The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-10-08
IS HAPPY ONLY IN JAIL
An Austrian Nobleman Volun-
tarily Seeks Incarceration.
STUDYING PRISONS OF THE WORLD

80 Acquire Practical Knowledge He
Deliberately Places Himself In the
Path of the Law-Unsuccessful At
tempt to Break Into philadelphia
Penal Institution.
Count Rocco Dianovitch, scion Of the
noble house of Lessa, Austria, is
broken hearted man, says the Phlla-
delphia Press.
For several days the count has been
lettering about the city in the vain
hope that he might be arrested on a
minor charge and sent to prison. Just
as he was about to have his ambition
realized the other day a Nemesis, in
the shape of Magistrate Kochersperger,
dashed his hopes to the ground, and
Count Rocco as result is a wanderer
about the city's streets again, with his
desire still ungratified
Count Rocco, for, the edificatiOn Of
those who are not up on the history Of
the house of Lessa, is a student OF
penology, who years ago fell into dis
favor at court because of the extraor-
binary measures he took to study life
In the various prisons of the world.
When but a mere boy he became
profound student in the science OF
sociology, and so absorbed did he con-
tinue that on coming to mans estate
he decided on tour of the world, dur
ing which he could study life from It's
criminal aspect and especially that por-
ton of it spent behind the bars.
Accordingly he entered upon de-
liberate career of minor criminal Of
fenses. This was in order that he
might become q prisoner in every sense
of the word and study the various
jails to which he might be sent as
law breaker. For years he has been
following such q life, and as a result
he has seen the inside of England's
famous prison at Portland; he has
slept in dungeons in Spain; kept meas
ure to the lockstep in southern chain
gangs and borne the misery of life in
the mine prisons of Siberia and the
jails of Melbourne and Sydney, on the
other side of the globe.
Wherever he goes he secures the
signature of the head jailer to show
that he has dome time" and likewise
the city seal from the mayor in the
town where the prison is located, In
this way he has filled a bulging volume
that bears the signature of jailers from
one end of the world to the other.
One of the jails in America he has
never succeeded in studying to his sat
isfaction is old Moyamensing, in South
Philadelphia. Three years ago he sue
ceeded in having himself arrested ip
this city, but when the police learned
that he was count they turned him
out after a few hours Imprisonment.
A few days ago the count turned up
confident in the belief that his noble
lineage had been forgotten by the po-
lice, and, disguised as a tramp, he
Sauntered around the city, lettering
about corners and at times even stand
ing in the very path of policemen, but
for some strange reason every Wlelder
of the baton gave him an icy stare and
passed by without even so much as the
customary warning to move on"
Count Rocco was about losing heart
when he reached the corner of Eighth
and Chestnut and saw Policemen Starr
and Shriver ordering some loungers
away from the front of Green's hotel.
The counts face frightened at once.
His eyes fairly beamed as he APP
preached the policemen and scented
trouble.
The appearance of the count in his
disguise at once aroused the already
heated ire of the policemen, and they
made combined spring for him.
What you arrest me for?' he de-
manded. with all the appearance OF a
man who is really angry.
Drunk and disorderly," said the po-
lice in unison.
The count groaned. That would have
meant at the most discharge in the
morning or at least a few days in the
house of correction. Then bright
idea struck him. He resisted arrest.
The police-pOor. deluded mortals-tell
into this trap at once. They declared,