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Sunday, January 10, 2016

A Sad Suicide

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February 12, 1917--- Locked away in a dark, cold cell somewhere in solitary confinement, Frank Cardarella, a young man, suffering from epile...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Preston Castle Was Compared To Spreckels Palace

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Post Card- Spreckel's Mansion Let me first say that during the writing of my book, I did the best I could with the information I had...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

A Murder In The Making--Tuffy Reid's History At Preston

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Clarence "Tuffy" Reid (Photo edited from original - editing by J'aime Rubio) During the process of writing "Behind ...

Random Mugshots

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Here are some photos of past wards at the Preston School of Industry along with the reasons for their incarceration.  WALTER TESCH ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Superintendents & Their Legacies

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Preston School of Industry, Ione, CA- In previous blog posts and also mentioned within my book "Behind The Walls," I touch on...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Wards Face Justice For Brutal Attack On Guard

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San Quentin Inmate # 20626 In a previous post on my "Dreaming Casually" investigative blog, I had written about a wild escape ...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

More Interesting Facts

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Hospital Staff, 1916 PRESTON HOSPITAL STAFF, 1916-- The 1916 Biennial Report for the Preston School of Industry briefly speaks about the...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Strange and Mysterious Deaths

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During my research into the history of the Preston School of Industry I have found a few strange stories. Most of the stories I would usuall...

More Violence At The Preston School of Industry

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Preston has a bad reputation for brutality to the wards, but I can tell you, there was just as much brutality from the wards to each othe...