused guest dinner that evening
The meeting really held the dinner table
meeting of the board held later but this simply
through the ormales decided upon around the beef
would kindly be good and ask
for his would be for the
present his formal charges.
So the accused warden consented himself ask for suspension
An acting warden named but did the board
Of control because the did the
complete investigation affairs of the prison
satisfactorily warden
out of it;
impressed with the fact
business assured that they would be
made suffer after the warden had been whtewahed;
With the less fearful that what they might would
only back them when the warden again renstated
Were the have acted in this from the start
should and had the prison board of control
which he member acted though business and IN
tended make the warden suffer, little trouble would be expert
getting both and convicts to talk
These who have and these convcts who
things whom the would like interview will
talk they would like because they do not believe the
of this and the prison board of control whose duty
would when found
I'm good faith
And this the of people Michigan.
The will be unless overwhelming
dnce can be produced in court to convict him CRATER
To that end the prosecuting attorney OF Jackson commercially
bending every effort
A grand jury should be called
Mr. Reece deserving of much for the work he is doing
He against tough proposition but he be made
Of the right kind of stuff the racas and make clear
himself the heart the that undoubtedly
Is hidden by the walls of this prison.
position representative of people
of Michigan has been both cowardly and tratorous
When he should have been declaring for the punishment of the
guilty he found the other side condonng the oene and
lending all possible aid to this oca already the minds
of the people
has been forced by developments which show
Armstrong have been CRATER from the drop of the
The governor stood by him as long as he dared