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Show PRISONERS TAKEN FROM KANSAS TO (MM i THIS IS RESULT OF MISS BERNARDS' BER-NARDS' COMPLAINTS. Kansas. Accused of Mistreatment of Convicts From Oklahoma", Refuses to House Them Longer. : Lansinp, Kan.. ' Jan. ,30 -Ninf coaches composing a special traiu to convey tho Oklahoma prisoners from tha Kansas City penitentiary here to McAIester. Vinlta and Atoka. Okla., where they will be incarcerated In tho countv jails, left Lansing at noon w-dav w-dav 'The convicts, numbering In all three hundred and forty-four, sateen of whom are women, were shackle-I together In pairs, those considered to be" unruly, being chained In groups. The removal of the prisoners today rew out of an official investigation started by Miss Kate Barnard, superintendent super-intendent of prisons and charities in Oklahoma, who charges that the . OUa-noma OUa-noma convicts were cruelly treated. Following the investigation Kansas refused re-fused to renew Its contract with Ok-ianoma Ok-ianoma for the care of their convicts. The old contract ended today and ok-lahoma ok-lahoma officials were forced to . rejjjvo the convicts, notwithstanding OKI-bo OKI-bo has no state penitentiary in which to house them. |