Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — HAVE NO ONE TO PUT IN JAIL [ARTICLE]

HAVE NO ONE TO PUT IN JAIL

Mayor of Canton Wants to Know Wbat Use the Prison Is In His Town. Canton, O.—“ What good is a jail when there is no onp to put in it?” This query was sprung by Mayor Poorman, and when he failed to get any answers from other officials he announced he would recommend that the old city jail in the basement of the city hall be abandoned and the space be repaired and converted into office rooms for the city building commls-. slon. “The jail is of no use now,” said Mayor Poorman. “It has only been used for several years for drunks and slackers and now we have none of these. The new jail is sufficiently large to take care of all prisoners,” the mayor added.