3) (4° 24—THE INTELLIGENCER, Friday, August: Former guard feels lucky to be retired Peat Reporter As a in the poaee bes ho o the Nov Not cca Atlantic "and on the murderous sion and terror he came to know in civilian life as a guard in various But Palmer managed 34% years, taking early retirement tin. 979, “happy” and “ucky”’ 4 be out of “There were a few inmates I could trust sectiel ys with pride. And he even chokes up with emotion as he cites one major cell prot will come to almer." 4 That was one eg “at heme tive’ ba oe eenicaD all be- we Met f but niemeelien, 2 peas! But some had int amaz- abilities. ® almer of es- couldn’t remember what day it Pour a ius with te res. Palmer ose fies five feet “Paimer ade okie date pleted duties, ‘‘care and con- ea pt peltonsrs, to mean as much when one ee ed tapring Patera pari caat casting of one ee ae says he made ard replace | and pay for work. And he and many other guards had their own ideas about who was guilty or innocent. To this day, Eatioves the Perth County aay Stephen Truscott, cutter, and that pi r was then transferred to Penet P Palmer recalled eo case where a young teenage boy was sentenced wen years" — for robbing a taxi driver of $1.40 with a by pam, be acting on a dare. “He idn’t have been there,”’ says almer. Early on in iy prison guard career, S he realized the convicts had tot ae something constructive to do in all their spare ie So with the warden’s consent, Aten believe Beek was the ist time in seeee years, the prison system lost it its ee maintain discipline, he Still aes many friends working the prison . Palmer Teports: “It’s hell in the service to- nd yes, he admits, some of the’ were 3 id mean, an sometimes that is what was “Tm have surviv- stim tm gad don’t ace