The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27

the prison library. He rooms with
Bigelow, another erring banker. from
Milwaukee, but their room il larger
than the rooms in the cell houses
Walsh wears . star on his right breast,
which means that he can be trusted to
walk anywhere about the prism yard
without = guard. Walsh has . son, .
railroad man, who comes to see him
frequently. This son is . very prom.
isiDg man, and devoted tn his father.
Mrs. Walsh also comes to see her hus.
hand frequently. Walsh must see his
wife and son in the presence Of the
warden or his deputy, and probably
the wardenand his deputy are kinder
to this unfortunate old man than they
are 10 younger men who have COM
mitted murders. While the war
den was talking about prison afiairs,
out by the stone.cutting shop. recall
his saying that many Of the prisoners
do not mind confinement rs much Is
people generally imagine. They live
better than they ever lived before, and
their punishment is lighter than they
had reason to expect. They had vici-
Gus minds, and . vicious mind always
considers the possibility Of prison.
But to John r. Walsh. imprisonment,
and being stared At by visitors. must
be terrible. 900. Walsh wears q star on
his right breast, which means that he
has sense enough to behave himself.
What . pity he didn't wear that star
years ago, in Chicago! For the most
pitifal thing l saw At the prison was
this kind faced old man eating his din
ner with one thousand and fOurty. four
other prisoners, . hundred and fifty Of
them in for life for murder. ..... Walsh's
bank failed, but all the depositors were
paid. It is said that when he got into
financial difficulty, he had property
worth twenty million dollars. The
other Chicago hanks looked over his
property, and agreed to pay the de-
positors in his hank and trust company.
In doing this, his assets were practically
wiped out, leaving him with possibly .
half million dollars. Walsh con-
cluded several years ago, that he need.
ed q newspaper organ. He started the
Chicago Chronicle, and it lost him q
million and q quarter dollars. Final.
ly it suspected, although it was one Of
the best newspapers in the country.
But everyone knew it was an organ,
and people had no confidence in it.
There isn't . newspaper organ in ex-
istence that has any influence. ...IfI
were president, l would pardon John
r. Walsh. So the people had better
not elect me.
During his experience as a prison
official, Warden McCIaughry had re-
leased twenty thousand prisoners.
How many Of these men return to
crime: Warden McCIaughry thinks
about half The other half secure
small positions, and live modestly and
quietly until they die. There are sew.
eral societies devoted to helping con-
victs when they regain their freedom.
The warden says that the most helpless
man in the world is the convict who
has been given his liberty.
Ever occur to you that most Of the
crimes are committed by men? The
United States has thirty-eight humid
red prisoners in its several penitentiar-
ies, and of this number only fifty are
women. Considering the number Of
whites and blacks in the United
States, one third of the prisoners At the
new Federal prison at Leavenworth
should not be negroes; that number is
too high, indicating that negroes com.
NIT more crime than whites. But
think of the fact that out of thirty
eight hundred prisoners, only fifty are
women! All the others men! Does.
MT that statement make the men
scream!-E. w. Howe.
The Eyes Of . Bee.
Every bee has two kinds Of eyes
the two large command ones lOOI inc