The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-03
PRISON WALLS
AND BARRED GATE
GUARDED DINERS
Albany Newspaper Men Enter
tain 800 Guests in Grim
Surroundings.
MANY ROASTED" TOO.
Graft Inquiries Inspire Novel
"Stunts" Aimed at Gov
ernor and Others
MANY ROASTED" TOO.

ALBANY, April Within the
guy walls a the mess hall Of .
ps1soa erected on modern lines and
conducted In keeping with the dras-
- Recommendation OF various re-
foem associations. Gov. 0lynn and
more than three hundred we'll known
men dinsd hare last night
Il was only . prison Of paint and
canvas, though, for the diners wore
guests at the annual dinner Of the
Legislative Correspondence Associa-
tion. and the decorative effect chosen
By the newspaper men for their ban.
quet hall and surrounding CORRIDOR
followed the lines Of . penal tnsltu-
ton.
The numerous recent tnvestisa-
tioos and charges Of graft suggested
the idea- Some Of these inquiries
were burlesQued. but other events Of
the last year which have made po-
litical history within the State also
were touched on.
Armed guards. mounted on sentry
boxes, reviewed the guests as they
entered the outer corridor of the ho-
tai Others took finger prints on
chAlked glass and measured their
bodies with cork tipped Ice tongs.
Thay wore admitted to the banquet
hall through barred gate.
ooNvicTo PLEA FOR THEIR
RIGHTS As UPLiFTERs.
Twsnty-four uniformed convicts.
led by . keeper. lockstepped their
way to the Governors table and
pleaded for their rights"
sFor years and years." their spokes-
man said. I'VE have been doing our
best, Governor. to make this . model
prison. Tonight we feel that We al
most have attained perfection. We
are al crooks. thieves and burglars,
and we believe that our honest efforts
to uplift the institution should have
some recognition from you. Why. oh.
why. Governor. do you insist on send
our good work and tear down all we
have built upf"
Tho Warden was thrown into q nerv-
Gus state when, Senator Windey sud
denly dropped in to inspect the prison.
With only q minute in which to warn
the inmates. the Warden hoarsely
threatened:
you're an little Tom osbornss or
he solitary for youra"
A bAsman made the mistake Of drift
ing into the room and dropping various
articles, such - hlverware. into his
bulS1ng sack. Arraigned before the
presiding oficsr. he explained that he
merely was doing his duty"
sWhat makes your bag 20 fatT' was
aaked
son, n ws can't get the dough well
take anything" ne said. I'm this sack
rvs 1900 opinions Attorney General
CAfmody gavs mo-"
SWAN SONG OF sAoMAN, WITH
A CHORUS ON sUlzER.
The 'bagman's swan song" sung to
tho tune Of Heart Of Maryland" also
wAs . feature. Here Is the chorus:
14ays. esn IN ths hsart Of Osanins,
AwS.h ~. Ny .N !. sw,s i,d r. u,,, ,h...
-{Sss Osnins viii break the ring.
Yer yoa promised tie State you'd rob-
% . &: 's i q: s'. M. q i Gs:isass s
~Trtlby" and "Svengali" appeared
Everything went we'll until "Trilby''
ia "Svengali'' she could 500 Gov
0iynn writing an editorial denounc-
m6 Charles F. Murphy. Declaring
that such vision could have nc
nASis In fact. "Svengali" broke uT
the performance.
''William Suffer- appeared as he dtd
q the last dinner. but he wal
changed slightly. One eye was black
ana his clothes were torn and
unused. But he was grinnipg and