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Warden Joseph Ragen blamed it all on his predecessor who, he said, ran the institution so badly that upon his departure "two buckets full of knives" were collected from the cells. As to perversion. Warden Ragen declared by radio: "There's always such things in prison and always will be. . . What can we do?" Chicago's Mayor Kelly, out for Governor Horner's scalp, replied: "There should be more watchfulness on the Dart of the guards , The minds of the prisoners should be kept on a healthy plane."
Meantime Loeb's funeral arrangements made fantastic news. A hearse with name plates and licenses covered arrived at Stateville for the body. In Chicago, a force of detectives kept the public away from the funeral parlor, and a cordon of police turned all comers away from the cemetery. Thereupon a rumor swept through the city that Loeb had not been killed at all, that the whole tale of murder and burial was a fabrication by which his family had at last bought his way to freedom. That made Warden Ragen laugh. Said he: "You don't need to worry any more about Loeb."