Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
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a few minutes n wasn't Il had
been brewing for months. The men
were starved. absolutely starved"
Dr. Morton explained the grievance
Of the disorderly prisoners
1t is like the horse that pinned On d
ration exclusively Of oats" he said
The men were suffering because Of
insufficient rtions. And they were
in the mood for anything for some
time
Hawthorne counted over the argu-
mcnts that the Atlanta Peuitentiary
is a model prison.
You hear Of the baseball ana the
music at the meals. and the permits
sion to talk al meals. and the few
privileges" he said They are the
work Of ne deputy warden, and not
OF Warden Meyer. the real head and
executive.
STAYED OF Despair.
Oscar Wilde was certainly sincere
when no wrote OF the despair and
the horror that is engeudered hy
prison. His Reading Goal and his
De Profundis are faithful portray
ais"
Hawthorne was personal &C
quaintance Of Wilde. and he smiled
al the statement that there was prop
ably something i'm his own pHs IN
writing that suggested the gloom AMI
bitterness Of tho English Ssthete in
prison
perhaps there was" he said.
wilde wrote sincerely"
However, Hawthorne said that none
Of the moments Of dark despair came
to him during the year OF connnr-
mcnt, and never much Of bitterness,
except when the application for pa
role made by him and Or. Morton
was refused while ~ others were
granted.
Il was never harassed by gloomy
forebodIngs" he said except for the
time that l thought / would never
live to get out. And ! was never bit
ter except when / realized that the
impression received by the public was
altogether unreal
Pail Of Fright Present.
For myself ! felt no despondeuav,
because | knew my time was short.
But there was always the affecting
sight Of others less fortunate. When
ever the prisoners meet after niglt
apart, even after q few hours apart,
from their friends, they always have
the grave salutatiun. How are you
this time2 or How are things com
ing just as II they had been away
for months.
There Is always the fear that
something viii happen. always the
pail Of fright over the men. the fright
that they viii break plate or offend
guard. or in some way violate the
s-..F l.. o.. .
place Of darkness and heat ana
stencil.
las far as ! am concerned. the eX
perience has been valuable. and with
out personal harm. Now that II 10
over I am glad that ! went through
II, and would take nothing for the
knowledge ! received in all those
months.
To Write Experiences
You see, il is "A knowledge of men
in the leash that can be obtained IN
no other way. No one can tell from
the outside No one knows of the
misery the haunting fear OF those
within.
This know ledge win be utilized by
Hawthorne in his writings. II is like
ly that much Of his literary talent will
be devoted to drawing "a picture OF
his prison observations and to an at
tack on the prison system everywhere
Il don't believe in prisons" he
said, recalling one Of his articles in
the prison PAPER. but ! think this
prison IS one of the worst"
Going to New York Wednesday,
Hawthorne probably viii enter the
employ OF a newspaper in the metrop-
oils, and thus ind "a means OF sub
sistence while he writes iuuepend-
emily.
81 don't think ] shall come back to
Atlanta" he smiled. except in the
role Of government investigator. per
haps. il nay feeble attempts 20 attract