Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1915 — Lifers Given Outing. [ARTICLE]

Lifers Given Outing.

The five oldest inmates of the state prison in the point of service were taken by Warden Fogarty on an automobile trip to Laporte, a distance of 14 miies, as a reward for their clean reacords during their long term in the prison. The men have served an aggregate of 142 years, or an average of 28 years to the man. Louis Abbott is the oldest lifer, having been convicted in 1878.