Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1908 — Streets Swept by Convicts. [ARTICLE]

Streets Swept by Convicts.

The public streets in the towns of Java are daily swept and kept clean by native convictsx They go to work chained together in parties of 20 or 30, under the superintendence of barefooted native soldiers, clad In ill-fit-ting uniforms, who would Instantly shoot their charges down if they tried to escape during their working time, wher they are unchained.—Wide World Magazine. :