Show n o LS-o 50 THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW I The Thc daring prison break at the Utah penitentiary peni peni- this morning should bring ring a sud sudden halt halt- to o the hc sympathy which has b been en accorded accorded accorded ac ac- ac- ac corded cri criminals nals in Utah in recent years It Ic likewise likewise like like- wise should arouse the people to to demand th that t. t the prison administration dc devote ote itself more to carrying out the edicts of the law lw and anti less len to the I whims of convicted thugs and murd murderers Only a w week k or so ago a convict took French leave of di the Utah warden and his aides Little attention n was was paid to his absence until after the the theatres tre closed as the p prison on officials thought perhaps ho he o had bad gone to a show We cannot hope to suppress crime crime in in Utah while the prison directors maintain this attitude The spirit is little sh short it of f criminal carelessness for it betta betrays s the public trust I I Neither ther the law nor the e p people ever c contemplated plat plated l giving c convicts the fr freedom edo of of- the tho town I This escape escape Was was of minor minor or importance but it jt r reflects reflects re re- I the attitude of the prison n administration I toward W rd the prisoner pris ne The same same same- carelessness ar l b is 3 l apparent en inthia i m mornings morning's break The worst mc men i. i 4 I I I behind the walls men who wiio were supposed to be shut off from the outside world were permitted to get hold of a gun The mystery of the guns gun's pr presence ence has no not been solved nor norr is ia it likely to be solved Gross Grossi i carelessness alone can explain the introduction of the we weapon pon and this undoubtedly may be attributed attributed attrib attrib- to the desire to render kindly treatment to the inmates of the prison The guards on duty also have something to explain for they were completely outwitted in every turn of the plot to escape The time has come when the people must call calla I a halt to the perpetual farce at the Utah state stab prison We are advertising the state to the world as a mecca for th thugs gs and murd murderers who would ply their trades under WIder the cover Clover of comfort We WeI cannot suppress crime while the pardon board devotes itself itself- to defea defeating the ends of justice as determined by the courts and the prison officials forget that h t the penitentiary was constructed for punishment of criminals and not for foi the support and ind entertainment of of the thc desperate characters w who o come cne af Jaw afoul of the e law w. w |