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Show CONVICTS SENT TO MINNESOTA PRISON Washington, Feb. 21 Chained to the car seat, one prisoner to each seat, two coach loads of federal convicts were taken under a heavy guard from the District of Columbia Jail to the Minnesota state penitentiary at Stillwater. Still-water. The transfer of the prisoners was made at Ihe instigation of the department de-partment of justice and their transfer trans-fer to the Minnesota Institution was made necessary by the crowded eondi-tion eondi-tion of the federal penitentiaries at Atlanta and Moundsvllle. W. Va . to irhicb district prisoners cenerally are transferred The ronviet ears will arrive ar-rive at their destination Sunday morn-I morn-I ing |