The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-02-13
Warden Kennedy Was Human.

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"Music we had in plenty. thanks to
the good heart of Warden Kennedy.
| The warden was loved by every man
who ever went into the death house.
He was human. Before his coming
our privileges were few enough. He
made for us the best that could be
made OF such a situation. He had the
organ and the prison quartet and the
violinist brought in to play and sing
for us. He gave us Bibles and maya
zines and saw to it that we got the
daily papers. all the morning papers
except the Sunday papers. He fur
nished smoking tobacco and cigarette
papers He brought us fruit and nuts.
He was a prince.
80 was James Connaughton. the
principal keeper-'P. X we called him
in terms of endearment. He did all
that he could for US. The wardens
orders were that we were TO have the
best that could be given in the circum-
stances. We got it from p. X
Father Cashin. the prison chaplain.
was one bright ray of sunshine that
came into the death House, He is
Catholic priest and in every way
worthy of his cloth. He is man and
gentleman. He spoke with all the
boys. gave them consolation. talked
with them by the hour. gave them BIZ
bles and papers and tobacco He was
Gods own messenger.
His predecessor, who called himself
the Rev. Jones. was as different as day
from night The boys got no consola-
ton nor sympathy from Mr.. Jones. de
said to one of them. We'll. if you'd
behaved yourself on the outside you
never would have been in here. He
didn't have to tell that to the man
The man knew 1t.
another man among men is Warden
Ed Hanley at the Tombs. He is hne
fellow and every inch man.
Lowry the Friend of the Condemned
"There are good men who 20 to the
death house and talk with the boys and
do something to ameliorate their con-
dition. One of these is John Lowry OF
LAG Fifth avenue. He takes the great
est interest in the unfortunate. DE
visits many of the prisons and reforma-
tories and is constantly doing good.
He gives away books and papers. He
helps a man after leaving prison. He
spends his own money and asks no re-
turn for it except the reform of the
man for whom he is working. 1t is
pity that there are not many more like
him. but there are few.
There are men in prison who are
better than many who walk the streets
free men. ] don't say this is universal. |
but there are many who have gone |
there because they had no money to |
hire good lawyers to fight their cases |
in the courts. This is the kind of men
Lowry and his kind aim to help. ]
think | shall engage in that kind of |
work when | can get my head above |
watermelon have the means to do 1t
"A man never looks on the sunshine |
once the door closes behind him in the |
death house. He is never taken out OF
his cell except for ten minutes each |
when he has his bath. The
bathtub Is a rotten old tub with twen-
ty years of dust on 1t. When you get |
shaved you put your head outside. The
rest of your body remains in the cell.
They use a safety, and it is pretty
rough affair. The food is served on
two battered tin plates. You get
spoon for your, coffee. Your meat you
eat with your fingers. The fooe is
good. but the cooking is rotten. A man
in prison needs all the help he can get.
and am going to do my little best for
the rest of my life to help them ALL
New York Evening World.