Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-25

WALWORTH'S TRANSFER
now THE JUVENILE pATaiCiDG TOOK
REVIVAL


now THE JUVENILE rATaiciDG TOOK HIS |
REVIVAL
Wednesday was busy day within tho |
walls of Sing Sing prison. AT eight o clock |
in the morning the keepers informed the |
twelve hundred inmates t6ata draft had been
ordered, and fifty young men must prepare
for trip to Auburn. This is the saddest in
telhgence that Sing Sing convict can hear
The hotel" on the Hudson is home to 80
many of them it is 30 near New York city;
it is within such easy visiting distance that
when the convicts reception day" comes
round, the corridors are generally thronged
with relatives and friends At twelve o clock
it was announced that Frank II. Walworth,
the boy-murderer, would certainly be iu-
cluded in the draft, and this fact at once put
an end to the grumbling of fifty young con.
victs who had been muttering profanely all
the morning because they had TO 20, and
the "bloods with stuff to back EN-" were
always too sick to travel" In another
hour it was known that james H. Ingersoll
| would make the trip to Auburn. The two
| million dollar chair-lnaker (facetiousy STYLED
by the New York Sun ''rweeds side part.
ner' had been in Sing Sing scarcely twenty
four hours.
At eight o'clock in the evening fifty heayi-
ly manacled men, accompanied BY two keep
ers and three guards, marched from the pri.
son to a car waiting to convey them vest
One convict, an Englishman, whose vocal
accomplishments have gained for him the
state OF the popular songs of the day and
his companions in misery and stripes helped
him with the chorus. They appeared TO be
a happy squad OF men--all save two. Be-
hind this gang Of prison birds, and keeping
stealthily from their view came a mother
and daughter. The mother was dressed in
deep mourning and the little one, golden.
haired girl OF five years, kept wondering
where mamma was going to night" The
lady was Frank Walworth's mother, and the
child was his little sister Ruby. The con-
victs were loaded. Walworth was rivted
at ankle and wrist TO genuine tough Gus.
toner" named Anderson, who is now serv-
. ing out his second term, and who has made
his second excursion to Auburn. Ingersoll
was handcufed to a wiry thief, who had
come under the ban because, as he expressed
it, "gemman accused Inc of borrowing his
watch. Mrs Walworth engaged a section
in sleeping car. As she stepped aboard
the train she caught a glimpse of Frank and
, waved her handkerchiefin token of recogni
ton. The convicts carried their luncheon
baggage in handkerchiefs, us their sole
, worldly effects brought from the prison, con
slsting OF food enough for an early break
fast They took dinner to-day in Auburn.
The writer was introduced to Walworth by
: Captain Wood, one OF the keepers, when
. the train reached Poughkeepsie In reply
to inquiries he said II am not feeling well
, and this trip is such a surprise to ME that
, expect TO go into Auburn considerably under
the weather. | IN troubled very much with
pleurisy, and tplaeing his hand on his side)
I've got some plasters on here now that re-
+ lieve me somewhat. I've been well treated
at Sing >Slng-l can complain. About
going to Auburn well you know I've got TO
D like i, and there's no good in grnmbling -
l My friend tells me TO Keep my courage up,
| try to. Sometimes | hope there is daylight
ahead. Perhaps shall see il before the
gray hairs get thick, but perhaps-oh, ii
; Governor Dix would only make little al
. lowance You say you have talked with my
mother Well yon are right. I've got a
a good mother" Why, here she = sent in that
waiter with some chicken and lunch for me.
A One Of the porters entered with substan
tlal cold supper which Mrs. Walworth had
!, selected from the eating saloon at Pough
, keepsit. Give my lute to mother and tell
/ her to keep up her courage and ] will mine,
q But if Judge Davis and General Dix knew
: what do and if il only could have been
shown at the right time. have got more
flesh than had when came here, but I'm
not strong. I've been in the hospital some
time, and that's helped me. Please give my
love to MOTHER she S good mother, sir. ~
The most abecty wretched man among
/, the convicts was James H. Ingerso He
sat directly across the aisle from Young
t Waiworth. 1t was his first day in the
r zebra suit, and he felt the stripes as
though they had been so many lashes. The
yarlegated flannel cap was pulled down over
| his btS hand lol ii. 4
his face much Of the time, and the songs
, anu slang that sometimes filed the car with
verltable stencil, was all unheeded by the
man worth =, 900 900, whose money couljn t
save him. No, don't mind little chat,
e but this Is awful. Yes, | did try hard to
/. keep up my nerve, but 1 We weakened now.
| and Eve got family-thinl of that the
! strain on me has been hard. I've kept up
! on stimulants, and | thought yesterday
when got up to Sing-sing that I'd have d
day OF rest, but here they've dragged me
right along, and the reaction has set in Pm
sick, and there no CANNON about that
! | don't know what they will find me willing
3 while | am able to keep my feet.
During the journey from Sing.Sing Mrs.
S Walworth conversed freely with the Oh.
: Sertef representative in relation to Frank 8
e crime. The lady is cultured, remarkably
d well informed on all matters OF public inter-
n est and lives only to alleviate the sufferings
r Of her son. Her devotion TO her boy is
touching and sincere She has been staying
: at Sing Sing for few days, and it was not
: until last evening a few minutes before the
: train started, that she learned, by mere ac-
cldent, that draft had been ordered for
i. Auburn, and that Frank was to 20. She
; Will remain in Auburn 4 week or more,
= Mrs Walworth says she has seen Frank but
II two or three times since his incarceration,
4 J Dung Walworth, despite his prison uniform
e Is handsome boy His hair, which is let
5 black, and quite long, considering prison
discipline, is parted in the middle and sets
! Of face in which every feature is regular,
His countenance has feminine cast, and he
looks and acts like 4 visionary young man,
r Keeper Mshaney says he IL hardly respon.
slple Tor his acts and sums up an opinion
u ~ these words, he is, in his own estim A.