The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-12
ENFIELD TO
GO ON STAGE
Kim Robber Wants 10 Tel
of his Experience In
the PeRltentlary.

Morganiield Is an ex-convict.
lectures win probably be very in
tlao penitentfaFy. He was there fif-
MorranIield was sent 10 the peni-
eenifary i'm 1895 for rObbing n train
Bcfxrcen Richmond and Washington.
Just how much money ne took was
never made public. IL was said TO be
ln the neighborhood OF $4,000. AT
ser robbing the express coach Nor
EenfleId and his confederate, Searcy,
cut loose the engine and sent IL at
fun speed mp the track 20 meet an
3nconllng passenger train. Had the
collision occurred the loss of life
would have been frightruI. The wild
angi1o WIS side-tracSed, however,
and run on a coal dump. Morgan
Acid and Searcy were captured. The
fnl1cr turned States evidence and was
scntenced TO eight years. Morgan
fleld. the more daring of the two, the
E1lan vino A. said TO have planned the
1lOldup, was given eighteen years
II - - nEQhber now says that he
'reH0p. He says that
3hat during his
truely and I'M
his release on
year just closed
Pscveral interviews.
his campaign against
enal system.
Erection of Superinten-
Wood, the penitentiary
Yer than il was under pre-
Illustrations. but the -Vir-
Re prison is still subject to
buses Helpless cOnvicts are
martyrs to the ignorance and
- Of Incompetent and unhuman
krlings. The guards and keepers
* upon the cOnvicts as animals,
Ot men. They look upon them as
lefr legitimate prey. They are guided
y the principle that anything is good
FOugh Tor a convict Those are the
statements Of Morganfeld, and alonS
he
lies of lectures
Matinee Idol.
Since he was liberated however
49, |Iorgarh2eld has blossomed into a kind
o. Matinee idol The great train rob
Der lost none Of his greatness in his
e'martyrdom." and has become little
short of a herO-the man who sent
the wild engine up the track to meet
the homecoming passenger train in
.order that I'm the horror Of the pro-
jected disaster the mind OF the pub
- and the activity Of the police
MT be diverted until he and his
nfederate could quietly slip out of
country.
rhe crime for which he was inn
ened has been lost sight Of almos,
AIetely. He stands out a pathetic
fe> Waning on a crutch. an eX-cOn-
who has spent his best years in
n a man whose life has been
feed 10 the requirements Of JUS
He does not stand out as Nor
who threatened TO blow out the
OF any man who interferec
hin on the night ef~OctOber u.
ReAFs<he 1ooted the Washington
M5rganheld, the desperate
a. who loosed a wild engine 80
.e OF a passenger train so tina:
yht gain a few hours on the
Eanield. however. Will be given
hearing. The people Of Rich
he people or the State at large.
to all he has to say He
~ ample opportunity &C
spce. He will be given
niprove his charges
larry. but those
Sested Ia the
h Norganheld's rscced are
Dinion that he Will accom-
ter and more lasting results
Ing to the intelligence OF the
her than to its emotions;
rgument viii be more con-
u logical rather than hysteri-
OF the Purpose of this article
k" MorganGeld. 1t is the pur-
this article. however. to bring
luilibrum. 20 remove as far
~. all emotional elements
- order that the facts
clearly and without bias;
when the evidence is all
may be passed without
laims Innocence.
.d probably every peniten-
Xxi el anyone that between rs
cent. Of the conYictS e71n-
srge claim to s0e innocent.
-. eacsssfarFe objects TO the
9khe. II is the struggle
III kitty and in this strug-
Pe best regulations are
4dships; enforcement is
Sse OF authority; pun
there are doubtless
eepers-is regarded
be Rnocent. He
lily Treated -sTs~N
hence brought out at
srwhelmingly against
nd the books at the
that during his
over fifteen years he
shed only four times.
IDLY refused to work
Mated the rules OF
- prove hts innocence
FORD him that con-
~ AL. - due him who has
-SAsfJlsIly. If he
ges Against the sys-
ing IN the Virginia
immediate reform
& and put into effect,
~ though an ex-con-
tic benefSctor hold
his ~<nek5 Failing.
ntions
be fate
pat of
M 3aI of