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POLK COL NT Y NEWS-fiAZETTE. KENTO TEX jSSEE 1 rc GIVES CONVICTS "CHANCTNEEDED Head of Eig New York Concern Known as "Soul-Saver of Sing Sing." WAS ONCE IN PENITENTIARY Unjustly Sentenced, as He Maintains, What He Saw There Led Him to Adopt His Peculiar Business Plan, and He Has Never Regretted It Good, Efficient Workers, and All Honest Refers to Prison as "Crime College." MR. EMPLOYER SAW THIS IN SING SING PRISON. Forty per cent, of the men in prison ought not have been sent there. Nearly 50 per cent, of the Inmates of Sing Sing are "dope fiends." Twenty per cent, are "dope fiends" when they go there. The remaining 30 per cent, acquire the habit in their cells. There should be prison segregation prisons for first offenders, places for old-timers, for degenerates and for murderers. By mixing all together, the pestilence of one Is spread, to the other. Thus the prison becomes , a crime coliegc. That's the record of a man who served almost a year and a half in the water-eoaked, cells of the state's chief prison. But here's his trait that makes every man with a heart love him "He's the Soul-Saver of Sing Sing." This manufacturing company is do ing a reputable business in lower New York city. Its president and propri etor is a former inmate of the prison, and his office employes have served prison sentences for nearly every va riety of crime. The firm does about $1,000,000 a year business and" enjoys an enviable standing for integrity and reliability. The jailbird proprietor has an Inti mate acquaintance with every notori ous criminal in Sing Sing prison, gained while he was doing time as a fellow prisoner. He always hires his employes direct from prison cells as they are about to be paroled. This Is what a business rival said of him: "He is far more honest than most men who have never seen a jail. I never question his word. It is as good as his bond, and I should be satisfied to transact any business, no matter how large, with him on his verbal agreement." This is what the employer says of bis thirty ex-convict office employes: "I have employed several hundred at various times, and I have never had one go back on me. These con victs have proven 100 per cent, hon est." Found Guilty of Fraud. For obvious reasons the name of this convict-manufacturer is withheld, though he makes no secret of his own life-story. Briefly, ten years ago he was accused of taking part In a con spiracy to defraud, was tried and found guilty. For a long time the case hung on the records, but finally he was sent to Sing Sing on a fifteen months' sentence, which he served. It was what he saw there that caused him to start his unique employ ment shop for ex-convicts. While liv ing with two other men in a cell, three feet six inches by Beven feet, with the water reeking and dripping down the Btono walls of the century-old hell hole, he developed some radical ideas on the present-day theory of prisons and prisoners. He had ample opportunity to study the civilization that openly tolerates the throwing of men, who have made a single slip, into one of those three-by-seven cells, with a pair of the low est, most hardened, degenerate crooks that can be found for companions. He formed opinions as to whether a year or two of life In these cells with the dregs of human degeneracy for com pany was of much practical value in reforming a young clerk of good fam ily who took a small Bum of money 'iret of the till, or an unemployed boy " " mK'Won vict .And. M WKrTJtC:ol. oii W trie laigest nyau- j j.! A ufacturine cTicein3 ni-ivv jura. x.ii-y ti'j'.e j g?t liri .'or U.a iici I n it lit" if ; f Ki Canvic-3 Intimately. ( H s'uli -.l th nun nr. J t!-e:r n- virnrnen-. an 1 worked out the rsiilt 'of thf o n.biuation Mo got a good , li-a of th a 1 vantage to youthful con Vic's of biTi u cocaine and n:ori hino pni'i;!? I in to 'hem by krept-r3 a lot ; mor crciAcJ than th prisoners thy , f?uir!eil. Me fonnod some in: (ires- J .-loris :f who'her th prerogative of a pri-mu in to reform or create crimln- j a!a. aaJ lie got to know that even a man with i j.-wl sentence at his back j i a ti'iinin belli.? Thesrf thina were what made him ; determine to spend th? re9t of his bus- I iness days when he got out himself ! hel;insc ' the boys." as he calls them, get a start despite the prison which keep many of them crooked. Ho found that a man out on parole need ed two things, principally encourage ment, and. a chance to make an hon est living. Aud lie aeierminea inai ( so long as It was in his power he j would provide those dual requisites. j These are some of the home made stutiHticB ho compiled during his so- ( journ in a Sing Sing cell: Forty per cent, of the men In prison ought not to have been sent there. i Nearly !0 per cent, of the inmates i of Sing Sing are dope fiends. Twenty per cent, are dope fiends when they go there. The remaining j 30 per cent, acquire the habit in their cells. I There should be prison segregation i prisons for first offenders, places for old-timers, for murderers, for degen- ! prates. By mixing all together, the pestilence of each is spread to . the others, and the