Evening journal., 1922-12-22
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MR.. PLUMMER


mer's death WAS received by Deputy
Warden Leach just as the prisoners
at the Workhouse were being taken
TO the yard for their hours exercise.
Calling the honor committee to-
sether the deputy warden told them
Of the death OF Warden Plummer.
Under Mr.. Plummer's plan the honor
committee OF prisoners practically
managed the prison. and the men
We're given the most liberal privileges
so long as they lived up TO the code
OF regulations.
The men were indulging in play
when called TO attention and told
that their warden had died. The
laughter and talking ceased immedi-
ately and the prisoners appeared
dumb-struek.
When the bell rang for the men 10
return 10 their cells. the prisoners.
marched 10 what is termed the
centre and standing with barred
heads offered up a prayer for the
soul OF their saviour" as they term
ed the warden. After prayers the
glee club rendered the hymn Near
er My God TO Thee" in voice.
broken by occasional sobblng.
When the service Rad ended the
inmates through the honor commit
tee passed the following resolution:
That the inmates as a body would
preserve the laws and rules set down
I by Warden Plummer for the con-
duct OF the institution in an effort
to justify the faith placed in them
by their beloved Warden. who. by |
his humanitarian efforts had done
more 10 rescue men from a life OF |
crime than all the other methods !
combined. Also that by their con- |
duct in the future they would prove |
10 the citizens Of this county that
the efforts OF Warden Plummer had |
not been in vain"
J. Frank Ball. president OF the /
Board OF Trustees OF the Work !
house. when informed of the death |
Of Mr.. Plummer, said that the death |
OF the Warden was a calamity" |
but that the work started by War |
den Plummer would be continued. ]
lie was born on December IS, /
1853. at Marlboro, Prince Georges /
county. Nd. He was a son OF Mr.. !
and Mrs. Mordecai Plummer. He /
was born in the home OF his mater
nal grandfather, Governor Thomas
G. Pratt. OF Maryland.
Mr.. Plummer was educated in pri-
vate and public schools in Baltimore
and Southern Maryland. Subse-
quently he went 10 and was grsdu-
ated from the Charlotte Hall Mill
tary School in 81. Marys county
Nd.
subsequently young Plummer wac
appointed head of the finance divi-
sion Of the stamp department. That
appointment was made on the rec
ommendation OF James A. Gary.
When Mr.. Gary was appointed
postmaster general OF the United
States he took young Plummer to
Washington and made him one OF
the first four men appointed 10 lay
out rural delivery routes, that being
the start or free rural delivery
That was followed by an appoint !
ment as post office inspector. which
he held for % years. lie served in q
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. North ,
Carolina and Tennessee and figured ;
in the handling Of many :
Of the most important fraud cases in n
the annals OF the Post Office Depart
ment. His work carried him to all
parts Of the United States. a
Following the death OF Inspector =
william Maxwell. Of this district. &
Mr.. Plummer was sent here on the
OF then Senator 4
Henry 4. dupont He was here
welve years. During the war Mr..
Plummer had charge OF all the mil
tary mall at Camp Lee, Virginia. He
made a record in that position.
Finally. after having made a mag
iifcent record in the Postofice De
'artment he resigned in March, 1918.
o take a position with the dupont
'abrikoid Company 10 which he had
een appointed by William $. Coyne. u
lie had made a remarkable sales h
ecord up TO the time he rendered g
lis resignation to accept the warden 81
hip in April, 1920.
His duties as a postoffice inspector h.
ook him into many or the larger ?,
tiles like New York. PHILADELPHIA. n
'oston and Washington arranging
or better city deliveries and clerl- n,
al service and statements Those =,
uties also made him acquainted .,
18th many OF the biggest and most :.
glorious criminals In the country.
Mr.. Plummer when living at Hill :.
rest was senior warden of CLYDE !,
Episcopal Church. Hill w
rest, and Mrs. Plummer had charge
the Sunday school OF that church.
he built up Its membership from ~
vo to thirty-five in a sparsely-set- u
ed district. w
Mr. Plummer had the distinction %. us
having two grandfathers .,who !"
ere Governors OF Maryland-Gov- pt
nor Smith and Governor Pratt. =
The Warden is survived by a In
idow and four children one. Janet inf
his present wife, and three,
lorence. Alice ard Pratt NJ. by his of
st wife, who died about p years La
90. Pratt NJ. Plummer. %. the a
dest of the family. served in the he
5. Navy during the var and is fri
ilr in the service. co,
City Council last night, on a mo- lie
IN by Councilman Abrahams. in Ph
-ucted the engrossment committee ma
draft resolutions on the warden's CHI
ath. or,
Councilmen McNabb and Murray his
logized the dead warden. La
This n1Ornfncv tho no,. II nvfo / A u