The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
Millionaire Chairman of
New York Commission
Tries Experiment.
TREATED JUST AS
OTHER INMATES
AS Thomas Brown" Mr.. Os-
borne Enters Big Gate With
Harry Mitchell, Who Will
Do Two Year-Publisher
Cannot Read His Own
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Auburn. N Y, September 20
former Mayor of Auburn, Is sleeping
tonight in Il three-foo cell on the
second tier of the north wing of Au-
burn prison. lie is booked as Thomas
Brown
After announcing that he would
make n personal test of the mental
effect of Imprisonment on n man, with
the hope of lettering the condition OF
convicts In general Mr.. Osborne en-
tered the State prison this morning At
1885 o'clock. Tonight his supper was
the coffee and bread that was thrust
through the bars to him. a few feet
from where he is sleeping. in charge
Of Captain Lamb, a door leads to the
death house. where half a dozen men
await execution.
Prepares for Incarceration.
Mr.. Osborne is chairman of the New
York state Prigon Reform Commis-
sion. His determination to be locked
up was reached after he had discussed
the idea with the other members,
among theu being Dean w. Kirchwey.
OF Columbia University: Professor Z.
Stage Within. Mary Garrett Hay.
daughter of the late John Hay; Charles
NJ. Iiough and George w Perkins
his office in this city this morning he
had sacrificed his mustache His hair
was not shaved because the regula
tions no longer require IT, but il was
close enough to pass muster with the
prison authorities.
He motored from Osborne mansion
to point two blocks from the Jail,
and there dismissed his chauffeur. Be-
fore this he had motored to the bank
l. -.
good-by to him.
~ Turns business Over to Son.
At his own Office there were many
matters calling for his attention, but
he gave n hasty look at the papers on
his desk and turned them over to an
other son.
There was no one about the prison
gates when he entered. He had kept
the time of entering secret in order to
avoid having his picture taken. Three
minutes after he reached the gates
he was removing the tailored suit he
wore. kit was handed to him. The
prison suit he took from II was dali
gray, not striped The cut. designed
for all men, gives n slouchy appear
ance to any man. There we're coarse
cotton socks. coarse underwear and
heavy cowhide shoes, built for wear.
With 2 keeper standing by. he took
tne Dath tnat accompanies the admiS-
sion of all convicts.
Goes In With Convict.
With Mr.. Osborne, Harry Mitchell
entered from Jefferson County TO do
two years for receiving stolen goods
The millionaire and the convict were
broken in together The two, their
arms to their chests, marched TO the
dining hall In single file. Their dinner
there consisted OF bean soup, boiled
ham. sweet mixed pickles. boiled po-
tatoes, coffee and bread.
Dinner at the palatial Osborne home
yesterday consisted of cream OF celery
soup. baked lake fish, Hollandaise po-
tatoes. roast chicken. apple sauce. peas.
Waldorf salad, Ice cream and demi-
tasse.
Goes the Idle Gauge.
Mitchell and the millionaire went the
idle gauge, the one for men just ad-
mitted. for whom no permanent place
has been found. Their first job was
moving furniture from one shop to an
other. From to this afternoon they
sat on a bench sorting straw for
brocms and cane for baskets. Thomas
Brown" and Mitchell worked with
equal speed and diligence. The prison
fCOptinuad On Fifth