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Show IS ATLANTA FEDERAL PRISON LIVING HELL? YES, SAY MORTON AND HAWTHORNE; WARDEN MOYER WANTS TO BE INVESTIGATED . . 1 Atlanta federal prison; Julian Hawthorne, Haw-thorne, Dr. W. P. Morton (bottom) and Warden W. FL Moyer (right). When Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his companion, com-panion, Dr. W. P. Morton, coming out of the Atlanta federal penitentiary peniten-tiary on parole, said that the prison was a "firing hell" and a place of slow murder, and told why they thought so, they precipitated a debate de-bate that is likely not to end until the prison has been turned inside Out, and all officials and employes within its walls, as weTl as many prisoners of high and low degree, arc subjected to the firo of government govern-ment investigation. An investigation seems inevitable Warden W. H. Moyer, the object of Hawthorne's most earnest denunciation, denunci-ation, has requested it, and Congressman Con-gressman William Howard, hinting that he Is ready to believe the charges made by the two noted prisoners, pris-oners, has promised it, stating that if the department of justice fails to take the matter up he will present it in the form of a resolution on the floor of the house, asking the appointment ap-pointment of a congressional committee com-mittee to carry on the investigation. pssjj MWW |