The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-02

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reaches the g~uardhouse one of
the officers appears with a long, sharp
iron rod. He run this rod through
the contents of the wagon again n
again in such a naanner that no human
being could possibly escape alive ard
nNone concealed there would pro
ably come out and beg for me"cy
after the first thrust of the rod. When
it is discovered that two men are cs-
p~ecially friendly they are separated
lest such intimacy may lead to the
Matching of a plot for escape. The men
who show a dislike for each other are
also kept apart. Grey is The regula-
ton uniform of the federal prisoner
and stripes are worn only by infrac-
tory men as punishment for habitual
disobedience of the rules. No women
are sent to Leavenworth.
The warden is Major r. w. Nc
Canghry, an officer who served wiz
distinction during the civil war.
Shortly after it's close he became in
terested in prison work and since that
time has served in the capacity Of
warden at several prisons. He was
also chief of police of Chicago for
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I~1eavenWorth has already extended
over a period of thirteen years. He
has travelled extensively through
Europe studying prison conditions,
and in 1896 he went to England by
special invitation to inspect English
prisons. Although a strict discipline
ran, Major McClaughry has a kind
and sympathetic nature and is always :
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road. He insists on ~punctuality in
workei.
Major NcClaughrv was the first man
to introduce the Rertiljton system Of
measurement in state prisons, which
he did while in charge OF the peniten- |
tiary at Toilet, Illinois. 1t was also
through his Influence that the finger |
print identification WAS adopted at
LeavenWorth. While in England he ex-
amined the system and Immediately
saw its great value as a means of
tracing crime and arranged to have
John Kenneth Terrier. of Scotland
Yard, to spend some time Mt Leaven-
worth and give instructions as to the
workings of the system. some stirring
scenes have been enacted in the. fin
gerprint bureau there, as on one oc-
casion a rebellious prisoner, who OBJ
iected to the taking of his fingerprints,
assaulted the record clerk, seriously
inluring him. 1t was afterWard discov-
cred through a comparison of the
prints that he was a notorious crimina
who had escaped from AN English
prison. Later he had to be put in sol
itary conf nement for nearly killing a
fellow prisoner. This means of iden-
tificatiOn has now become universal,
and every prison and police department
throughout the civilized world has mill
lions of fingerprints Of criminals filed
away for identification. one of the
first things q convicted man goes
through with when he reaches Leaven-
worth is to have his fingerprints taken
and recorded. They are then classified
and unless his entire life story is
known all prints in this class are ex-
amined in order to discover whether
or not he has been in prison heretofore.
The Identification by this method is
absolutely correct for no two persons
fingerprints are alike.
When a man is released at Leaven
worth he is given transportation to the
town from which he came, five dollars
in money, a new suit of clothes. hat
and shoes. If he is released in winter
an ovcrcoat is added.
The dynamiters will find Leaven-
worth a model prison, and it is to be
hoped that while they are serving out
the just sentences for the outrages
which they have perpetrated and
planned they will learn that it pays to
earn an zones dollar in a peaceable
way. and it is further hoped that when
they are released they will find a bet
ter understanding between capital and
labor with such a strong sentiment
among abo unions against improper
methods that both the opportunity and
desire to repeat such crimes may be
taken away.