Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
HARRY F. SINCLAIR
! TO Be NO. 9,OQOA AND
|. SOMETHING IN JAIL
Maj. Peake Says Oil Magnate
viii Be lust Like Any
Other Prisoner.
QUESTION OF DUTIES
PUZZLES OFFICIAL
Capitalist to Eat Baked Beans,
Bread and Tea Off Tin Plate
for First Supper.

The expected arrival at the District
jail next month of prisoner No. 5000
ana something in the person of one
Harry +. Sinclair, multi-millionaire oil
man, already has begun to set things
aouzz at 200 Nineteenth street south
east, and today Maj. w. L. Peake, super
lntendent, was besieged with a battery
OF newspaper cameramen and reporters.
IN response to the score of queries.
foremost of which was: How will Sin
clair be treated, and what will he do?"
MAJ. Peake made it plain that the dis
ungulshed prisoner will receive the
same treatment and be required to COM
ply with the standard rules governing
the behavior and conduct Of prisoners,
and Will be accorded no special
privileges
The major, however, was admittedly
perpIexed when, after stating that Sim
clair, like all other prisoners, will be
assigned to duties for which he is best
qualified. was reminded that there were
no oil wells In the Jail. He dismissed
the ending good-naturedly with the
reply that there undoubtedly would be
found some congenial work in which
Mr.. Sinclair could qualify.
Procedure Is Outlined.
Maj. Peake outlined the procedure to
which the millionaire will be required
to submit on entering the jail and the
routine he will follow while an inmate
of the institution.
Immediately upon being admitted
the prisoner will be taken to a large
room adjoining the main corridor of
the Jail rotunda and searched. He
then viii be assigned to a cellroom,
which ne will occupy either temporarily
or permanently, depending upon
whether he is detailed to a particular
job. After assignment to the cell,
which is only by 8 feet in dimension,
and lighted and ventilated by small
window in the top of the cell, about
8 by IL inches, he will be taken into
the prison shower room with three
other prisoners and given a bath.
Shortly after the bath. the evening
meal is to be served. The first eve
ming Sinclair will share the Jail fare
of baked beans. bread and tea off a tin
plate. and drink out of a tin mug, with
the rest Of the prisoners. in the long
dining hall off the rotunda, in view of
the execution chamber.
Next Meals May Be More Cheerful.
Maj. Peake pointed out that if Sim
clair was assigned to detailed duty, the
next day, the succeeding meals would
be eaten in a dining room designated
for that class of workmen adjoining the
kitchen. The latter dining room is
more cheerful in its environment, and
has separate wooden tables, accommo-
dating about so men each. In any event,
the meals at the Jail will be served with
out the table linen and other luxuries
to which the millionaire has been &C
cuStomed.
After the evening meal the prisoner
will retire to his cell or dormitory,
where he will be permitted to read the
newspapers or magazines, until O'Clock.
at which hour all lights must be turned
out and the tiers and corridors, except
in the rotunda. darkened for the night.
During the Summer months the prison.
ers arise at $50 am, dress, clean their
cells and get ready for breakfast.
The breakfast consists of cereal with
milk and sugar, and coffee with cream
and bread
The first morning in JAIL immedi-
ately after breakfast, the prisoner Is
fingerprinted and sent to the superin-
tendent's Office for interrogation with
view to learning his qualifications
for assignment to duties.
While Maj. Peake said that the first
question he would ask Sinclair prob
ably will be can you operate a type
writer" he indicated, that beyond a
few perfunctory queries, as to the pros
oner'S general education and mental
fitness, he had not determined the ex
act line of questioning he would
follow.