Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-06-06
Warden Thomas Makes An
other Change.
SEARCHING WILL Be PRIVATE
Prisoners on Entering Prison Will be
Inspected by Officials Inside of
Institution, Thereby Avoiding
Gaze of the Public.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

n at the Ohio penitentiary by
order of the new executive
head of the big prison, Warden Thom-
as. The newest change is the aboli-
tion of the "Bull Pen" This is the
place, just outside the big iron doors
of the prison, where all incoming in
dfviduals are thoroughly searched be-
fore the gates clang behind them. In
future the prospective won't undergo
this public inspection, for public it Is
since all visitors are admitted to the
Bull Pen" He will walk right
through the gates and afterward in
the privacy of the deputy warden's Of
fee inside the prison walls he will
undergo any searching or inspection
that is necessary. The change is de-
clared to be due to the conclusion that
nothing was to be gained from the
standpoint of the state in causing a
, prisoner the embarrassment and hui
initiation that accompanied the public
scrutiny that was his before he finally
entered upon the serving of his SEN
tence. Persons who hold that a pris-
oner is entitled to certain considera-
tion even if he has been convicted of
crime, say they are pleased with the
latest departure and they are marking
another score for the new warden on
their humanitarian" record
Ohio Does Some Discriminating.
When it comes to discrimination
against the Japs, California isn't
the only state in the Union that
can monopolize the attention of the
nation. In quiet, unostentious way,
and even perhaps unintentionally,
Ohio has been doing some discrimina-
ton on her account. 1t is just being
noticed that in the new hunters IL
cense law, the non-citiZen of the
United States is left out in the cold.
He can't hunt in the state except in
J the event that he owns farm land and
then he can't hunt on his own prem
ises even though he gets the permis-
sion of his neighbor. OF course the
provision which allows only citizens
of the United States to hunt in Ohio
applies to any person ineligible to
citizenship, but under the federal con-
stitution, this comes dangerously close
to discriminating against the Japs
alone. Any sensitive Jap could read
discrimination into 1t IL he were
looking for trouble.
The other Ohio discrimination lies
in the provisions of the new liquor IL
cense bill. BY the terms of this bill
licenses to engage in the saloon busi-
ness can't be granted to a person who
"is not a citizen of the United States
or who is not of good moral charac-
ThiQ that after the a.
loon license system becomes opera
tive in the fall, Japs who may be in
the business now will have to quit
and no others afterward can enter,
no matter how high their standing in
the community. AS remarked before
there Is no intimation that any dis
elimination against the Japs was in
tended in either case. 1t Is fairly GER
tain that Mongolians were not thought
of in the liquor license bill for the
class of persons aimed at therein
wasf that composed of unnaturalized
European saloon keepers in the big
cities.
Quashes Indictments Against Two.
Just as soon as the supreme
court shall be willing to give il
consideration, the decision of Judge
e. B.. Kinkead of the Franklin
county common pleas court knock
ing out the embezzlement indict
ments against former State Treas
urer I. B. Cameron and Cyrus Huling
both ex-presidents of the defunct Co
lumbus Savings G. Trust Co., ant
charged with conversion of the inter
est on state funds deposited in thu
bank in question, will be placed be
fore 1t. 1t is the general opinion tina
if the supreme court overrules judge
Kinkeads Interpretation of the law
both Messrs Cameron and Hulint
can be again indicted and tried since
neither has as yet been placed il
jeopardy. The states attorneys wer'
; wrathy when the decision of Judg'
Kinkead was announced. Judge Kin
kead is the same who freed forme
State Bank Superintendent Baxter
who was charged with taking $4,000
of the funds of the defunct Columbu
Savings & Trust CO. to pay off a pri
vate loan. In the decision the judg
reasoned in manner which attorney
here deem peculiar in the extreme
In substance, his decision was tha
since the state suffered no actual loss
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Might Have Saved Woman.
Had the neighbors cut down tn
body of Mrs. Margaret Mccoy, wifi