Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-11
Situated in Middle Of Bay on
Rock Bound Island; II Is
Forbidding in Appearance
But Well Managed.
MANY FIENDIsH GRIMES
WERE AVENGED THERE

s'lcs, will spend ten years. For al
though sentenced to fifteen years I'm.
pfisonmcnt. under the California laws,
John . Mcnamara will get on with
ten years. providing his conduct b.
officially registered as good.
Fifteen years ago San quentin pcnl-
Tertiary WIS the target OF the journal
ieta Of that day, who are now either
termed "muckrnkers" or ''refornicrH,'
according TO the opinions OF the read
or. filit. anyway. San Quentin Sas
roundly condemned before the days
of prison reform began. A widely
known correspondents OF fifteen years
ago. John McComb. Jr., Ia The star N
1895. freely used the words disgrace
ful." shocking" and awful In de-
|scfiblng conditions IN san Quentin
Now all iK changed The prl9onetN
are employed AZ various indnBtrteA,
iutc milling being the principal one.
Thcy are treated nationally, the Idea
being TO reform instead Of 20 punish.
when Prisoners Were Heroes.
To such a state Of perfection has
prison discipline boon brought that
when the night OF March ., 1910. the
lutte warehouse caught iire, more than
one hundred prisoners omc Of them
the most desperate mcn the annals
Og The coast have dcvciopcd--worked
theoretically all night fighting the
flames, dlsrcgarslng their abundant
chances 10 make breaks for liberty
Although one thousand rounds ~ am.
munliion stored In the guar,lho,iso fell
into the flames and bullets flew In
cyery direction. the conyicis kept
fright on Fighting the Are. Not one
Tried Ia escape
The McNnpara brothers will not he
the only flgurcs ~ national interest 20
lcnicr those gates above which Is
Ioarycd into the stone Abandon hope
lall We that enter here" Prison re-
formers In California have tried for
Years "a have those burning words Ell
faced. but they sllli remain Abe
Ruef former political boss Of san
Francisco. In there. serving a ii-yeaF
sentence for bribery, He. too. was
leauzht by william j. Barns. detective
Yes. ABE" Ruef II thore. but Il took
IN spcclal action Of the California leg
ialafure last session 70 get him there
although he had been under cOnvlc-
tlon of the lower courts nearly iOui
years. The legislature simply proddcd
tho supreme court. and that august
body reversed Itself over night and
q gew days later Ruef was on his was
10 san Quentin. Ia inxlcab, n IL
lfrnc. bat still on HIS way there
Teaching sunday School Now.
iluefA iirst act when he was settled
lin San Quentin was 10 organize Sun
day school class. which he still IL
teaching Ills second act was 10 or
gnnixe, with the help ~ his powerful
political and financial friends through
the state a body whose object IA 60
help the men released from prison. "a
iind them employment ana 10 support
them until they can get ON their icet
By these two moves iiuef Won the
support Of the san Francisco bulletin,
Tire most active paper In tho city In
1.-THE prosecution ct the grnft cases anu
lcOnsldeged iluef's bltierest enemy
lNncf had not been IN San Quentin a
month before the Bulletin was adyu'
eating his pardon.
San Quentin prison Ia about ten
miles nom san Franrisco. ON the
lrnrky shores Of the bHf. The site was
lchoson wisely beeauee the Landscape
for miles around Offers no conceal
nent for escaped prisoners. II IL all
hare. rocky hills, absolutely free from
vegetation
Mrs. Boskln Died There.
IN San Quentin have been hanged
land imprisoned the most notorious
terminals and bad men OF the coasi
iC0rdella notkin. wife Of former
Kansas CITY banker. died IN San Quen
tin She murdered two women. She
lcame from Nebraska. Her maidcf
name was C0rdclin Brown aud the
town OF brownsville. Nob.. was nance
Tor her father. In 1879 abe was mar
Tried Ia welcome A. DOtlin. connected
llnl years with the Missouri vallel
lIlnnk OF kansas CITY
They moved 10 san Francisco Mrs
liiotkin became enamorod OF John 7
lDennlng, an Associated pross war cor
respondent and through jealousy sen
lpolsoned candy 10 Mrs. DunninE II
Delaware. The candy Killed Mira. Dun
Ihing and a woMan friend, Mrs. botkll
wis sentenced 20 San Quentin for lltc
but died In prison March 7, 1910.
Serving a life term In San Quentin
lpenllentiary Is nov Albert 0cOrg'
enueckockOckhoi for Obviuu
treason known under the alias Of Hon
life was involved In the Rotkin cas'
land was convicted oI the murder lalo
lof Mrs. Mary Ciute.
4 Where Durant Was Hanged.
William Henry Theodore Durant
lprohnbly the most neudlah and absn
lately nmnntuFal criminal America eve
held. was hanged al san Quentin, jan
IuRry u 1855. for the murders o
blanche Lamont ard tiinnle Williams
lie was known M the church helirl
murderer" and Inc deaths Of man.
IO,her youHH Elrla wefe laid 70 IN
lhnn6a OF this degenerate
Two sailors were hanged " Sal
louentin October AZ. 1885. for the ulul
idcr on the hIeh acas Of Maurice Fiix