Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1915 — Warden's Wife Roasted Alive On Burning Bed. [ARTICLE]

Warden's Wife Roasted Alive On Burning Bed.

Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife of the warden of the Illinois penitentiary at Joliet, was found dead in her bi&zfng bed Sunday morning. A committee is investigating the death to ascertain whether the death waa caused by Mrs. Allen accidentally setting herself on fire or was efaun and burned by George Campbell, a negro trusty and a servant in the house of the warden. Campbell, who is serving an indeterminate term for manslaughter committed in Chicago, denies that he committed the act. Mr. Allen, was absent on a trip to West Baden, Ind., at the tune of the misfortune. It is said that the honor system, which has been much used in the last two years, will probably be suspended. Q-~.