The Washington times., 1921-06-21
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rested for picketing the .whits
House, and because OF the numerous
escapes from the Jail One of those
who escaped was Herbert Copeland.
who shot and killed Patrolman
Mansfield. Lieutenant Dunnigan, of
the Washington Police Department.
and Deputy Sheriff MacFarland. Of
Indian Head. Nd. while they were
attempting to arrest him.
OsTER HIGHLY PRAISED.
Copeland was in jail awaiting trial
when he escaped, there yet remain-
ing considerable mystery as to how
he succeeded in getting out of the
prison On another occasion seven
teen prisoners escaped At ono tims
from the prison while zinkham was
In charge of the Institution.
Since Foster has been super
intendent not a prisoner has es-
capped. He has not been subjected to
any criticism because of his treat
ment of the inmates. but on the
other hand has been highly praised
One of the innovations inauxurated
by Foster was = school in which iIlit-
crate prisoners were taught to read
and write. Many of the prisoners at
the jail have warmly thanked Fos-
ter for his humane treatment OF them
while they were incarcerated In the
prison. The same applies to the
workhouse and rcformatory at Deco
guam.
While the District Commissioners
have seriously considered the ap-
pointment of Meyer as successor to
Foster, another candidate has been
in the field. He Emanuel B. Ream,
who was captain OF the gard at tho
workhouse when Zinkham was super
intendent However, his name. IL 10
said, was eliminated several weeks
$50.
Long before he became heAi Of the
county prison at Louisville, Ky, Mr..
Foster was interested in prison work,
he having made a study of criminals
and their welfare. He did this while
engaged in Newspaper work ana
while he was secretary to Mayor ".
o. Head, of Louisville, for four years.
Mr.. Foster was at one time city edi.
tor of the Louisville Herald, assist
ant city editor of the Louisville
Times, and for a number of years was
on the editorial STAFF of the Louis
willie Courier-Journal. He Is a native
of Indiana
A FEDERAL PLUM.
The position Of general superin-
tendent of the District penal instits-
uons carries with IL salary sf
$4,000 a year and q home at Occoquan.
Ii is one of the Federal plums In the
District, and although Superintend-
ent Foster has made an enviable rec
ord as head of the prison Institutions,
his friends believe that his resigna-
ton will be accepted within . few
days by the District Commissionera.
Mr.. FSster was = warm and personal
friend of Louis Brownlow. former
chairman of the Board OF Distric.
Commissioners, and who recognizing
Fosters abilities offered him the gem
eral sAperintendency of the District
prisons
Moy~r. who will succeed Foster ~
superintendent of tho penal institu-
tions of the District of Columbia.
had n stormy career as warden Of
the Federal Prison In Atlantis.
With the election of Woodrow
Wilson as President there immedi-
Ately DeEan a movement 10 nave MIN
replaced by a Democrat. Former
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, now
practicing law in Washington, was
q leader in the night on Meyer.
Upon his removal in May 1913,
Moysr was made warden of Sing
Sing prison. succeeding Thomas Mott
Osborne. His successor In Atlanta
was Frederick X. Zerbst. assistant
warden at the Federal prison at Fort
Leavonworth, Kansas.
Among the famous Federal prts-
oners inearcerated In the Atlanta
prison during the Meyer regime was
Charles W. Morse. Meyer charged
that In 1910 Morse offered him
bribe of $1,000. Morse directed, from
his cell a deal in gas from which Ne
made $4,000. Half of this sum. MoySv
claimed. was offered to him.
MORSE RECOVERED QUICKLY.
Morse spent s25o,ooo. II is claimed.
to secure his release. Physicians who
examined him said hts health waS
such that he would live only few
months longer. He recovered hts
health and has made millions of dAb'
lars since his release.
Meyer later went to do prison. wevk
at Frankfort, Ky. He now lives at
ossining. New York, where he has
been engaged in prison welfare waFk
by a Presbyterian organization.
with Meyers appointment there ltne-
~ will be a general shake-ur Of 80
1eo employees of the District peaAl
Institutions. Tho present supertn-
tendent OF the Jail In William Il
alsn an old D0fa0n wOrknH.