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sa: a “oy ae ; “het ~ a lesist thoae with super #20, and oie Life-on the Reck Shours- | janes cnn tn SAS - b 7 : . an plained. "We _ play the down, pot-up, °° Ps Case Hardened Criminals | |"twemssoneian eaten They Can’t Be ‘them down to their proper-site. We Wanien James: aA. Johnston of . 4 ? at the Law havé brought.-ali of thens te the Alceiras prison, i an thiervisw realization thet they are not ag big authorised. by Atty. Gea. Cum- “as they thought they were.” . - mings, tells herve the behind-the- scones story. of the life of Al Ca: pone and other criminals confined Bi “the reck'" in Ban: Francisco . bay. This is the first of thres ar- fieles presenting Jor the firat time @ complete account of conditions, | administration and. policies: of Al- watraz. : sorrigibles ti: Aleatraz .... ‘Tht main job is {o impress on their Minds # Wfe-long lesson ef the pow> er of the United States governmént and @ reeilzation that they are not greater than the conatituted authori- ties. , . sot These and other facts of Hfe on “the rock" were revealed by Warden Janes A. Sohuaton in an“nterview authorized” ‘by Atty. “Gen opiomer? Cummings... os PRozimately 370 prisoners on escapiy piloof Aleatra:. That term “escapee Rioot” is used intentionally, tor, a¢ oprding te Warden Jobnstoz, an il CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, Conon? 4 “Alcatraz saa stil prion ia‘an yA FL RECK a 2 AKEAND, Cane —They. can't be) SMPeriment which may have its .af reformed! ‘The federal prison | eet 95 prea. Pike a oughout on Alegirag island isan institutlon) ve get only "the met pateheee E of punishment, nok of reformation.| rtoblems—problems. for the mo} A prisoner at <Alestraz, dread] part which cannot be.solved.in ott “devil's island” of America, not only prisena..- of gives: up his identity for a number] “No prisoner is.ever sentenced di- bit He loses hiv tadividuality and] feclly to Alcatraz. All have bee . transferred fram other inatitutioda becomes, as far as bis warders can sa inedrrigible or to break up prison make hit, an automaton,.catirely ; gangs. : subservient-to the strict rules of the “Other prisons have ne way te Depitentiary. . eontrol the type of men or the num- here is little or no hope of pre- ber which they receive. On Aleatras paring men, Tegarded os tough we can handle oaly a limited num. |, enough for confinement on the is- her and take only those prisoners land, to be useful citizens upon their whose cases. have heen passed upon release, The men on the bleak, 12- by prison, boards and whe their ? acre rock in the middle of San Fran transfer is appraved hy the federal cigcn, Bay. are case-hardepad-erimy- director of prisons.” ° : inala. ; Deflate Thelr Kew With euch. notorious: criminals as { Al Capose, Machine Gun Kelly, Hat i mor Waley and Aibert Bateson “the! vock,” Warden Jolinston has « dif-' ficult task but he believes he ts ax- | ‘complishing the Purposes for which , the prisaw was established. * Pp fey the super-crlarieni wr at j bL- 78933 - MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MAY 24, 1937 i an | Al the present time there ere ap~ j Mr. Nathan... Mz. Toleon Mr. Ranghman_ Mr: Daweey 2... Bir: Ege... Bir. Forrweieth Mr, Glavio cece: Mr, Baste 0. Mr. Niebola i, Mr Qsime eee OER SRE