Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-05 | Page 9 | 'show-Up' Hour Idea Borrowed from New York by County Jail

SHOW UP SHOW UP HOUR IDEA BORROWED 1 FROM NEW YORK BY COUNTY JAIL iI jr rf f F aY a ra t 7 f fi i r S r 1 4 F t rA si L 41 f d 1 I. I 1 j. j r rF F r o fi IS kuo rAf IpA S C 3 l X f o or r rF fir 1 rf t j M o 4 3 r rf f r It f r rf f r ry r r i t t tf f The winning county jail tier for the month month of J June e Is shown in the above picture Sheriff S. S Grant Young is Inspecting the Inmates County jail prisoners who have the cleanest tier on monthly In Inspection inspection inspection in- in I day arc are awarded a weeks week's supply of tobacco 1 Prisoners Given Reward for Keeping i Cell Tiers Clean D By Its It's hour In the Salt Lake county jail Under the dazzling glare clare of a myriad myriad my my- myriad riad of powered high electric lights six men arc are lined up In a narrow 12 foot long cage Their backs are arc against a dead black wall divided into nto sections by white painted lines linesa I Ia a a section to each man man and and with horizontal white lines as height marks Each man stands on black footprints painted on a white floor The front of the cage is a wire grating On the other side of the grating sits a group of law enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment officers headed by Sheriff Sherif S. S Grant Young They are there every morning mornin at aU 9 o'clock So are men within the cage different cage different ones ever every morning Hour Jour I I They the They the insiders insiders arc are prisoners g jetting getting their first once over at the hands lands of Sheriff Young and his dep dep- They are undergoing their initial quizzing in what the officers call hour Its It's a recent addition to the daU daily county jail program of events events culled culled from rom New Yorks York's famous lineup asan as asan asan an aid in identifying newly arrested law violators and acquainting the sheriff sherif and his aids with the records and facial and physical characteristics tics of the men in the cage Mesh Masks View The prisoners cannot see e through the wire mesh It might as well be bea a stone wall being of the sort one can see through from one side only The glare of ot the electric ligh lights aids in keeping the insiders from looking out But the officers outside can see sec within the cage cage cage-as as plainly as though every man was In the center of at a powerful searchlight Every person arrested by Sheriff Youngs Young's men between 9 a a. a m. m of one day and 9 a. a m m. of the next comes to the cage for the ordeal of ofa a thorough going over and quiz quiz- zing William L L. Foxley county fingerprint fingerprint finger- finger print expert docs does the questioning Other deputy sheriffs chime in if it they hey have any special queries to put All are given ample opportunity to register every new prisoner in their minds eyes for future reference Prisoners Quizzed Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- prisoners quizzed day were Henry Stillmore Ralph W. W H. H Compton Isaac Joseph Schneider and Antonio Antonio An An- tonio Torres They had been arrested arrest arrest- ed on charges varying from vagrancy to attempted murder and they represented represented several races and nationalises white ties ses white red and black American Indian and negro The new county has already already already al al- al- al ready been responsible for the uncovering uncovering uncovering un un- covering of several bad men men It disclosed a man wanted for tor murder in n California several escaped prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- and others wanted for tor some crime in other states Inspection Day Saturday is inspection day at the county jail It happens every Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day at 10 a a. a m. m and the public is invited invited invited in in- to attend and see what the jail looks like with its best bib and tucker tuck tuck- er on Sheriff Young offers otters a prize of 24 sacks of ol a well known known brand of smoking smoking smoking ing tobacco to the occupants of oC the tier adjudged the and span- span nest on inspection da day The result is one of the cleanest and best kept kepi jails in the countr country country country-an an an outcome of ol the prisoners' prisoners own efforts at mop upping and md the efficient wielding of ol broom dust rag and polishing cloth