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Show Fiction Writer Will Study Utah State Prison Methods THE humanitarian methods in use at the Utah state prison, under the direction of Warden George A. Storrs, are due to be given prominence promi-nence in the near future as the result of a nationwide investigation now being conducted by Jack A. Boyle, creator cre-ator of the famous Boston Blackie character, char-acter, known to most readers of magazine maga-zine fiction. Mr. Boyle, in company with his wife, arrived In Salt Iike yesterday, bavin? previously received an invitation from Warden Storrs to visit the Mate prison and to learn what he could of the manner in which "llfei-s" and other criminals are treated. Ills presence in the city is by way of assignment from the editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine, with which he made a contract last January to fur- j nish this monthly his pen products exclusively. exclu-sively. 1 So far Mr. Boyle has curried his investigations inves-tigations into the penitentiaries at Jollet. 111., Canyon City, Colo., and Waupun, Wis. He said last night that from the accounts he had heard of the svstem adopted by Warden Storrs in the "treatment "treat-ment of prisoners he expects to discover some of the most Interesting material yet found In his travels, adding that, if reports are true, Utah is in advance of any other state in the country in the matter of prison reform. In addition to his popularity as a writer of magazine fiction. Mr. Boyle has won considerable reputation In recent vears as a result of the plot urlza tlon of his stories for the screen, William Hart and Bert Lyiell having bought a great number of them for t heir personal use. Mr. Boyle began his literary career as a newspaper reporter in Xew York and Chicago. He broke Into the magazine maga-zine Held about four years ago and has created a wide demand for his stories. |