Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1903 — Nice Prison, This. [ARTICLE]

Nice Prison, This.

It is very- doubtful if there is anywhere a more delightful nrison than that of Tobel, in Switzerland. There are very few guards, not more than one to every twenty-five prisoners, and they never tliink of earning arms. The prisoners’ cells are constantly open, so that the inmates can easily communicate with one another and can tell at any time what the guards are doing. Moreover, the prisoners are allowed to have paper, ink, newspapers, cider and various dainties from the kitchen, including fried eggs, of which they are very fond. One would suppose that prisoners would not desire to leave such an eartlily paradise as this,yet throe notorious murderers—Lohrer, Schmid and Hess—quietly strolled away from it recently and, it is said, have not as yet shown any inclination to return.