Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-07
women BLAMED
. FOR REVOLT N
I0L let PRISON
Honor :ivilegss May Be
-1lshed as Result Of
- Mutiny.
FEMALE VISITORS
WRITE SILLY NOTES
Visits Of Women and Correspondence
Which Follows to 30 Forbiddsn--s
Samples Of Some Of Lsttsrs Made
Public by Warden-cems From All
Parts Of United States and From All
Degrees Of Social Rank.

Joliet H.. June 7-Riot!ng in the
state penitentiary. attributed by some
officials to an overdose OF the honor
system" will result in radical revi-
sion or perhaps the abolition OF honor
privileges within the prison.
A. L. Bowen, acting warden, said to-
day that among the things which will
be forbidden are indiscriminate cor.
respondence and visits from women
not --eist tive: ce the prisoners.
To prove that correspondence with
women had done much to demoraliIe
prison discipline. Warden Bowen made
public excerpts from letters received
at the prison and confiscated by the
authorities. They were from women
who had been put In communication
with the prisoners thru a league orr
sanized for such work The ages Of the
women varied from 70 to Is.
Samples Of Sunshins Letters.
Il fell asleep and dreamed OF my
hero-you." wrote one woman. "The
dream was really continuation OF m,
thoughts; loves sweet dream"
TELL me my letters make your happy
or shall squeeze you until you squea
oh my baby" was the message to an.
other convict.
Apparently some of the women Aad
more than ono correspondent. hut
whether in different prisons Wa not
made clear.
Il have . counterfeiter on my. list. n
Kid about 20. but somo smart hid. and
sweet boy" said one letter. .But don't
get Jealous. He's in for two years lonEy
1er than you are. and you won't ever
meet
Warden Bowen said the letters came
from all parts OF the United States.
and fro mall degrees OF social rank.
Ono Woman's stationery was elabor-
ately crested.
It was the order curtailing the cor
respondence and visiting privileges
which precipitated the recent prison re-
volt, In which one man was killed
Bitter Against "Leaoue.n
warden Bowen was particularly BIT
ter against the Oriental Esoteric III
hrary League. the band Of letter writ
ing women upon whom he places much
OF the blame for the mutiny OF the
convicts.t
One old woman-she is 65." the
warden said. wrote to a boy % /
letter 1000 words long. filled witt, stur
that no federal inspector would allow
to go thru the malls. She came all the
way from Connecticut to see her
dearest boy to bring him candy, fruit
tobacco and clothing.
Another woman from Miami Fla.
wrote to boy she had never seen.
sent him kilograms and letters and
finally came herself, sending him tele-
grams from points en- route. After she
had seen him she moved to Chtca "a.
Her husband divorced her and she Is
waiting for the convict to get out and
join her.
Lets HerseIf in For elaeknaii.
Still another woman, evidently OF
good family. writes several times a
week to a notorious confidence man.
She used crested letterhead and speaks
Of her motors and country estate. She
may not realize 1t, but che is laying
herself open to Intensive blackmail
when he gets Ola
Still another letter Is from a girl
she hardly can be over 1S-written to
man sent up for an unprintable
crime. Her letters are OF the intensive
love letter type. Her mother ought to
look after her.
The average number OF library
league letters coming into the institu-
ton Is fifty q mail-three mails a day.
Most of them soon degenerate into rot
or obscene stun. The effect on the
men is obvious"
Many names OF the leaders OF the
riot have been given to the warden.
He has turned them over To States
Attorney Robert Martin, OF win couu-
ty. Tomorrow morning the inquest In
to the death OF Don FIaherty, aged
convict killed during the Are started
fv moe, vii; .. Ss.ssS ys...sie:s-4sl
ments may lay ground for investiga-
tion into general prison conditions.