The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22

stronger) By that readiness to comply
which natterS the sense OF power ana
superiority In the other and bseds to
evil.
wish to say In passing thar my al
fusion to negroes In this connsctton 10
by no means 70 be taken - rejecting
upon them al; some Of the men In At
lanta for whom I had the highest re-
spect were negroes. ana ! am inclined
to think that the negro In his rieht
place and functioa 10 . desirable
element in civilization. and II we would
Itreat him Alright would do us a. much
good a. We can do him. But the negro
in Jail II at his worst. just ~ white
men are, and he 10 made worse by white
companionship. There are more than
two hundred Of them In Atlanta jail,
and some Of them are the worst Of their
kind.
What II true Of the association Of
negroes with whites u not leo0 true OF
the association Of what are called pro-
fessional criminals with the young and
unhardened. Various prison authorities
claim that they have made scms effort
to prevent this contamination, but the
only sign Of II that could ever dis
cover at Atlanta was that the old and
the young are not commonly assigned to
the same cells. Obviously. however, .
man yovnS IN ye .y %
-. 49,. ~, ,ss.iS INA M nretenr.
- .Sa..,n~ a., oshsr t..t IN = isii 4
made.
A young fellow, without inherited or
.ocv;.sd cr,u,irai tsndenciss A. senf IN
tn a.. .o,.. ,,.Av.,t.rt sua ir.,~r,a.
go. S.r-so.,o, "a i.r n. MA .Iv.vs
| ,,..,t 20 H.. .,r.,~h,. n. hsA No
.nr,,.v srasr., .oc,.tv. n. hs6 .ivavs
| ,howvh, ~ h,r,e:iV = vsu intentioned
80 Ia. .h,d,,. put ~. n. 4. ana
y. =. .ro~L.A sh.v.S ana .nr.ue6 A.
~. .,,dA.r ~r,r .nd horror ~ ths III,
J,non r",rc En-. .s,ovra.6 ana 40
...s. ~. r.as"..,onsi ..,,,,,.i No..
"a -,o.k.
| n. go ~ ,n. ~,o.,a-os IN. c,,r,,.
NJ, vo-,d- S.,r,.,S. h,r ch.,. nth
h,,,, h.ar,.r. h,r, ana .oon h.~,,. 10
"a .c,r.t. rim -.th N... vhich hsd
never IN, nov occurred IN Rim Ne
n,s,chs. IN. ,r,,,.,,c. ana ho.ti,,,v ~
~, mo nL,nd - d ths hos,.is..rs.. ~ IN.
on,,.Ic, one. a. .ai, .vnr o..;n -.o.,eh-
'i.hing hiu..iS IN the World n. tail.
hi. n',n,I frat n. 4, Az rrn.d eor.v.r nv
Vt. sa,inv nc, o,,,.,S. 80 ,h., ,,n,s..
~. 10 "a - ~. 49,. 20 1890
-. ne, a., o.. 10. q, ~. Iii, .,,,
amen N h;w~,hs NV ~ cr;,,s
men ne proceeos 10 snow MN pro-
u..s.I., w po"'S anu "oases VI
onIy 'oo easy
LOT me trained Crook 10 overcome the
=. Tue "nnaroeheo you'h,
s ue 1850 sem u"ans"e,ao'e' anu
"' 1u''""o'e NeS'"s ina. PRISON
II
r1p,er AZ every turn. a rev months Is
.e" enough 70 turn an innocent boy
nv s.esco,' year or more OF
'"s'' ueuo" eaves MN no chance
eSape' .no many an innocent boy
mus " ,'s".s :" &c" LOT what seems 10
nm " ,
s' suy = justice OF STATE su-
.e Nou., se'eneee i"omas BAKER
~ az ."s '" 49,. e%.o, 20 nI'een years
hu.S ~ .s,",N your mo.neI vas
u . az" ne'pees anu your step,ather
,,a,'. :. aN s'.seu heI anu pea' her IN
you' p'.se"ee o's brute Win whom
you eoo,u NOT nope 10 contend physi-
via. "ou'o oe your teenhss ana
w"a' wouiu you De prompted 10 90!
Ano"es oeNe!' tTemohns ana soooans
WY" rag ena snsuisn' ran OUT OF the
nouso ~ heisnCor borrowed snot-
Inc hrm,..s ~ s,,, "p,,e" mo
sno, "'"e MN Y" '"'
'pN...
s,.m IN Wison LOT mat!
a" We .eJo'Se anu say tnat Jusuce al
10 Out '"a' Is oisres-
Nv uouv' .nean"nne ihomas BAKERS
Vne Io"so ..s IN ire Is the renection
ma, ma ne ala succeed IN killing his step
"er' anu ne Win oe very ready to give
ear 10 an oioer ana more experienced
man VINO tens him that the only diner-
ehce between good and bad In the world
that those are called good who have
power over those who are called bad
ana tnat the only way for him to get
even Tor his wrongs Is to become q
crook-and not be . fool!
The wardens and guards do not pre-.
vent these companionships: whether or
not they try to prevent them cannot be
amrmed, but to my mind It II plain that
they could not prevent II. try ~ they
might. II 10 an evil inherent In prisons