The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07

we knew. too. how long we we're to stay. and
none that met while there would have
gone out If the doors had been left wide open.
But the cases of commitment on order of ar.
rest, on account of breach of promise or ir-
regularities in bankruptcy, or partnership dis.
putes. or claims for wages. or failures to re-
spond to subpoenas, failure to secure i'm.
mediate bonds-or even as in case for i'm.
pertinence to judge, all came in uncertain az
to how long they should stay and what the law
was In regard to their cases.
have seen a tailor come into Ludlow with
thimbe still on his finger and an assortment
OF needles fully threaded sticking in the lapel
OF his coat. One day engineer came in with
the grease of his engine still on his hands and
face, and his pockets bullying with cotton
waste. There teamster with his driving
gloves still and whip in his hand re-
call pathetic figure who took off an old over
coat to disclose the white linen coat and apron
of baker taken from his bread pans. Moth
ing could be more eloquent OF the very nature
of Ludlow's function as a weapon of the sum.
mary collector Of bills And noticeable fact
in all Ludlow's activities that should strike
the economist Is that with all this tremendous
machinery, the game is SO small the amounts
collected SO petty and trifing, that do not
believe the total enforced payments won by
this judicial blackjack would pay the expenses
of enc of the keepers let alone the score of
others who are part of the machine
The Sherihs finger. like that of Fate beck.
ons and they must CO.
There are incidents that live with me now
OF my long martyrdom. The Grim Reaper
took son from father, brother from brother &
and In one instance took from our midst one
OF our associates to a suicides grave
Old Murphy had earned the title by nine.
teen years faithful guardianship of the grin,
portal of Ludlow. An old soldier he held his
position as a sort of pension more desirable
than billet to the Soldiers Home When
entered Ludlow his was the most condemned
name in it. Few of the prisoners had good
word TO say OF "Old Murphy" Carrying over
the army discipline into his work he carried
over also the army roughness and there was
an memorable fnality in his refusal to let yisi.
'ors stay one minute over the half hour tho
regulations allowed that gave many a fright,
eheu vile or mother a nerve-racking knowI-
eose Oh what imprisonment Of her loved one
meant. 80.
1t came his turn to suffer the loss of his z
ines companion, and when his wife was laid I
away the old mans mind and nature seemed
10 undergo a complete metamorphoss
1t was some time before we realized that
the old mans mind senie, though events
proved that he realized it himself. and from
little remarks he let drop a growing
fear in his mind that he to be locked
up AS he had locked UP vast army In y
his time. On April he bade us cheerful
goodnight. and on the following morning he E
threw himself In front of subway train and
was cut TO pieces. We heard of 1t with
numbng sense OF horror that afternoon.
1t was an unique picture OF prison life to-
see the prisoners to whom Murphy had stood
as an unyielding Cerberus at the outer gate
dipping deep into their pocketbooks to buy ~
wreath of flowers for his funeral.
Is there anywhere in the wIrld replica OF
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