Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1911 — Paraded with Ball and Chain. [ARTICLE]

Paraded with Ball and Chain.

ML Vernon, Ind., Oct. 6. Mayor Moeller has started a new system of punishment for city prisoners who refuse to work. William Saxton refused to work on the streets, and Mayor Moeller ordered his ankle adorned with a twenty-five pound ball and chain and turned him over to a policeman with instructions to parade him through the principal business streets until he decided to work. - - - I,