Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1901 — FINDS SON DEAD IN PRISON. [ARTICLE]

FINDS SON DEAD IN PRISON.

Mother Hss Sad Experience in Michigan City Penitentiary. A mother called to see her young convict son in the Michigan City penitentiary the other day and found him very sick. The prison physician warned her against staying too long, as he feared the son would not stand the strain. After many a reluctant start the woman finally got up to go, asking the son if there was anything he wanted. He replied: “Some orauges.” The mother hastened to the city to get the oranges, but the boy was dead when she returned.