CRIME Convict's Dream
In two decades as a professional burglar, gaunt, nervous Steve Rumnoch had done nicely at his specialtybreaking into houses. His score: 800 jobs, no arrests. But he had been caught four times for breaking into stores, had spent 15 years in prison. Life behind walls was intolerable to him and he grew morose and hopeless in "stir." Nevertheless during his last stretch, 34 months at the Iowa State Penitentiary, he forced himself to plan a better life for the future.
He kept a voluminous notebook, jotted down things for which he yearned. Among them: Oregon mountain meadow preserves, Edam...
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