New Britain herald., 1924-09-11
CELLS IN JOLIET
 AWAIT TWO BOYS Loeb and Leopold Will Be Treat,
 ed aS Other Prisoners
By The Associated Pra&.

by Ine Assoclated FfeH#
 Joliet, H., Sept. 1.-Two empty cells at the penitentiary here today awaited the arrival from Chicago of Nathan r. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, expected during the day to be- gin life sentences for-the staying of Robert Franks.
 Prison guards, without any word as to the time of arrival of the prisoners, waited all night in anti cipation of their coming. Warden John l.. Whitman said today he was still without definite information as to the time of arrival, but that he expected to have custody of the boys before night.
 The cells the boys will occupy their first day are those to which all new prisoners are taken and are termed solitary court" or detention quarters for incoming prisoners.
 When their automobile draws up to the prison they will be hustled through the entrance and will be stopped before an iron gate. Inside the record clerk will receive from the sheriff of Cook county the com mitment papers and will give to the sheriff a receipt.
 Numbers Picked
 Guards then will conduct the boys through a second iron gate, across a court and into the prison photo- grapher's office to he photographed in civilian attire. Here they will re- ceive their prison numbers Loeb and Leopold probably will receive 9S05 and 93O6. A bath, shave and haircut will follow.
 From the barber chair the boys will proceed to the Identification ex- pert for Bertillon measurement and finger prints and here they will re- ceive their first prison sults-second hand shirts, trousers. shoes and stockings used for the incoming prisoners,
 Then will come court solitary" where they will be kept in separate cells their first night. Tomorrow they will be assigned regular cells and work, will visit the prison phy- sician and psychiatrlst for examina- ton, and will be given a lecture on prison rules.
 The warden said that the youths would not be confined in the same cell or even in the same section of the prison, They may see one an- other while marching or in mess halls, but probably will not have a chance 10 talk for years. Cellmates will not be awarded to the slayers at once. They will be kept alone for a time.
 To Get Manual Labor
 The youths will be assigned to manual labor at the beginning de- spite their university educations. Warden Whitman indicated. Office work is reserved as a reward for good behaviour. The prison con- ducts shoe shops, furniture shops. rattan shops. machine shops and a stone quarry. The boys probably will not be assigned the stone quarry at the beginning, as this is consider ed one of the preferred jobs. because of the freedom attached. Che warden indicated
 All new prisoners are placed in grade C and after nine months may work into grade A, where they may he considered for some privileges. For practically a year. however, they will enjoy none of these privileges
 Prisoners must eat priso nfare. the warden explained. They may buy tobacco, gum and candy, but the only time they may eat food pre-. pared outside is on visitors day. once in two weeks.
 No Chaace To Write
 Leopold will have no chance to write books. the warden said. Once week each prisoner may write one letter. They may receive unlimited mail but an is censored. Books may be obtained from the prison library for the limited time the boys win