The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
lanes Nj. Clancy, Whose
Resignation Takes Eff.
feet May I. Has Made
Enviable Record as
Head of Institution
r AMEs NJ. CLANCY. warden Of ST.

making . record which has
brought forth praise from every
state official charged with keeping
v>tch on the prisons of the State. from
every representative Of the phllan-
,hropic associations devoted to lettering
the welfare Of those sent to prisons.
The reason why Clancy resigned has
been variously stated. but the truth
has not yet been revealed entirely. Per-
hsps II will come out some day: per.
hps not. 1t may be said that the rea-
sons were more psychological than ma
ter.al--a feeling that there was a vague.
Shadowy but insurmountable barrier be-
tween what should be done for the
States charges and what actually
could be done. disheartening to q SYM
psthet!c man who had realized the pos
abilities for effective public service.
A second timer working out In front
4 the prison on the road last Tuesday
summed 1t UP from the prison stand
POINT. This man and forty-two others
were working out there without q guard
in s!ght-on honor. At the same time
q dozen men were working alone on
house Of the prison reservation. out
side the walls, and no one had looked
for them since they went out. There
wore a dozen avenues of escape open to
these men, but not one of them sought
to get away.
Clancy" exclaimed this second
diner. "They say he isn't one of these
scientific guys that knows all about It.
He got onto something mighty quick
A. ~
Il they live to be O thousand years; he
found out that We were human beings,
no matter II We were twisted up q
little. That beats any science any guy
ever learned"
PAndemonium greeted the dawn of
July Q. 1913. at Sing Sing prison. BY
arrangement the first light Of the
morning saw nearly all OF the 1900
oonvicts awake and shortly afterward
from more than 1000 cells came groans,
howls. cur SEES rawlings. all mingled with
she deafening rattle Of iron buckets ON
steel cell doora
The early morning march to the
shops was accomplished to the music
Of more groana 1t IL not certain that
on this particular morning all the
guards In that prison tried honestly to
Discover the culprits. There were
cravings and the rafting Of dishes at
breakfast. and afterward when the men
had marched back to the shops for the
days toll there were strikes. The men
in the shoe shop. in the knitting shop:
aume in the foundry. others about the
grounds, fatty refused to work.
STn Act hA
hoarse refrain from every cell block.
from the darkened cells Of the bad men.
from the workshops, from kitchen.
mess hall. bakery and every other quar-
ter.
Kennedy! Kennedy! Kennedy"
came the answering roar. ITO - with
work till he comes back"
That was the first number on the
programme for the Inauguration OF
jones NJ. Clancy as warden and
superintendent OF Sing Sing prison. Tho
festivities lasted seventeen days and
the like had never been seen before in
q prison OF the State. Four incendiary
fires were started in that time. one Of
which destroyed 100000 worth Of
State property Men by gangs openly
mutinied. There were fights In every
quarter keeper with convict, convict
with convict: numerous attempts to
escape and constantly throughout the
nights the grooming and the yells and
the ratings at the doors Of the cells.
The advent Of Clancy caused this
demonstration. John 8. Kennedy, his
predecessor. had resigned and was de-
mand!ng a Grand Jury investigation
following the report Of George w. Blake.
special investigator for Gov. Sulzer.
There were serious charges against
some Of his subordinates involving
everything from the misappropriation
o. State made goods to the systema-
tied selling Of favors to convicts for
money. Not only had the food of the
oonvicts been stolen but even the food
Of ths mlserab bic inmates of the death
house had been taken from them. II
vas declared. Blake himself described
sne conditions as "hideous." and subse.
auent indictments have in . great meas
ure corroborated him
The Inspiration for the rebellion q
Hng Sing came from misguided friends
OF Kennedy. without his knowledge ant
certainly without his consent, a. III
subsequently, showed when he came for
"Asd to aid in suppressing the demon
stfatsons Although the full truth VII
never no revealed, In all likelihood. 4
known that some Of the ringleader,
among the rioters had received q him
mat an uprising would bring Kennel,
oeck' when there would b rewards.
Clancy's administration, II was pointe>
IN meant the end Of the old system
10 was man put IN By Q reform 90
msns- Thors could % no moro uQuo
n0usht no moro drusA no moro foo,
Nd other favors by purchase Inas
meun a. these hnts could not b give,
y outsidcIS II II . fair Inference tina
ney were siven BY men VINO officiall,
Gao rfght % 20 about among the CON
NotA
~ wAs mo this situation that jaime
Chnoy was thrust that July morn
h& yeaS. n might we'll hav
ountnd veteran penologist ana IN
~ warden when he reached the mai,
euuanoe that morning knew NO NOR
prison hopping and the care Of n
Inmates than 10 knows now of Buddha'
v education. He said - 10 John T
Aney' State superintendent Of Prisons
ms morning Gov. Sulssr in his most i'm
wessve manner introduced the tw
Capitol.
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