Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-19 | Page 5 | Folsom All Agog as First Woman Prisoner's Arrival Draws Near

Fols Folsom in All Agog As First Woman Prisoners Prisoner's s Arrival Draws Draw Near FOLSOM PRISON Cal April IS 19 I United Press Press Folsom Folsom state prison prison prison son was all agog today toda For the first time In the prisons prison's history a woman convict was coming to tobe tobe tobe be a prisoner Shi She is Mrs Sarah Hall 48 Los Angeles forger Because she too is a a. three time loser loser she sIms was sentenced to this rockbound prison for hardened case habitual criminals crimi crimi- nals i i Judge Hartley haw of ot Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles didn't think Mrs Hall lIaU should associate with such one timers timers' as Clara Phillips and Dorothy Ellingson Elling- Elling son at San Quentin I Prison barbers here had a run I on haircuts and shaves the last few tew days Many of ot the boys were wore caught surreptitiously pressing their trousers Warden Waiden Smith was quite frankly in a quandary when he Ime was notified notified notified noti noti- fied by District Attorney Burton R R. Fitts that his feminine guest would arrive Saturday morning the We cant can't keep her said warden We Ve haven't got any place pIn to put her When Then Mrs Hall is received the time warden plans to have her photographed photo photo- graphed raph d. d fingerprinted d and other- other wise vise tagged and labeled according to o prison rules He Ho wl will I then kee keep her in his office under guard wh while e ehe he ie gets busy on the telephone and requests the state board to transfer the tho woman to San an Quentin