prisonbecomes a Crime College. Says It Does Not Reform. "An investigation of Sing Sing's t Aim vtnvie.tH will show any fair- minded man that the penal system of r.oduv does not reform criminals or benefit society," said the president of that unique company. He is a tall, wide-shouldered. black-haired, earnest-faced man. One needs but to look at. him and talk with him to dis cover there was a blunder somewhere. "Yea; I have taken all my office force from Sing Sing and Elmlra. I find them good, efficient, earnest workers. Do I have any fear of em ploying them direct from a cell? No; of course, not, I know them, and they know me We understand each other. Some of them were up there when I was. We got to know each other, and I could pick my men. I never have employed one that has not proved himself reliable. "I suppose I receive sevnral hun dred applications for jobs fa Sing Sing yearly. I investigate'. all. If I haven't a Dlace I find ott'onl0rk for them. Not long ago I got- V out of his cell ell into a bank dowril" 1 He's doing well and they know S,onj I Jt3 x n' story and trust him. L 'vm3 " 't' - Giving All a,' "Chance." V. . -U-k . - . - . 1-. I ..,1,1 b IT rOP 1 . Din Cfr.f hat T f 117 O Q ItrOffV TlTrtTrt ML Ol"(5 tJlllg, "an- IV ' " ' " - they needed help when they got out. Nobody wants to employ a convict, as a rule, and If you're going to keep a man who has committed crime from going back to it when he gets out of jail, you must show him the world hasn't lost all faith in him. If he sees it has, and can't get a job, and hears his babies crying at home because they're hungry, he's going to feed them. And if he can't do it honestly, he'll do it the other way. k "What they need is a chance the feeling they aren't blacklisted for life just because they've fallen, and some one to encourage them. That's what I try to give them! "I found how it was myself, first hand. Remember that! I had money and a big business when I came out, but I had that blacklist bugaboo to face and I needed some one to encour age me. If man doesn't get that Its back to the old game, or the river, generally. Best Way to Put Down Crime. "If people only would realize these boys are not so bad an they're painted I mean the first time men who've made a mistake. Just one little mis take's enough, you know. It would make a lot of difference if Bomebody'd help them out when they first get pa roled. I know of no better way of cut ting down crime than helping the criminals to quit it. "You see, I've got faith in human beings. A man's naturally honest. But let ntie give you an example of how the prison system helps them to be dishonest! In one of those three-by-seven cells, when I was up there, were two men. One was an old-time safe cracker doing a long 'bit.' He was hard as nails mean and crooked to the soul, and cruel. The other was .VhY I EMPLOY OMY CONVICTS. 3y York Manufacturer Wa: in Prissn. I hae taken n;y orfic-J force from :ns SU13 and Elnira. I r"r.J hern good, efficifct. tamest workers. I have no f'ar In employing then J!"ct from the cl'II. I know them and they know me. We understand each other. Sonii of these boys were up there when I was. We got to know each other, and I could pick my men. I have never employed an ex convict who has not proven himself reliable. The rule is in variable the country over. I receive several hundred ap plications for jobs from Sing Sing each year. I Investigate all of them. If I haven't got a place I find other work for them. Not long ago I got a man out of his cell and Into a downtown bank. He's doing well. The 'blacklist" is the buga boo that confronts a man when ha emerges from Sing Sing. 1 had money and a big business when 1 came out, but my social standing was gone. I've risen above the stigma, which I main tain was falsely applied, and 1 have a good trade. I've g:it faith in human be ings. A man's naturally honest. Two-thirds of the men in Sing Sing are. That's why I'm giv ing thos? boys a chance. a miserable wretch who was there for moral degeneracy a horrible, repul- sive creature of the most revolting type. Into that cell, occupied by these two men, was put a young fellow who had been caught trying to steal a diamond from a Jeweler. He had tried to steal it because his mother was dy ing of consumption, and he wanted money to get delicacies for her, and" he didn't have a job. For two years he was scheduled to spend fourteen hours a day in that cell with those other men. Can you imagine what he will be when he comes out? "DoDe" Their Worst Falling. "They sell dope, too, and if a man isn't a fiend when he goes in, it is likely he will be when he comes out. Naturally, in running my business,,I have to avoid the dope fiends. I cap not employ them. Their place is In a hospital, not in prison. "I have a letter today from a boy In Sing Sing. He is in a cell with two cocaine fiends. He is a first offender, and does not even smoke or drink. He must spend three years with his idrug-crazed companions. J "Sing Sing Is merely a cesspr of humanity, wheref ja''naiL'."'