Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-12 | Page 1 | Prisoners on a Train

ON A TRAIN Special Carries 125 Convicts Con-victs and Is Going to the Coast. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 12. Bearing Bear-ing 125 law offenders from the military mili-tary prison hero to the prison on Al-catraz Al-catraz Island, California, a special train of five cars left this city today over the Rock Island for Denver and the coast The convicts wore under the caro of 25 military guards and wero accompanied by a detachment from tho hospital corps. The move is in accordance with a recent order .from th0 war department depart-ment to segregate prisoners convicted convict-ed under civil law from tho purely military law offenders. It is the aim eventually to change tho Leavenworth Leaven-worth prison into a sort of reformatory reforma-tory institution where soldiers guilty of minor offense may bo reclaimed.