The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-24

Then of this bandit. of this con
lened murderer asked his meaning
exactly and in detail Even now. 1
sometimes think maybe my ears de
eeived me. and that Peter Neidermcir
lid not say these things ! write now.
let my ears heard him and my eyes
saw him. and his hanging was only a
week away.
Music he said give en- plenty
lf music and pictures, and decent
llaces to play You cant have good
ids if you give EN- only the sidewalks
o play on. Some fool copperll come
llong and scare 'em to death or humil-
ate them for getting in peoples way,
That is just what happened to me-
vas nine. The policeman was six
Get tall He marched me TO the sta
ion for playing marbles an the side
walk ] was never the same after
hat l cried so hard that my brother
hought I was going to have a fit It
vas the disgrace that hurt me. YoI
an set il down that the most sensa-
i've kid will be the worst one every
ime you turn him the wrong way
There We're seven men condemned
be hanged i'm that row of sells that
ield Neidermeir The full horror of
came over me as | stood there and
heard the word that he gave me, The
lanlit's pale prison face cleaned ashi-
in the twilight that was falling over
'ook county Jail.
Asks clemency for the Child.
send 'em to school, said Peter
Neidermeir. Fourteen is too young
lr a kid to quit study" He laughed
oftly. Something was In It of his
labyhood We often hear that ca
lence in the laugh of man or a wo-
nan, criminal or not IL means that
here is something left. that may be
night be redeemed If redemption were
he consideration.
What does q kid know about life
At fourteen?" he quiried sagely. His
'oice was harsh again when | left the
'ow of steel barred cells and came
,way. In the waiting room down
stairs a gray haired old German wo-
nan waited to see him She was his
mother. Today she Is wondering
vitted and altogether pitiful.
They hanged OF course as was prop
II. With him they hanged two others
his chums. Not one of them was
lver twenty-five.
It was not long after this that ! went
earching for more facts The fur
her J went the more tangled | was.
One day down I'm the legislature |
watched the routine OF law making
'arelessly The clerk was reading
lills in his drawing monotone. Sud
lenl he read one thai made me sit up,
was referred TO the committee on
appropriations. The amount named
vas S240,0o0l Not for school, oh
lOi Nor for a park or anything so
seful only for the maintenance of
he state prison at JC9iSt They
COUPLED IL with another ,oon after
or the reform school at Pontiac,
'245.0 600, These two. EXCLUSIVE of
he other Incidental expenses ad6ea
~ into another respectable sum. And
al of II was for the maintenance on
'wo prisons for the limited space OF
one year.
Common sense pokes her nose into
he controversy here Maybe she
wears a bit OF Divine halo. too. and
her garments are white.
Don't begin at the top" saws Com
mon Sense. Suppose you give the
kids chance now. Suppose in ten
or twenty years. YOU have only live
hundred in state prisons. Suppose
that out OF the rest OF that three
thousand You have made respectable
men aud women"
Give the Kids a chancel
Aud she smiles. does the glorltied