Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-03
PARCII.
TwENTY-sEvENTH PAPER.

As every misfortune has its COM
pensation, so thls great and over
whelming one which overlook me in
lie adverse decision of the Supreme
Court affirming my sentence to life
Imprisonment had this slight compen-
sation. that Warden Dyer was absent
VIXEN the decision was announced,
promptly ayailed myself of the oppor-
tunity his absence afforded to secure
a eongenial position, If such a thing
were possible in a penitentiary, before
his return. / Immediately opened ne
gotiations through Daniel Creeden,
foreman in the prison, with Deputy
Warden Porter, for the position Of
hookkeeper to the superintendent Of
Subsistence at the kitchen. 1t may be
necessary to state i'm explanation, that
during my few months Imprisonment
! had ascertained that the best posi-
tions. such as clerical and lighter as.
signments Of work were purchased by
the eX-bankers and eX-county and state
officials who had found their way into
striped suits for various violations OF
the law 1t had been the custom,
was informed, for the warden to re-
Ceve the funds from these sales for
those whom he gave employment in the
front Office, while those who secured
corresponding positions in the interior
Of the prison, paid over the amount
to the deputy through some second
party; generally his confidential rum
ner or some citizen employe whom he
could trust implicitly.
The foreman referred to, Mr..
Creedon. was a special friend of Deputy
Porter. and / therefore used him to
secure the coveted position. The
price paid was SIS, and the understand
ing was that I should be given all the
privileges enjoyed by my predecessor
who, by the way was an eX-c0unty
auditor named Graham, whose speCula-
tions when discovered resulted in clos
ing the schools in his county mas
much as he had emptied the treasury
and there was nothing left to pay the
teachers His accumulative sentences
footed up TO nineteen years imprison-
ment, of which he had served about
two when his pull secured him pa
role. Now the privileges which Mr..
Graham enjoyed were i'm the first place
the wearing Of citizens clothes in
stead of the prison uniform; a pass
which entitled him to remain out In
the yard exercising until nine o'clock
p. NJ, and which was as highly ap-
preciated, the best and choicest
viands at the superintendent table,
with whom he also had the privilege
OF dining alone. The superintendent
of the kitchen at this time was a man
named Stensel who had formerly been
Fl1
whom no bookkeeper or under official
could get along amicably. ] was for
warned by the deputy Of the char
aeter of my new boss, and / resolved
to win him as I now really felt that
was entering on a struggle with a
lingering and an ignominious death as
a convict. / succeeded in softening
this semi-brute, and by the time
Warden Dyer returned I had complete
ly won him over to my cause and i'm
pressed upon him that I was inde
spensible to his successful manage
ment of the subsistence department
When Dyer returned and found me
ensconced in one Of the softest berths
in the penitentiary his fury knew
ne bounds. He stormed and swort
he'd have me on a contract in twenty
four hours, but the deputy warden who
had sold me the position stood pat
and deied the warden to remove me
without an exposure Of the whole sys
TEN.
From January until the 1st Of May
when Dyer was succeeded by c. c
James / held the position against
every machinatiOu Of both the warden
DF f1rn kffNhnn
whom be had finally intimidated and
won over to help him oust me from
this Job. It should be stated that the
late President Mckinley was inaugu
rated Governor Of Ohio on the frs
Monday of January but Dyer's time
would not expire until the following
Nav. hence for three months the Demo
cratic officials of the prison seryel
under a Republican governor.
Shortly after the inauguration o
Governor Mckinley he sent his priyat
secretary. Jimmie Boyle now con
sul-general at Liverpool to visit me a
the prison with assurances o. his deel
sympathy and promise OF human
treatment under his administration
These things came to the ear ofWardei
DYER. and made MIN still more fur
Gus. and he was determined to eithe
get me on a contract or In the bus
house" before he surrendered his autl
ority as warden.
The new board Of managers appoln
ed by Governor Mckinley held a NEE
in April and elected G. c. Jane
warden Of the penitentiary, with tu
roster Of officers among whom wa
Nathan Nunshower, an old comrade
mine as superintendent Of subslstenC
to succeed StenseL Those officers weI
to assume their positions on the firi
day of May. which fell on Monday, bt
nv friend Nunshower, having asce
tanned that Steusel and Dyer had
arranged 10 put me on contract MOI
day morning, ne consulted with Co
ernor Mckinley and decided TO reliey
Stensel on Sunday instead Of on MOI
day morning. when the other Officer
were 90 De relieved On tins particula
Sunday morning Stcnsel had manipI
lated the books in my temporary al
serco. and when ! returned accuse
ne of incompotancy, or rather wifi