Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27
nOW MABRAYITES LIVE EOW
Routine Of Their Life at Lesvenworth
No Bed Of Roses.
OTHER MIXERS GO AT MABRAY
Call Hhm the Elephant and Protest
that ssBut for the Elephants
Trunk we wouId Not he
Caught"

Thosa mikes who lost their money
through the Vaccinations Of John c. Ma
bray and his confederates IN the Big store
swindIing scheme. are no more angry at
the Big Chief than are the eleven other
mixers who accompanied Mabray TO the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth last
week.
IAN the way down." said a man who was
on the train. these fellows were giving
vent TO their expressions Of contempt Tor
Mabray. They dubbed him the elephant
ana protested that but for the elephant .
trunk we would not be in this fix today ."
Life for Mabray and his eleven associates
viii not be a bed Of roses, 50 70 speak, in
the United States peuitentiary At Leaven-
worth, Kan, to which place they were
taken last Tuesday. ten Of them to serve
two years. and two. fifteen, months.
Life for these solostal crooks VIII, In
fact he somewhat OF a monotonous rou-
tine. vastly different from that which they
were won't to enjoy on the proceeds Of the
remarkably successful operations Of the
big stores" There will be no luxurious
apartments. redolent Of the perfume Of the
fragrant Havana or the more delicate
odor Of sparkling fizz water. The warm
bird and cold bottle" win be for them
as guest OF r. NJ. MeClaughrys hotel only
memories OF the past. TO some bitter
mEOry.
IN for Mabray the life behind the walls
OF the federal prison viii be vastly differ
ent from that he led while occupying q
cell in the Polk county jail at Des Moines
OF in the Pottawattamie county jail in
Council Bluffs. in which he was confined
for thirteen months, following his removal
from Little Rock, Ark. where he was ar
rested in February. 1903. By the government
officers.
Money Helped Him in Jail.
While In the county jails. money secured
for the man who was at the head Of tht
swindling syndicate, practically all the lux
uries that he desired, except that Of free
, dom He had a separate apartment, al
though under lock and key, bar and bolt
He was not herded with the common
prisoners, neither was he required 70 ea'
the simple prison fare. His meals were
brought IN TO him from restaurant OF
special food was prepared for him by ths
jauer's wife. At any time during the day
or night he was at liberty to enjoy his
cigar and his days Of enforced idlenesI
were enlivened by daily visits from his
wife. that brave little woman who stood
by him through all
There Is. however. one redeerning thought
in it all for John c. Mabray and the Other
eleven men committed by Judge Smith B
MePherscn to the federal penitentiary a
Leavenworth. and that is It might have
been worse Conviction in the state courts
would have meant Incarceration in th'
state penitenuary, where life for the con
vict is far harder and cannot be compared
with that at the federal prison.
Routine of Daily Life.
For Mabray and his associates, sent ul
from Council Bluffs. the routine of If
during six days OF each week at the fedora
penitentiary win be thiss At o'clock q
the morning the big bell will sound ant
they VIII be required at once to leave thet
hunks and make UP their beds. There AZ
no chambermaids. Then they must cleal
their cuspidors and sweep their cells. Con
sIdering the size Of the apartment the lat
ter job is not an arduous one. The prison
ers, while prohibited from smoking AT
permitted to chew and a ration Of tobace
Is served
Here is what a prisoner in the feders