-. protect n If, rau I V' .7 .... . v KlU I to And vet our civilization tolerates such -conditlo"nB:-Is ,it. any wonder I am try in? to give the poor fellows there a chance to get on their feet? But the prisons are turning out habitual crooks a good deal faster than a few of us can reform them." News of Antarctic. The editor of the Adele Blizzard sends wireless greetings to his news paper contemporaries the world over. The Blizzard, which will be printed on Adelieland, the headquarters of Dr. Mawson, the Antarctic explorer, has just made its bow to the public. It will be printed once a month and will give all the news of the Antarctic con tinent. The editor says that the first, number, which was of twenty-six pages was a great success except for the fact that the circulation was limited. Everybody except the seals and pen guins had gone into winter quarters. The members of the Mawaon party, the editor of the Blizzard says, are al most snowed up in their huts, but are all healthy and able to attend to the scientific instruments, which are work ing in an efficient manner. Diet and Caste. The private secretary of the maha rajah of Jhalawar recently gave a lecture on food in London, in the course of which he stated that the eating of onions is conducive to "darkness of spirit." He also averred that the caste system In India Is largely regulated by diet. Thus, those of the highest caste only eat vegetarian meals in order to keep their souls pure. Members of an other caste are allowed to eat meat so that they may become fitted to be warriors; while the lowest caste of all eat "stale, flat foods," which suit their unspiritual natures. PRIZED RELfc OF C0LLi!3US v Ancient Ceiba free Which Sheltered Him on Hi Voyage ef (Eioovery. Santa Domiiigo City. On the river bank at Santo Domingo City, capital of the Dominican Republic, bt-low the ruined city, wall stands the ancient Ceiba treu to which Christopher Co lumbus tied ' his water-lopged ad g'nkins caravels when he sought refuge in the river on his Crst voy age of discovery. This tree, already more than a century old when the discoverer landed, bears imbedded In its bark a W'aden plate inscribed and placed the-fc by Columbus, claiming the country for the king of Spain. On the heights above is the venerable 4 4 .vi! I -at'... r. I ' it r 1 w ') VlM ' IS J f ' . lis It Sheltered Coiumbus. (Old Ceiba tree In Panto romlnpo to Which he tied Ills BinKing caraveis on ma first voyage to the new world. The tree is over 50 years old and is carefully guarded by the government of Panto Uo lUingo.) ruin nf the Casa de Colon, the first f.,,;i4ir tr rt H1!! rriTico n pnn cf rurt inn in l( the western hemisphere. The giant Ceiba is regarded with veneration by the natives and is protected under a special act of the Dominican congress. It was known to the Indians as the "council tree" and in its shade the Spanish conquerors Bigned the numer ous treaties with the then powerful tribes of the interior, which were al ways violated at the first opportu nity by the Spaniards. Of these aboriginal Inhabitants little is known, as they were practically exterminated during the 300 or more years of Span ish domination. Within the great but tressed trunk of the Ceiba, hollow now with age, there is room for half a dozen Dersons to stand erect. Each year the tree is carefully inspected If rJair signs of disease or decay and the the bark from insect pests. LONG CHASE AFTER BAD MAN Bold Horse Thief and Highwayman Will Not Trouble Idaho Any More. Gooding, Idaho. The horse thief and stickup man that has been mak ing free with the peace of three coun ties was apprehended ,it Galena, a ranger station about thirty-five miles north of Ketchum. The follow, who was given a differ ent name every time he was asked, stole a horse and saddle from a barn at Bliss, rode from there to Camas prairie and held up a saloon. He then returned to Bliss via the shearing corrals In the mountains, where he raised cain generally. Constable -Pinkham of Bliss, notic ing that he answered the description of the man wanted, arrested him and took him to the hotel and phoned for Sheriff Bliss at Gooding. While phon ing, the prisoner walked out and when pursued took a ehot at Pinkham with his rifle, of which the constable had neglected to relieve him. Pinkham abandoned the chase and nothing was done till Sheriff Bliss took up the trail. He tracked the man by means of an oddly shaped horseshoe and followed him nearly to Gooding, then north over the Sawtooth Moun tains und up Willow Creek. The for est rangers were notified to watch for the man and horse and when he show ed up at Galena he was invited to stay all night. It was his intention to do so until a second ranger appeared on the scene, but when he attempted to leave the in vitation was repeated at the point of a revolver. The sheriff arrived half an hour later. BATHERS GET A BIG SHOCK Object They Had Seen Several Day Wa Human Corpse Women Panic Stricken. Atlantic City. During the past few days bathers at Ventnor have had their curiosity aroused by a dark ob ject bobbing fantastically against the bulkhead at the foot of Baltimore ave nue, and Life Gaurds Brady and Schwaugharamer discovered that it was the body of a man. 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