Word: wardenship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...facts are that he was warden of the Idaho state penitentiary at Boise, several hundred miles from Salmon, four consecutive two-year terms from 1900 to 1909. Again, in 1924, he was called to the wardenship of the institution but had served only a year when he accepted a call to the wardenship of the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., where...
...years of wardenship at Sing Sing were stormy and exciting. He was indicted for alleged "mismanagement" but the case was dismissed promptly. The return of Warden Osborne to Sing Sing was marked by a frantic demonstration by the prisoners among whom he was always extremely popular
...Newspapers and magazines throughout the country recorded, with attitudes varying from admiration to hatred, his achievements in this position. His indictment by the Westchester Country Grand Jury in 1913 and the prompt dismissal of the case by the judge in charge, increased his reputation, but he resigned his wardenship soon after ward...