Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22

charged in the morning. They are
then taken to the cells.
In q Felon's Cell.
Locked in his cell, Emile realized
at last the full and bitter meaning OF
his conviction. His heart was broken
his manly spirit crushed. He fell
upon his knees with the tears running
down his face. He murmured brok-
emily some little prayer his Christian
mother taught him. All night he
rolled restlessly upon the little, mar
row bunk-thinking, thinking, think
ing-wondering what would be the
outcome. Early in the morning. with
the rest of the prisoners he was called
to go out to work. He had no privi-
leges other than those granted by any
penal institution-no clock, no calen-
dar, no newspapers. He was permit
ted, however, to draw a magazine or
book from the library.
Emile was a model prisoner and
Superintendent Whitman was attract
ed by his manly face and strict COM
pliance with the rules. might say,
in this connection, that Mr.. Whitman
is considered by all of the criminolo-
gists of the world to be the most
Humankind yet the most practical
and the farthest advanced in the
knowledge of the proper care and
handling of prisoners of keepers Of in
situations of his time. He is greatly
beloved by all the gu:-'s and prison
ers under his care. This, then. was
the type of man that too an interest
in Emile and did SO much for him.
Notwithstanding the dirty work and
the soiled clothes, as day after day
Emile pushed his wheelbarrow to and
fro, Mr.. Whitman saw through the. I'M
prepossessing exterior into the heart
of the innocent. unfortunate boy. He
saw that Emile '-as OF. of his ele-
ment and ordered him to his own
home. He was given bath and a
suit of spotless duck and assigned as
a waiter and houseman under Mrs.
Whitman's direction. Mr.. Whitman
says that it was wonderful to note
the change in the boy-out of :le
noise and dirt and Encouraging sur
roundings of the institution into the
peace and quiet Of the superinten-
dents home. He asked innrmerable
questions Of all with wlom he came in
contact and gained knowledge Of
English most unusual, considering the
short time he was there; for Mr..
Whitman, after a great deal Of trou-
BILE. had two of the charges against
Emile dismissed and he was dis
charged when he had served only 108
days of his sentence.
Small Chance for Unfortunate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman gave him a
warm handclasp and told him good
bye with a great deal Of good advice.
They also gave him fifty cents and
when he passed out of the House Of
Correction he was handed card to
one of the charitable institutions for
the aiding of discharged prisoners.
Upon his arrival at this place they
took his record, gave him lot of adj
vice. handed him fifteen cents with
which to get something to eat. and
told him he had better try the hotels
and restaurants for position like he
formerly had. He started out and
asked for work everywhere in his
broken English. No one seemed to
want him or to have any interest in
what became of him. Hour after hour
passed and at last-discouraged and
weary-he went back to the charit-
able institution. They then gave him
a card to the Chicago municipal lodg-
ing house, which nightly houses 600
or more unfortunates from the under