Show Stern Warden Takes Over Prison Prison- After Break Try Fatal to Four dour MALESTER Okla Aug 12 Stern lP-Stern Stern Fred Hunt promoted from warden of f Granite reformatory reformatory reformatory reform reform- atory took over at McAlester penitentiary ry Tuesday as funeral services were held for his predecessor predecessor predecessor pred pred- Jess Dunn slain in a bloody Sabbath break Hunt who once attracted na national national national na- na attention by dressing re recalcitrant recalcitrant recalcitrant re- re reformatory inmates in lace panties and seating them themon on a platform to receive the jeers of their fellows was named to his new post by Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Leon C C. C Phillips Ed OBrien O'Brien chief clerk of the state board of affairs and a former former former for for- mer merchant with merchant with no previous prison experience replaced Hunt at Granite Hunt who never has lost a prisoner nor had a major break attempt in his six and a half years as warden at Granite took over his new post with a pledge of fun full cooperation from Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Phillips Hunt is is boss there said Phillips who has been gating personally the Sunday break in which Dunn two convicts convicts convicts con con- and a jailer were vere slain slam after four convicts seized the warden as a hostage His job is to keep those men in in and he has my complete backing backing- Now in his late forties Hunt 6 foot 3 inch pound man who regularly wears cowboy boots and 10 gallon 10 gallon hat took over at Granite after 33 felons broke out in February 1935 killing Guard Pate Jones He replaced Mrs George A A. Waters affectionately known as asMa asMa asMa Ma to the inmates who turned against herIn her In addition to keeping the inmates in inmates in- in mates already in the institution behind the bars Hunt wona wona national reputation as a relentless relentless relentless relent relent- less nemesis of men who es escaped escaped escaped es- es under previous administrations adminis adminis- Most famous of his cases of missing men was that of Carlton Carlton Carlton Carl- Carl ton Chilton who escaped nearly a decade ago and became a re respected respected respected re- re citizen of Ohio Hunt pleaded personally for forthe forthe forthe the return of Chilton at a hearIng hearing hearing hear hear- ing before the governor of Ohio but the chief executive refused to grant his extradition I |