New Ulm review., 1922-02-15
LIFE AT LEAvENW,oRTH.

LIFE AT LEAVENWORTH.
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Walter Heynacher Of Minneapoli
who visited with Conrad Kornmanr
over Sunday was one Of those whom
South Dakota Courts sent to Leaven
worth on trumped-up charges during
the war. All that he was guilty O
was to say what President Wilson sale
when he stated that the world wal
was nothing else than commercia
war: MIR isHt1eynacherg was, originally
sentenced to Ave years I'm Imprisonment q # e.
which was conmuted to one year ane
he was discharged from Fort Eeayen.
WORTH, December, 1920: AT the time I'll a
OF his arrest he was a prominent busi' bu ii
! ness man in Aberdeen, South Dakots
and he has lost practically everything
ne had at that time. Not only that
some OF the so-called one-hundred pei
cent loyallsts are still bounding m hin
and are attempting to have him de ,de'
prlved OF ms ''' cltlzenslnlp:
Mr. Heynacher speaks very MghlS
OF the treatment ne received at Leaven. n;
worth. he states that Wnen 4. one hves N1
up 20 tne prison rules ne receives Tn ,tne
pest treatment, possible. ne says .lf the
meals are very good, much better thar
one frequently gets at restaurants 1t1 ano
the bed linen is clean and much sup:
error to that usually found IN II medium " 4
priced notes. Is .s5..... VI. u:
szl II may not pc generally known that
at Fort LeavenWorth there are three &c
alnerent prisons. NOT only IS le the
reoeral PRISON located there put "a also s.
she y. :. Milltary prison ana the
etate PRISON OF the State OF Kansas A
heports nave peen current at .tli 5oiHerenl mere
Times ilts 20 the eHect tnat prisoners g!
TOT rort LeaVenWorth 'l1,1s s We're very DadlJ
treated, put thls rs not true although
Mr. Heynaeher says the Military
ffrlson' SON is quite dltterents place a11t
terrible stories are told. Of the man
handhlng Of prisoners there.
ID; Mr.. Heynacher chs says 3! S. that there ar
quite number OF artists N the 'sl Fedora "a
prison ana they have started pa bant n
ana also an orchestra and during tn
noon noon hour the band plays and g
supper time the orchestra plays WI while
tne prisoners eat. Inc l.11 dining room pm j ]
large enough TO seat lOOO. The dlsf1e l
are the ordinary porcelain ware ant
not TIN cups and plates as many nigh
imagine.
| Although the tood IS very good, OF
account OF It's beng steamed cooket
II becomes less palataDle after you ca
1t every day. he says that 1t ha
happened that there have been com
plants made by some OF the prisoner
against the prison fare and that riot
nave resulted during which cups AM
other porcelain ware were thrown a
the head OF the warden. Ihose WIN
participated IN these riots were, Q
course, quite seriously punished p!
sontasry confinement comm : me ana by belni
i placed on 2 bread cad and water dlett for
/ certam length f of time. LINE s,,sf|>s .e,c u
According TO- Ms H3eynacher q e'r 7. ), tn 4 b
only prisoners sN }1'rs who were ngo2t ngo2t treate,
fairly were the !. w. ". poltica
prisoners .l On who were sent to the rocl
pile and were quite shannefully5 treatec
i He says that he had the oopportunit!
to become very well acquainted witt
some OF the members M OF the !. w "
& ana mas found them generally, mos
4 intelligent, lovable characters who hav "
done absolutely no wrong and VIII
simply are martyrs to. their ideals
Ihere are quite number OF dis
tingulshed prisoners in the Unitet
States prison at Fort Leavenworth
MI Heynacher states that the entir' tt \
Socialist ''' state ticket OF the State ;o
! Oklahoma was imprisoned ana ther' sllsa,