Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-10
PART II, rwEvrYEIourH PAPER.

HAhA 10 I W AaN -NAhAA III AhA Nahs
Things drifted along as they do in
prison with an occasional incident out
OF the ordinary, such as the visit of a
representative Of the Columbus news
papers TO ascertain the truth or falsity
Of their own charge that l was per-
mitted to visit my home in Arlington
every night and return in the morning
to the prison. This absurd and malic-
ously intended canard was gotten up to
serve as an excuse to keep me before
the public and afford opportunity to
the newsless sheets Of Columbus to
sensationalize on something safe and
which would sell the sheet to a morbid
public. or that portion Of the public
given to reading and patronizing litera-
ture Of the cold Sleuth' and kindred
kind Of saffron-colored, imaginary vap-
Orings Many were the ingenious
schemes adopted by representatives Of
outside newspapers 10 seek me out as
"copy' for their respective papers.
One individual came 10 the prison as an
assumed criminOlogist who could de-
termine bv the lines Of the hand the
hereditary tendencies to crime If they
existed. Warden James was peculiarly
subject. by reason Of his weakening
mentality to the influence Of and be-
lief I'm this species Of takers. This
particular individual was a moving
newspaper scribe who did space work
on some of the leading dailies includ-
ing the Cincinnati Enquirer He visit
ed the kitchen, of course, as it was his
objective point, after examining num-
bers Of noted criminals I'm the deputy
wardens Office by permission of James.
Not knowing his mission, Mr.. Mum
shower received him very cordially and
introduced him TO his bookkeeper-
myself. We held a few moments con-
versation and conceallng his fake mis-.
sion of a palmist he retired. In day
or two my picture appeared in the En-
uuirer and a three-column write-up,
In which a few convicts were mention
ed as having hereditary marks Of Grim
inals in the lines of their hand, but
the main portion (about two columns)
OF the article was devoted to my traits,
characteristics, employment, conver-
sation. etc This was nice reading for
nv friends and relatives in Cincinnati
and Columbus, as the Enquirer had
a greater circulation in Columbus than
any of the local papers. Not to be
outdone in this enterprise, one of the
Scripps- MacRae fake sheets published
In Cincinnati, sent a representative to
Columbus In the person Of Frank b..
Gessner. to secure a write-up Of the
noted editor-conviCt. I knew this fell
low Gessner for years, and could never
make up my mind as to whether he
was a natural-born imbecile or had
cultivated that intellectual condition by
dissipation and eXcesses. He had
been i'm a sanitarium but was dis
charged as incurable in so far as i'm
proving either his mentality or mora s.
He was a pariah among newspaper
men and was never taken seriously as
an average responsible human being.
y. The late President, no doubt to relieve
himself Of the annoyance Of Gessner's
absurd eulogies i'm the Ohio State Jour
nal. of which he was the Washington
correspondent. appointed him United
States counsel to some German city In
Nav last We had this to say of the
appointment at the time. (Sunday
Morning Globe. May 12)
"Mr. McKinley's appointment OF
Francis b. Gessner, Of Ohio, to the
consular service evidences the exalted
opinion his exceIency entertains Of
that branch of the public service Cess
ner's appointment may be said to be a
typical Mckinley selection. Or course
IL meets with the uneXpressed con-
demnatlon Of every newspaper man
and citizen who knows this little toady
and lickspittle.
Those who know Gessner and his
record I'm Ohio need not be reminded
that he has as much morality as tom
cat and as little discretion as a monk
ey; mentally unsound, he is irrespon-
siblv treacherous and commands as
much continuity Of thought as an OWL
His one great qualification, from the
Mckinley point Of view, for the con-
sular service is his record as a patient
in a sanitarium, under treatment for a
bad case Of total depravity and a
yaucum in his undersiZed skull. He
was discharged with guarantee OF his
future harmlessness 10 either sex, as
he lacked masculinity to be even a
dude. For some years he has been
eking out a semi-quarantine existence
IN this city as an alleged correspond
ent OF the Columbus (Ohio) State Jour
nal, a newspaper with a State notoriety
for stud-horse display type over the
dreariest drivel ever composed by man
OF linotype. His munitcent salary
OF eight dollars per week the
standard compensation Of Journal EN-
ployes-he has expended In plug hats
and red neckties. to the exclusion OF
the other necessary articles the hum
blest are accustomed TO exchange after
the refreshment Of bath.
With a lisp IN his articulation that
a matinee girl might envy; the man
ners Of an understudy TO a street faker,
and with a gait and frame Of an ef-
Terminate centipede. he goes to Ger
many as a typical American represen-
tativel'
had naturally forgotten the exist
ence Of such a nOnenity when one day,
accompanied by Warden Jamse he call
ed upon me at the kitchen Office Of the
prison He was profuse and uncOn-
sciously offensive in ais sympathy
which, Of course. / overlooked for OBJ
vious reasons. After conversing some
time he sprang his special mission