The evening world., 1911-12-20
CONVCTSTEST|Fy
Of NEAR MURDER
IN STATE PRISON
Sixteen FelonS From Sing Sing
Whole Cast in Remarkable
Court Drama.
MOTHER N
Her Maynard Son Faces New
Penalty for Attack OH
Fellow Inmate.
MOTHER WATCHES ONE

ts'-srial FROM . stan co'r-sDoraspto
WHITE PLAINS. -. y. Dve n-'
Never IN the history OF the ancient
westchestsr County Court House were
90 many cobvicts gathered together a.
were In Attendance to-day at the trial
Of three Sing sing eonviots charged
with committing an assault with Intent
TO XIII upon . follow prisoner Tho
convicis did not war prison CLOTHES.
They donned civilians garments for the
FIRST Tim In years. for most Of them ste
Ions term men. bearing the prison pallor
on their cheeks. and meas In this
strange world outside the walls with
which they ave been out of touch for
many years.
Twelve s~tern-vtrASed jurors faced tho
three defendants ana tho thirteen vii.
nsssos. There was not much sympathy
shorsn for the %convicts, but the pathetic
face ~ Mrs. Arthur Lyon. mother Of
one Of them. stood out among tho crowd
I'm the courtroom Mrs. Lyon IL a O
~ Of . Maynard son who Ia scrvibs
four years for burglary n now faces
additional years In sing Sing for At
tempting 20 kill Herman Miller. y fol.
low inmate. This convtot's mother sat
near the contTs Of tho courtroom with
her eyss constantly nxsd on her boy.
From time 20 time she wiped her eyer
n ihsn Aghed. a. though reconcllinx
herself to her boys sslf-sis0,ed career
a. . convict
coNvicrs SNOW MUCH STYLE IN
HAiRoRGSsiNo.
Il would not 10 aificult to pick out
the sixtssn convicts from tho crowd In
the courtroom. They are . hard ia ccd
lot. who shufis when they walk and
whose shifty syes are never stu. The
thing that strikes the oasuai OoDctAtor
most forcibly 10 ths' general ssyh OF
hairdrssting. Most Of the men part
their hair In the middle. since the crop
ming Of hair has sen d,scontinued In
the state prisons. ana ths snds curl
over ths,- fo-shsaA and danEIe over
their That these mon. shut OF
from the rest Of humanity. take curious
pride In their personal AppsArascs. 10
apparent.
They wore civilian c,othss for the frst
time since their commitment. aad their
nscktiss we're nattiiy knottsd and their
hair carefully brushsd.
In fact. tho eason they we're In court
IL due 70 ssrtorial pride. Three ron.
y,ots-John he Lueca, John Clark and
Arthur Lyon--on July q attacked and
nearly killed Herman Miller. who ID
sery,ng twenty years for mansiau s liter.
40 the result. Il 10 claimed. OF . dispute
over an attempt 70 change shaving
ds " from Tuesdays and Fridays to
! Mondays and Thursdays. Why the con-
ytcts cared whether shaving day wal
changed or not was not made apparent.
Anyhow Herman Miller. the man as
saul,ed by his three brother conviets.
wanted tho chanke made.
! Miller was The nrst witness and he
testified like n veteran In court proce'
dure. Hc showed q studied knowledge
OF the practice Of criminal law II,
was guarded In his statements n at
tempts OF the attorneys for tho defens,
to confuse him proved unavailing. Will,
Miller was on the stand his three fel
low conyicts. charged with driving
hammer into his brain. faced him will
grins md continually whispered assist
anoe to their attorneys. de Luce,
made notes Of the testimony and point
cd OF. Inconsistencies.