Word: sinclairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sinclair, I've taken a lot of bets on your horses and I've made a lot more on my own, and I've always wanted to meet you, but I'm sorry it had to be in jail...
...Sinclair's "thing" was a go-day sentence for "contemptuous" refusal to answer questions the U. S. Senate asked him about the oil scandals. Drummed into confinement by gloating editorials throughout the land, he had spent his first night on cot 62 in the prison dormitory. Clad in silk pajamas he had sat most of the night on the edge of cot 62, smoking cigarets. The snores of 60 roommates kept him awake...
...Convict Sinclair did not hurry to serve his sentence. When commitment papers, were signed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, Sinclair was not present...
...another rich man, Elverton R. Chapman, had been placed in the same jail for a similar offense. Convict Chap man had a two-cell suite, Persian carpets, special furniture, meals from outside. Maj. William L. Peake, Superintendent of the Washington jail, said Sinclair would be allowed no such luxuries. Declared Jailer Peake...
...jail isn't like it used to be. . . . As for Sinclair, he'll be just one of the boys here.We'll put him to work and hope he likes it. . . ." Convict Sinclair will share "his 8-by-6 cell with another prisoner. He will rise at 5:30 A. M.; retire at 9 P. M. For amusement he may read books, listen to the radio. It will be hot in this jail during the summer. If all goes well for him, Sinclair will be free...