Show WARDEN GIVES PLAN TO HANDLE CREPE REPEATERS A I Head of Ohio Prison Suggests Em Emasculation of Habitual Criminals Copyright Copyright- 1034 1934 by the Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio Dec Dee 12 AP AP Warden Warden Preston E. E Thomas of at Ohio penitentiary to whom many a c convicts convict's parting has been au revoir not mt int declared himself in favor of ot a law to provide emas ula tion for repeaters s 4 Mak Make a law jaw and you will wUl reduce crime by half halt he asserted as as- Although not personally sponsoring such a law law- the warden said he would be eager cager to give a legislative committee commit commit- tee the benefit of his 20 years' years experience ence as a prison keeper lie He suggested too that the most convincing convincing con con- evidence to be arrayed for his proposal would come from Ohio's convicts convict themselves Although the warden said the emasculation emasculation emas emas- law would be designed purely pure- pure ly lyas s a deterrent to crime crim he added it w would uld have merit as a eugenic measure measure meas incas ure as a a method of sterilization Sterilization proposals as a means of ot crime have cropped up periodically and fruitlessly in the Ohio legislature Never however has it considered emasculation of ot criminals If U a committee wants to come over here it ought to interview the pris pris- They'll admit emasculation will stop them I haven't talked to one yet who has not said he wouldn't be here if it we had an emasculation law said Warden ThomasI Thomas I 1 would give every prisoner leaving leav leav- ing the prison a copy of ot the law at atthe atthe atthe S the door The law to be effective should have wide publicity It would be the same as the electric eke elec S trie chair which keeps many a robber from carrying a gun The warden said the ordinary sterilization ster ster- S operation would only tu turn turnout turnout n nS out men dangerous to society Emasculation Emas S would unsex criminals but butS still leave them able to earn their livings livings liv live S ings he explained The veteran prison keeper declared that 75 per cent of all robberies are committed on account of ot women Robbers have to payment and buy buyS S fur coats for or their women women women-that's that's why S many of ot them rob Weve got to do something And nd r if lie the prisoners agree that emasculation tion will stop them we ought to have S S sense enough to agree with them |