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Bl. Captain Head, Captain of the Day Watch, though not over forty t years ol¢ (and formerly a guard on the Georgia Chain Gang), bas a most . ! Productive wysten of "pigenns". These “pigeons”, eo called because they trade “squeals” on other convicts to avoid the “hole” for « violaticn of ‘the rules, are too mumerous to identify, Needless to say they are not selected fron the ranks of forner moonshinors nor the clerical force, but chiefly from the list of dope addicts. “Snowbirds” as “finger-men” are most satisfactory to Captain Head, since he directs most of his inquiries to them, Drugs, in amazingly large quantitios, find their way into the institution. 4 "shot" sells for as low as « carton of cigarettes. (Cigar- ettes, incidentally, 4a the mediun of exchange) Captain Head, of course, is aware that Hackethal has "propo- siticned” Capon. . , that he has offered or agreed to feod him - - - olendestinely, of course, It is now up to Captain Head to contact one of the "C" cei] house inmates - one who nae been "knpt” fran the hole by Captain Read fer just such purposes Squenling. With @ confident feeling of success in the proposed investi~ gation, Captain Head saunters over the stockade, creating in the minds of any inmates the wonder that saceone of the many violent and desperate characters within the walls dose not reta! for punishnents inflicted through Captain Hoad’s arrests. Captain Head himself does not resound nor inflict the punishment ~ - the Deputy Marden (fantilarly know as after the offender Sehnozrle because of his long and prominent nose) does has been brought before him and given a “triel” or hear The squeuier, of course, ia never present at these "trials", and, unless the convict has been caught in the very act of which he stands accused, he hi whatecover of evading tzolation or the hole. Tsolation,it may be well to explain, ts reuoval from the cell the liberties the other prisoners ars entitled to - inclu movies, radio and #0 on - to a reatrioted portion of the Deputy Warden's Building above the “hole”, In insolation, of course, = man finds hi @lone and confronted by two blank walle, a wall with an inaccessible window