The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
KANSAS NEEDS NEW PRISON
Warden coddina Says Modern Build
ines Are Necessary for Reform
Structure Out of Date.


said that one of the great necessities
in prison reform is modern peniten-
tiary.
"Our present institution is unsafe,
insanitary and absolutely out of date
Warden Codding said. "Since it was
built there has been great revolu-
ton in prison policies
He said that thirty years ago pris-
On methods were adapted to the
handling of prisoners who would try
to escape, assault an officer or break
any of the rules of the institution.
At that time the silence rule, the
lock step and striped clothes, he said.
were believed a necessary part OF
prison government and, perha ps, were
but for only 25 per cent of the men.
But the IS per cent who could be
trusted and were willing to live up
to the rules of the institution had to
live under the same conditions.
The speaker told of prison manage
ment and spoke at length on the pa
role system. He said that paroleG
prisoners who had been cleaning
house" and casting away bad things
while in confinement returned to their
home towns, to the city which spoiled
him, to find 'the same old vile pool
halls, the same alley joints and the
same old rendezvous where some OF
the boys slip down after night to play
| poker and shoot craps. He finds that
| while he has made earnest, honest
efforts to reform, his town has made
none"
whenever the municipalities Of
Kansas take as active and efficient
steps to prevent the making OF Grim
inals by cities of Kansas as the state,
through it's penitentiary management,
uses to reform the boys thus spoiled
said Warden Codding in closing, then
| in prison reform"
| Rejoices at Oil Strike-Eldorado,
county seat of Butler county, is in
the midst of enthusiasm that knows
no bounds. 1t comes as a result of
| the Wichita Natural Gas Company
strike of oil on the Stapleton farm,
three miles northwest of that city
at the very unusual depth of SAB feet.
| The first well was estimated at 800
barrels a day. Five rigs are at work
on the lease at the present time;
seven rigs in all are at work near
Eldorado.
Woman Wounds AssaiIant-A VALID
ron woman named Snyder was at her
home preparing the evening meal re-
Gently when she was attacked by a
man. She seized pair of scissors
and struck the man in the face with
them, cutting a deep cash, but she
was overpowered. When her husband
came home he found her unconscious
on the floor. She still is in a critical
condition.
They Both Guessed Wrong-Leen-
ard Watkins, 10 years old, of Edo
RADIO, is unconscious and may die from
being hit by a motor car driven by
Miss AIeene Sanford, an acquaint-
ance, when he waved his hand in an
endeavor to stop her car. Miss San
ford expected Watkins to get oft of
the way and he probably expected her
to slow up.
Farmer a Suicide-John Erps, a
farmer living near Morrowville, com
mitted suicide the other day by hang
ing. No reason is known for the act.
He was about SIS years old.
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<. U. to Hear Peace Advocate
Norman Angel, international peace
advocate, will speak to students al
: the University of Kansas on Novem-
Der 80. The subject OF his lecture
) will be America and the European
Sot+Iouonf
= Sled Crushed chiId-While trying
t to get a whip which lay inside of an
! upturned fodder sled, Ruth Moore, the
? 4-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
e Will Moore, who live north of Pro
. lection, was, caught and instantly
= killed by the terrific blow of the fall
: ing sled.
Identified a HoIdup Man-"That':
4 the man." said Mr.. Burns, cashier o
/ the Chautauqua State bank at Sedan
when A L. WiIdes, formerly OF Wichi
p ia, was brought before him for iden
e LITIGATION as one of the two men want
d ed for robbing the bank, of which
, Burns is cashier. November Il.
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Duck Hunters Arrested-Duck hunt
8 ers who shot before sunrise at Rear
e lake and Sugar lake, near Atchison
k were considerably startled when Uni
e ted States Inspector ]. 3. Thompson
y and Deputy Sheriff Hiner made rap
l. id raid upon them. Six hunters were
e arrested at the lakes, their names
d taken and then later they were re
s leased. The government law prohib
s its ducks being shot before sunup o
after shutdown.
r
:. Great Bend Has an Unwilling
bronze monument, the gift of Ira Z
e Brougher, past department command
t, er of the G. A R., to his home post
n Thomas post, No. 50, Great Bend, wa
y unveiled the other afternoon with ar
It propriate ceremonies.
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Twelfth Wreck Victim Found-Th
body of George Parn of AxteI, tn