A FLOATING GAOL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 7 April 1910, Page 7

A FLOATING GAOL.

TAKING PRISONERS FOR A

CRUISE

AN INCREASING PASSENGER-

LIST,

[press association.]

WASHINGTON, April 5

The Federal Court of Alaska is engaged in a 2000-mile cruise aboard a revenue cutter, trying and sentencing prisoners and stowing them on board until the end of the cruise.

The necessity of this proceeding arises from the prevalence fo lawlessness among the salmon canneries of the islands and the coast.