The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-01

n It's Sunday issue.
BY ALFRED o. ANDERSON.
Special Correspondence % the Seat
tie Star.
PORT LEAYENWoRTH. Kaa..
July Convict f7t7. formerly
Frank q. hlEeiaw. president % the
First National Bank Of Milwaukee.
and embeEzlsF Of over a million and
a half dollars. tumbied of his cot
at a. m. today, hurriealy put on
the prisoners rarb Of blue. made up
his bed. washed. and. at the signal.
walked 10 n nearby building. where
he ate a substantial but plain break
fast. which had just been unloAded
from a wagon.
Il was then 6 a m. and the fiuan-
eier's daily unyarying grind had be-
gun Day In and day out no gets
up AZ 5 o'clock and goes 20 bed al
: p. m. Day in and day ont he per-
forms the same mrnial tasks aud
the same clerical work which the
youngest boy IN hls great bank
cosiid DO as well as he dosa sun
DAYS and holidays alone Is there
any variation.
From a palafiai residence In Mil
waukee TO = cot Ia a laundry build
ing. filled with felons. Is great
fall None knows Il better than
Blgelow He broke down soon after
entering prison gates and was put
in the hospital II was simply the
collapse TO a nervous strain. and
Within a day or 30. his time came 10
20 through the dreaded ordeal OF
being dressed In"
HiEclow's photograph in prison
unlform Is pat away with thousands
OF similar pictures. His nertillon
measurements and thumb marks are
printed on a card and stored with
imprints taken from felohs all over
the country.
There are two federal penltentia-
ries near Leavenworth. the old
one and the new. The latter IL In
course OF construction. and BiEelow
f. helping. in 4 way. 10 build The
desire Of the morbidly curious 70
see the noted emhezzler was 30
great that MAJ. McCiaughrey. the
warden, transferred him 20 the new
prison. which Ia not In the run 81
curiosity seekers. II embraces n
acres. and on three sides IL sur
rounded BY a f7-foot wall. Not
enough cells are completed 10 hold
nj the convicts al work here. no 100
or so are temporarily auariered I'm
the laundry building nlgelow Is
one 81 them.
nlgeluw Il one ~ three clerks IN
the office Of VIII McClaughrey. rec
ord clerk Of the prison. The former
bank president enters into big
books the daily records Of certain
number Of prisoners. Convict No.
II gets a new suit Of underwear.
Blgelow enters II. Convict q breaks
spade Into the book 1t goes in
Bigel0ws handwriting. Convicts "a
and 80 don't work as industriOualy
a. they should Marks are recorded
against them By Blgeiow
The ex-speeulator has relatives
living IN town. and in = misguided
moment a delegation 81 them. head
ed by minister. started 10 ask
Warden Mcc7auRhrcy 10 assign
Bieeiow 20 the task OF operating
the telephone exchange IN the
prison. The Job affords much va
rlety and would be pleasant com
pared 20 some convict tasks.
What the warden said 10 the
committee ls not known. but n Is
safe 10 say that his remarks we're
TO the effect that he knew his bust
ness.
Warden MeClaughrey has an in
ternnti0nal reputation as pencil
oglst
when Blgelow was being dressed
ia. he was game until II came to
DOMINIC convict's CAB. Tho only
request be Is known to have made
was:
II would like 10 request permits
sion 10 wear my own underwear"
ri were you" replied Store
keeper Hannay, II would not make
request Of that kind. II will only
be a question OF time till tho gov
eminent will have TO supply this.
You had better put II on now and
get done with g. 10 will be easier
now than later"
So BigelOw laid aside his under
wear Of finest thread and put on
that which Uncle Sam provides
The clumsy socks came next and
then the blue trousers OF light ma
terlal and the four-button Jacket OF
the same material. Roomy shoes
were given him and a cap. and he
was equipped, and upon his heart
he bears the number 47i7.
Some Of these days the govern
ment will put little red circle sur
rounding a white star below the nu-
neral. That will be when Bigelow
has earned Il by good conduct.
Uncle Sam takes good care Of his
prisoners. Their food Is plain, sub