Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1915 — Penitentiary Goes Bankrupt. [ARTICLE]

Penitentiary Goes Bankrupt.

The Louisiana penitentiary has been found to be bankrupt by the state prison commission, which has sent urgent requests to the governor for immediate funds, otherwise 1,500 convicts may go free.