Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1927 — Page 13

MARCH 11,1927

ONLY 10 EWE •MIN ENGLAND WITHINONE YEAR Was Unusually Large Number —All Were Re captured. Bv United Press LONDON, March 11. —Ten escapes were made from British prisons last year. All the fugitives were turedThe number of escapes was abnormal —the total during a year rarely exceeds two or three. The fact that those who made a dash for freedom were soon back again in jail was hn ordinary matter of procedure. 1 The rarity of escapes is a marked tribute to British prison discipline as exemplified from the governor of the prison down to the lowest paid jailer. It is illustrative of the immunity of prison officials from grafting. Tins practice of selling dope, liquor and even guns to the inmates of jails known to occur in the United States, is an unheard of thing in Britain. When the question was put to a Iliigh police official as whether such a practice had been attempted, *his denial was emphatic. Prompt Action ■“lmpossible,” he declared. "There Tave been minor attempts at smuggling tobacco, but that is the extent of grafting in this country. Even that offense is being gradually wiped out in consequence of the severe penalties incurred by the miscreants." Escapes from prisons result in quick action by the British Prison Commission—a body governing prison conditions here. In the summer of last year, three escapes, each within a short period of each other, were made from Pentonville prison in the suburb of London. A few weeks later an announcement was made in the newspapers that the governor. Major F. W. Blake, had resigned from his position. This typical incident is of the secrScy with which the authorities desire happenings inside British jails to be kept. Major Blake contracted with a certain newspaper to supply a series of articles on the lives and habits of prisoners who had passed through his hands. In one article he quoted the last words of a famous murderer —Frederick Bywaters. Bywaters, on the morning of his execution, had a conversation with Blake relating to Mrs. Edith Thompson, his _ co-operator in the murder, also sentenced to death and hanged. Bywaters was reputed to have said “It’s her I want to speak to you about, sir. I’ll swear she was not guilty.” Strict Discipline For revealing that fact Major Kke was fined $1,250 in addition to costs of the prosecution as having contravened the Officials Secrets Act. Thus even governors come under the same rigid code of discipline as the convicts themselves. Jailers in charge of a gang from which an escape has been made are suspended until the prisoner has been caught. They then have to give before a judge a very thorough reason for the escape. If the explanation is not satisfactory, the jailer is instantly dismissed. No second chance is given. They want as jailers in British prisons only men who never let up; never accept bribes; never allow prisoners to escape from (he fear of their surroundings. The remarkable thing, from the Amex-i----,an public’s point of view, is that they get them. That is the main reason why crime iA Britain is on the decline. ; A prison sentence is given as a deterrent, and with the methods adopted in British prisons it is an excellent deterrent. Many observers believe it might with advantage be copied by the United States. •OSWALD’—FOR SHORT! English Town Shortens Name to Avoid Ridicule. Bv United Press LONDON, March 11.—Just plain "Oswald” will suit the people of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, in future xeferences to their town. town councillors have taken gfcps to change the name of the tfiwn by dropping completely the last part of the name. They contend that the name as it now is holds the town up to ridicule and damages business. One council member asserted that he recently had a letter addressed to him'-—Os-waldtwistle, somewhere in England.”

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