Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-16
QUITS CELL TO TELL
Of H0LMESBURG
Ex-Convict Testifies Before
Grand Jury Few Hours
After Release
HARSH RULES STILL USED


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county nr;so~n ~ n, Ii,,h m,ofe .er,n io, ~, '.I ~
III o,c,nc,. th;s a' ,.,,,,;. me''.rR t",o" .i'. l.,
r,.j - , NV .'"S, "'n, :" -
nft"rm"on f '' to ,oli lIJ liz III ..;N ia,, .n,S
ton mnnths of nonG,a,Sp,. .Mp. ,i.,, "''''e
The Grand Jmrv ',L. mnd.r 'n,,v sncc;o, IN
structions IRON, I,,,,ru u h,,lonpr;aI p;I 90.
sm,mod ;t n,nn.,.iR o, uuuRe Huneilraru, rt
tbn II,iroshrr, ,,ui,a. " NJ, .o",i.i', h .a, -,
ordered nftcr the EVENING PUBLIC
n Ja II, Iii ui,''Vseu s IoW lnn'alpS hr' k,p,
AZ u"Ih c'llS, iorccn 10 remain mute mh''
nha,' h.'i'" "i'h ioooless uaSs II theS us :
''e!'
Taken From tJolmcsburp
Eour,oo, oo,,.;.., ,.,, ,. ,..
down frnr, 'I.s iIni,uo, mn'. preii % %prnuSn'
guard NJ Tho cnn,,nonJ 80 .' thn Gr"n! .r"ni
,jurv WHOM tbo ,nI',r,"ou ,,.i,,os, @ ",, ",,'
peared outside the hearing room. liz
This mornira ., nr p ho "nu,, u, ~ was ',ro' ,So,
to roach NV iJ,,i "p'"' P"'' VI '""'
The former ronvict soid bo is Jonos
Fowler, formerly NJ Sonttlo ,vbo wa.
sentenced by tho Info .Iudpe Rogers In vt
Fchrunr,. fHr %;ca",r 'v '"'s' i,'sc's '""'
n pri,pipn1.
in trouble bef,rn in my ,;fo :, COLI
Fowler Tho r"v nrisor M moiinrs my shn,.;r ,r M,.' n
mistnkrbly in his face lilo sniL Lo ion,
twenty four pounds IN wciyht durimy
tho tcn months 'e'' ''''''7
,,r, i was Kept in solitary confinement
"Once 7 t,Ii ~ ,,,,n in .,o o,,, ,n.. w.
nina +o stn,, n i.n,.i T. alLH III VI. rei ii'HV 70
keener ovorboorJ M>n >ns ,o ond VI, ''e n m"''' a, -
without food for twenty four hours.
rood 'hht 10 Eat
On another occasion, it was either
June 10 or June 16, the mutton stew
was lcovinn W tho nr;snn ,m ~ th;s ~ Hu,
told Captain IIeston, the warden
was going to the Grand Jury and tell
the members what knew.
'IIc asked me what had TO tell
and | rcplied wns on,,. rniny to ,nii
the truth. lie told me to 70 nbcnd
and tell II e'
Fowler so;d uord Elm, oor,.,o,, o,o
to he brought hcfnro ,bo ,.rn,I I',.,
today reoched tbo nrisnm ,o,,'.r'i,' ""I "'i; +,
was brought bv , n,nn ,,st H''i""S, ,".,',,,;t
tod Tho ,,n,,.s 'T '. 'uIt , ,o.i'''''t ~
nrison bo .,;J 'p'"' "'' '"'o"sn 'ne
since .Lo " Errx,,c p,.n, ,.r
hoanm tI;, tTt =. fNiH" hiiC iEpnEk
y, e"T H. pup.isnihs ni.ns accounts OF conditions
a. ...I,ah,,, .i, prisom, pi,. Ihr r"''S nave bc"n
!rhs ..!rhas nio''lilc", ne shid further'
:, a,nL .n nth "'e n"W n,,"Wtd 10 tax
'o each other occasionally he said.
Conyicts Epiov "Outirc"
r,o .:' 'o' o","'
c, ~" Pr'Son'rs were taken TO the
~ Hnrrit tii cSiiE"1m on the seventh hoor
VI wy hah. lhere u cnuid be readily
seeh What great outing the men
were haVlHg.
Inc ldea or being allowed to minglc
with each other. to talk to their hearts
content, to even rand, and on top Of it
all t" be promised n dinner such as
is unknown among the convcts at the
county prison. was 50 much out Of the
ordinary for tn" llolmesburg men that
they scarcely knew what to think.
Partly because they wished to know if
they still Ind voice and rartly he
so,ns so,S, Of the ,, eonyicts in the ceilroom