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Show fLAN OF PRIVATE PRISON FOR WHICH LOUIS A. GOURDAIN HAS BROKEN GROUND, Louli A. Oourdaln wt the central figure the other morning In peculiar little ceremony just ouUlde the walls of the Jollet penitentiary. It wat the groundbreaking for Oourdaln'a own private four-story prlion, In which he Intend!, In-tend!, aa he eaye, to eerve out the term of four years and a half to which he wae eentenced by the United Statet court for running a lottery game. The exteelor of the "prlion," which le to cott $70,000, will preient an aipact at aevere and uninviting aa that of the atate penitentiary, but the Interior, according ac-cording to the plant, will be a combination of modern home comfort and Institutional In-stitutional plalnnett. The exterior will rival an ancient battlle for loopholes and parapets, and the Interior, or at least a part of It, will be luxuriantly appointed. ap-pointed. There Is to be a living room and dining room for Qourdaln and a similar provision for the private warden whom Oourdaln will Install An elaborately furnished workshop, where Courdaln says he will toll from day to day, and a cell of up to date structure are also provided for In the plans. There will also be a reception room for women and a library, and In the basement base-ment will be an office room for the "warden," a boiler room, a dining room and laundry. |
