The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
THE HUNDREDTH CONVICT.
EXPERIENCES WITH ONE BILL LUTZ
TOLD BF PRISON WIRDENS.

SCnOOl OF arrangement anu Ine new
series of Daring E'cnpes-Last nnd
Growing Exploit of iii Lutz'
Tho National Convention OF the League Of
American Prison wardcns was TO meet on
Wednesday, oct II, and on Tuesday Oct
1o Mr.. Nudge was In a state OF pleasur-
able excitement As the member residing
IN tho city where the annual session was
10 DO held he had borne the grave respon-
ability OF prcpnration Now ms he looked
back over his plans and their execution,
he was constrained TO admire them. The
hall was I'm readiness appropriately fostooned
with floral ropes and letters The hotel
doors and bars were Hospitality opcn at re-
duced rates The steamer which WINS TO boar
the delegates on tho excursion down the river
was straining at its hnwscr. "a II impatient for
the time when its heavy cargo Of comcstiblcs,
wet and dry, should be lichtrnrd. or at lcast
shifted II seemed to Mr.. Nudge that when the
mem bers comprchendel the nnstorly vay In
which he had fOrc4nen and arranged countless
details thew must hail him ms President Of tina
league for the ensuing year
Mr. Nudge had attained cmincucc through
being a practical politician He had elected
himself County Supervisor; he had chosen
himself as member OF the pcnitcntiary Com
mittee; he had thus prepared tho way for his
self-selection as Warden n, thoroughly an.
n n q
now, In laying out his campaign for the Ircsi.
dency Of the league, he naturally reverted TO
the advantage o, controlling a small comnert
body within the convention and pcted accord
inely He had written 70 four friends of his
Mr. Ample OF Ohio. Mr. Murphy of New York
Mr. Standish OF Massachusetts, and Mr. Woolcy
OF 0eorpia-inyitinp them 10 mn nm with hin,
during convention week. and then. whom thcv
accepted, he had written in like vein TO Mr.
Krank of Kansas
Now. neither Mr. Nudge nor any OF hi, four
friends had ever met Mr. Krank. but they had
oil heard OF him, as. indeed, what penologlst
who knows what the terms mean has not? Mr..
Krank had never before attended n national
convention This year he would. and he was
certain to he n star His original theories and
their practice had won him celebrity all over
the world In a word, he conducted his pcni-
Tertiary OF which the Western States were ex-
cessivcly proud. on the simple principle That
there is honor among convicts. Let prisoner
pledge his word to Warden krnnk that he would
behave himself and he at once received many
privileges In this Institution might be soon
cells that. were never lock ed, convicts who took
their exercise on top OF the prison walls and
occasionally went downtown, old-timcrs who
wore citizen clothing and mustaches and had
only their inner consciousness to point TO
dealt q heavier blow than n pat on
the back and. in general. q continual rendition
OF tho old song. when there's love at home"
or course old prison men ground their teeth
when they heard of such absurditiess But
they had to admire even while thny desplsei
There was no gainsayinG the practical results
OF Mr.. FRANKS system. More and better work
was done at the Kansas Pcnitentinry than any
where else in the country. while the newspa-
pers never tired OF printing stories Of Mr.
FRANKS Glee Club Mr.. FRANKS Literary So
eiety, and the missionary labors Of Mr. FRANKS
graduates Such "A man. with such achieve
ments must be n notable quantity AZ any con-
venton. and so Mr.. Midgc. to use his own
words. had nailed him.
Hence. on this Tuesday afternoon the new
hospital. which occupied the third floor OF the
dwelling assigned to the Warden. though COM
pletely fitted out was not occupied by convict
sick. for Mr.. Midgo had determined that the
first guests in this room should not be nvolun-
tary ones but men whom he deemed Of tho
highest position. namely. his four friends and
Mr.. Krank.
By nightfall these guests had all arrived and
were gathered together. smoking and chat
ting. in the new quarters. which seemed to suit
them much rs her patients belongings were
wont to suit Sairy Camp The four friends
were of the same type as Mr. Nudge men alert,
muscular. yet spare: men who didn't know n
great variety of things, perhaps yet who wero
proud of what they did know and sat-
isled that it was tho best; men. in
Q word. who were scf-madn and self
taught in tho school of practical politics,
But Mr.. Krank was different sort OF
figure. country parsnn on his travels
one might say at first glance His clothes Of
black hro,JcIotb ,roro ,r,,Io ,n1 ,,. n
S,, t '''li' "''" o"E-'' ite
carried an umbrella with extension folds. He
wore goggles that Moses might have bought at
the toir HE vbistors roc,iIoJ ,bo oroIo,a, =,
w l"'i' us ""'SNcIs fce"''u 'he "ScIohes OF
MS naive state. And yet. now and again. his
small quick eyes shot out glanccs here md
there and ovorvrbore r,bioh rayooloL ,.ni,'
$50, 80 wv "'t'' VIM" 'o''"'ou pr"i'
pehihd then that in no degree could be sus-
pected of woolgathrrng And So though ot
tho begippino tho ronrasonta,i,.o - ,ho.IY
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school had been prone to ridcue. they all. as
the evening wore on came to the conclusion
th.t th,tKno,h uo, Ill :, ~ ~
'"". ,.a' mann was ucN" vi le"oW surrey.
AND the evening didn't wear on. except on
the smoothest OF ball bearings Ifonymnn in
tho world kro,s via, I. go .h.. 49, ~ 80
w "oi'u hHo"7 WHAT 10 eo'u, '""t man 10 an
old. experienced prison Warden. The king
doms OF the earth are his, and all he has to do
a, - al ,I.n 49, w '
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