Education: Course for Convicts

In Illinois, last week, at the Stateville and Joliet Penitentiaries, began a high-school correspondence course with 22 convict-students, this faculty: Scholar-Murderer Richard Loeb, director and instructor in English composition, history and Spanish; Attorney-Kidnapper Joseph Pursifull, Latin; Engineer-Forger Mark Oettinger, mathematics; Student-Bandit Edward ("Toddy") Dillon, English literature.

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