Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1909 — Money Hidden by Prisoners. [ARTICLE]

Money Hidden by Prisoners.

“I would venture it as a safe assertion that there is every Cent of $2,500 in cash hidden within the walls of this prison,” said Colonel E. E. Mudd, the warden. He then explained that the convicts hide the money in all sorts of places, oven to burying it In the yard. They will hide it In cracks in thejr cells and in the shops, frequently changing it so that the other convicts cannot get hold of it. A convict complained to the warden recently that he had SIOO hidden under the window sill in one of the shops and that it had been stolen from him by another convict. This shows how much money gets into the prison from time to time and is not discovered when the general search is made. The convicts are not allowed to have money in their possession, although they may keep it with the prison clerk. When the search was made the other day an old negro \vas forced to cough up 85 cents. which he laid in pennies and nickels concealed in his mouth.—Frankfort Cor. Louisville Courier-Journal.