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In Manhattan, while trying to escape from jail disguised as a visiting church worker, Mrs. Jennie Goldstein, plump, fur-coated, wearing horn-rimmed spectacles and with prayer books and a bundle of religious tracts tucked under her arm, paused and twittered to Head Keeper Edward A. Glennon, "It's a very fine day the good Lord has given us, isn't it?" "A fine day, indeed!" roared Head Keeper Glennon as Mrs. Goldstein turned to leave by the prisoners' entrance instead of the visitors', and clapped her back in her cell.

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