Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
NOTED AUTHOR BITTERLY
At TACKS WARDEN MOYER
ASHE QUITS ENITENTIARY

ration exclusively Of oats. lc slI..
"THr men were suffering because OF
.r-Gn lent ratiuue. And they were
20 the mood for anything for some
time"
Hawthorne counted over ;Ac arEu-
mon,z that the Atlanta renitenuary
Us 90 model prison.
You hear OF the baseball. and the
music at the meals. and the permits
sion 20 talk al meals. and the few
privileges uo said They are the
work Of nc deputy warden. and not
of Warden Moyor, the real head ana
. executive.
STAYED OF Despair.
oscar Wilde was certainly sincere
when he wrote OF the despair and
n. horror that is engcudcrpd hv
prison His Reading Goal and his
De Profundis' are faithful portray
ais"
Hawthorne was personal ace
quaintancc of Wilde. and De smiled
at the statement that there was prob
ably something la his own prison
writing that suggested the gloom ana
bitterness Of tho English vsthcty in
prison
PERHAPS there was" Doc sail.
Wilde wrote sincerely"
However, Hawthorne said that none
Of the moments of dark despair came
10 him during the year Of confnr-
mcut, and never much of bitterness.
except when the application for pa
role made by him and Or Morton
was refused while Il others wee
granted
II was never harassed by Rioomy
fOrobodings," he said, except for the
time that ] thought ] would never
1--we 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 despondcnCy,
because ] knew my time was short.
But there was always the affecting
sight of others less fortunate When
ever the prisoners meet after night
apart even after "a few hours apart,
from their friends, they always have
the grave salutatiou, How are you
this time" or How are things COM
ing lust as II they had been away
for months
There is always the fear that
something will happen. always the
pail Of fright over the men, the fright
that they viii break a plate or offend
"a guard. or IN some way violate the
rules and be sent to the hole, that
place of darkness and heat ana
stencil
AS Tar rs ] am concerned, the eN-
periencc has been valuable and with
out personal harm. Now that it 10
over ! am glad that ! went through
10, and would take nothing for the
knowledge ] received In all those
months.
To Write Experiences
You see. it 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 knowledge viii be utilized hy
Hawthorne In his writings 1t is like
~ that much OF his literary talent will
Doe devoted TO drawing u 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 will enter the
employ OF a newspaper In the metrop-
oils, and thus find means of sub
sistcuCe while he writes iudepend-
entity.
II don't think l shall come back to
Atlanta" he smiled. except in the
role of government investigator. per
haps. il my feeble attempts 10 attract
attention 10 conditions as they exist
are really successful"
Prisoners 5ade Men Good bye.
Hawthorne and Or. Morton came
into Atlanta about 10 O'Clock Wednes-
day morning They had intended
leaving the prison earlier but were