Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-11
TROUBLE MAKERS
At L0RTON TO CO
TO PEN|TENT|AR|ES
Public Welfare Board Gets
Consent to Ship Not
Less Than so.
PENAL GROUP TO MEET
WITH BARNARD TODAY
Question of Selecting Successor to
A. c. Tawse Will Be
Taken Up.

NO less imam 5O OF the 1O2 trouble
makers who have been isolated at the
Lorton Reformatory as responsible for
stirring up recent disturbances there
will be shipped away to Federal peni-
tentiaries, it was learned today
1t was learned that the Board of
Public Welfare has already secured the
informal consent of the Department
of Justice to take the unruly prisoners
and put them in Federal penitentiaries,
from which most of them came.
A meeting of the Penal Committee
of the Board of Public Welfare has
been set for 2:30 pm today, at which
time this problem will be discussed
Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent
of District penal institutions, will be
present and will report en- the situa-
ton at the reformatory to the COM
snittee.
Recommends Transfer.
Senator King of Utah, chairman of
the Senate District Committee, will
recommend to the Department Of JUS
tice the transfer of hardened cr1ni-
mails" from the Lorton Reformatory to
one or more of the Federal penlten-
tiarieS. he said today.
Il have already discussed with the
District Commissioners" Senator King
said, the advisability of having the
hundred or more criminals at Lorton
who caused the recent trouble there re-
moved to Federal penitentiaries. I
think it should be done.
THE District Commissioners and the
Public Welfare Board think have done
very good work and have the situation
at Lorton well in hand. However, there
should be a segregation OF hardened
and confirmed criminals and do not
thinks that that class should be left
at the Jorton Reforinatory.'
Tawse Successor Considered.
The question of selecting successor
to A. c. Tawse, who resigned as super
intandent of the reformatory, will also
be taken up. The Commissioners have
the request pending with President
Roosevelt for permission to fill this
vacancy Even should this request be
granted now, however. it was learned
that no successor would be appointed
until affairs at Lorton have been
thoroughly Strengthened out and re-
turred to normal. This job has been
assigned to Capt Barnard. who is act
ing as superintendent at Lorton in ad-
dition to his duties in control of the
Districts other penal institutions.
Capt. Barnard came to washington
this morning and discussed the sltua-
ton with George S. Wilson, director OF
public welfare. in preparation for the
meeting this afternoon. Wilson said he
had talked to members of the board
by telephone, and that they were all
agreeable to Barnard'S request that
most of the troublemakers be shipped
away to other Federal penitentiarles.
Plans New Brick Wall.
Meanwhile, Capt. Barnard expects to
concentrate all the money available on
constructing brick wall surrounding
the group of buildings where the NAL
content prisoners are now locked in
cells Mr. Wilson said he thought that
bv concentrating all available construc-
tion money for the fiscal year 1888 on
this project, 100000 would be avail
able. This would be enough to COM
iplete the wall. except for some of the
more expensive fittings, such as a steel
gate operated by electricity. 1t is some
what doubtful, however. at this time,
whether other construction work at
s1orton can be delayed so as to con-
scentrate all money on the wall. 1t ap-
spearS that it will be necessary to ask
flor more money when Congress con-
sveneS next January, if the wall Is to
sbe completed within year.
Capt Barnard reported today every
thing quiet at Lorton. Mr.. Wilson Wis
:ited the institution yesterday and went
cover it thoroughly, his visit including
"a tour of the steel cells in which the
malcontents are now confined He said
today he was satisfied the institution
was normal except for the men in the
cells. and that in his opinion it would
be necessary to get a large batch of
them into other institutions. He said
the board does not want the men in
definitely kept in cells, and that it
would be dangerous to let them out to
stir up more trouble with the inmates
on the rest of the reservation, around
whom comparatively few restrictions are
placed.
Detail Continued.
Supt. OF Police Brown announced
that the special police detail would
be maintained at Lorton through to-
morrow at which time he would confer
with Capt Barnard to determine
whether to withdraw the officers
The detail consists of IL officers, 10
OF whom are members Of the gas squad
These officers have been on duty at
the reformatory continuously since Sat-
urday. living in a dormitory on the
reservation.
Maj. Brown said he is keeping the
officers at Lorton at the request of
Capt. Barnard. who believes their pres
ence is having a good psychological
effect on the rebellious-inclined pris-
onerS.