Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-05
MADE LITTLE ONES
OUT OF BIG ONES
Novelist and Fellow colonist Worked
In Stripes on Stone pile of Della
ware State Prism.

ware state Prtsn.
Wilmington. Del, Aug 3. The
most interesting experience OF ny
life.' is the way Upton Sinclair, al
thor of The Jungle" and other things,
described his eighteen-hour imprison
ment in the county workhouse q
Greenbank when he was released in
company with nine other Arden dis
ciples.
The ten erstwhile prisoners shook
hands cordially with the warden, apoI.
ogized for all the trouble that they
had caused and filed slowly up the
steps to liberty.
Besides Sinclair the prisoners were;
Joseph CARROLL, an instructor in the
Northeast Manual Training school Of
Philadelphia; Fren Stenlein. Harold
and Hamilton Ware, Don Stephenssl
Frederick windle, Berkeley Toby
Chester Lightbrown and Alexander
Dublin.
Jail could not hold US. you see,
smiled Sinclair as he led the Jail
birds" to the outer world again. 4
would not have missed the experience
for money"
Sinclair declared that his social
theories had undergone no change
whatever from his recent experiences.
in fact, he said, his beliefs were
strengthened.
Going to Write II Up.
I'm going to write 1t up" Mr.. SIN
clair declared; ''it will make splen-
did magazine article. | never knew
be outside of a Jail looking in instead
of vice versa. OF course, they were
very kind to us. They coddled us, In
fact, but | got glimpse of what the
true prison regime Is. and | shant
soon forget"
Judging from Mr.. Sinclair's account
of his Imprisonment, he can hardly be
said to have enjoyed his stay at Green
bank with the whole-souled enthusi-
asm demonstrated by George Brown,
the Adren anarchist, who broke stones
industriously in the institution for Ave
days last week, and who. in retaliation,
caused the arrest of Sinclair and his
friends. You see, Brown was arrested
at the instance of the Ardenites for
using unclothed language In a speech
about race suicide and such things at
q meeting OF the Ardenites. Brown got
five days in the workhouse. When he
got out he caused the arrest of Sin
clair and the others for playing tennis
and base ball on the Sabbath day. thus
violating the old blue laws.
Professor Joseph CARROLL, an in
structor at the Northeast Manual
Training school. Philadelphia. carried
away with him the plug Of tobacco
which is allotted to the prisoners daily
and declared that he was going to
frame It,
All of the ten viewed their imprison-
ment in the light of good joke, al
though a couple nursed tender palms
as the result of five hours labor on
the stone quarries.
A crowd of Sinclair's friends greet
ed them when they we're released.
Sinclair Tells About 1t.
"Teil us what you did. Sinclair"
asked everybody at once.
well, we broke big stones up into
little ones and carted them ia wheel
barrows," began the novelist.
And you wore stripes?" asked a
Mortified conservative.
mo, blue leaned gray coats" ex-
ri oh,
not artistic costume. When we went in
the warden told US that the silent
system was the one on which the pris-
on was run
"Of course, we were given bath
and our clothes taken from us. Then
after eating breakfast with the other
prisoners in the common diningroom
we went out to the stone piles. No 1t
did not blister my hands," he added.
"for | am used to tennis and base
ball"
All OF the prisoners talked at once
concerning their experience. and the
majority OF them appeared to be under
twenty. Sinclair himself, smooth
faced. tanned and hale, looked to be
only boy.
Sinclair has declared his intention
TO cause the arrest. OF all who engage
In golf. tennis, etc. next Sunday In
any part of the state. specifying par
ticulariy the Wilmington Country club.
where some Of the state officers are
said to play on Sunday. He says the
object is to show the absurdity OF the
law. as he holds that 1t Is no offense
to engage In harmless games on Sun
day.