Evening journal., 1920-05-24
JAIL FOR WOMEN
is RECOMMENDED

| it-tAdlliutu -udll dIsO Uf-tAdInl0cu
a prisoner. One hundred and nfty-one
pages OF testimony were taken on
Pursuant TO adjournment your
committee again met at The work
house at 10 O'Clock on the morning
or May -. They rc-cXamined a rep
reseniatNe OF The clothes manufac-
turing firm and re-examined four
prisoners. Omf hundred and eleven
| pages Of Testimony were taken on
this date.
The testimony. by questions ard
answers, mas all taken down 10 short
I hand by a court sienogralher and
has been transcrib Il and bound and
a copy OF same accompanies this re-
/ port. The conclusion reached by
/ your committee and their rerom-
m1ndaNons are as follows:
81. The responsibility for the es-
cape OF Lemuel Price. convicted muir
derer, from the Institution on De-
I cember %, 1919.
"Nour committee Is convinced that
/ Prices escape vss made either
through gross negligence on the part
I ~ the warden. owing TO the general
! lax methods in vogue at the insii-
/ tuition at the Time for which he
| himself was directly responsible. or
| through actual collision Of the war
den or some OF his subordinates. We
/ have much evidence supporting tho
former theory and some evidence
supporting the latter theory. II is
our opinion that sufficient evidence
| has bon secured TO, at least, war
rant US in requesting that Nhe at
iorney generals office be given a
copy OF our testimony and be re-
/ quested 10 60 into the facts more
thoroughly The details Of The Prico
coup. the way they are understood
by us from observation and from the
! testimony heard. were substantially
as follows:
IN The first plaza Il must be re-
mnnbered that Lsmuel Price was
very familiar with the institution. Hc
4 had served threo-year sentence
there before and had been discharged
from the workhouse less than six
months before his escape, which
shows that his knowledge not only
extended over a fairly long period.
/ but was comparatively recent. Dur
| ing his previous sentence he had
been trusty In both wings OF tho
/ Institution and had full swing and
| knowledge OF the operation OF the
/ institution Just before ne was dis
CHARGED. less than six months before
| his escape, he had been transferred
10 the upper farm While there he
| had occasion TO come TO The instl-
/ tuition for supplies such as -four and
/ the Nike. lie had been accustomed to
going back into the storerOOm after
| The -four and carrying 10 out through
| the front doors, through which he
eventually made his escape. In short
/ he was absolutely familiar with all
! the workings OF the institution. me
warden and guards were without
doubt. apprlsed OF these facts.
"The entrance to ths institution Is
/ nrsi had through a grated door.
I Upon having this door unlocked. one
rnlers a hallway, with clerical Of
| fces and tho wardcn's offices at tne
right AZ The other end Of The hall
way is another grated IRON door,
which op-ns into the rolundd or
acenire' MS il Is called. This Cen
! trey is what might be called an oc-
demonstrated rotunda From This
roiunda 10 lhe left and 10 the right
extend wings and The entrances TO
! these wings are guarded by grated
doors The wing 10 the left OF the
rolunda is known as the west wing
and the one To the right Is known
as The east wing and each is four
stories In height. probably nifty wide
and one hundred feet long. Each
| flight has what Is known as a tar
Of forty cells, COMPRISING twenty
cells TO the LETT and twenty coils TO
the right Each line OF twenty backs
up against an observation and VEN
tilation corridor which has solid
steel doors at each end Before each
line OF tvfnlv cells and extending
lhe full length Of same is an eNer-
else cage about i've or six feet wide
and probably eighty feet long This
SAME style cage or exercise way IL
B. outside each line Of twenty cells on
both the left and right OF each OF
the four floors. in both wings. The
! "West wing for short term prison
crs. From this octagon-shaped ro-
) mnda also eXh nds passage ways OF
, tunnels 10 the various workshops. the
storerooms and mess halls. These
entrances 10 these various hallway:
+ have steel doors. but 30 is under
stood these We're not usually lock d
"Lemue Price. on December %
( was located In cell No. 4 first 400;
: right side OF the west wing ThI
cell doors which slide and the eNT.
/ else cage door which swings aro
I controlled by levers located in ,
Z lever box outside The tier. This lever
! hox is OF steel construction. havlng
= NNl NlNf NY iNNh hNN h'hibiiih
lion lock as well. II was not On,
custom however. al The time tt
9 have the lever box locked. In m,
- next cell 10 Lemuel Price was hi.
r. brother. John Price who was con
= vic,cd az tn same time, but Johr
o was not in his cell al the time o.
S LENS escape. but was working II
n one Of me shops. lem Price wa
!. not confined in his cell on the after
e noon Of his escape. but was being al
u lowed TO eNrcise in the cage out
II side lie was fed at Z O'Clock o
The afternoon OF his escape. He es