The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-01
JOYOUS CONNECTS GREET WARDEN,
 BACK IN PRISON
Procession of LOO Welcomes Osborne, Returning to
 Sing Sing.

Ossining, N. Y, Sept. 1-Sing Sing added spectacular episode to penal history late yesterday afternoon when From Brown returned to the prison after "doing his bit' at Newport and other places where he spent his two weeks vacation. Tom Brown" of course, is the name under which War den Thomas Mott Osborne once vol untarily served time in order to study prison problems.
 Tom Browns Aurora Band, led by Tony a t.lffer," who has taught many prisoners music. and preceded by a tall convict dressed as Uncle Sam, together with officers of the prison guard and the Executive Com mittee of the Mutual Welfare League, met Warden Osborne at the outer en- trance and escort him through the the lawn in front of the Principal Keepers office.
 1,5O0 Prisoners in Procession
 Then the 1,500 prisoners, drawing small, rude floats, carrying flags, bunting and banners of all sorts,. ac- horse and a pig, paraded through the highly decorated yard before the Warden's reviewing stand, while the hand played When Tom Brown Comes to Town.''
 As each .sshop" and each t.corn-
  lifted calloused hands to salute, and throaty voices to cheer, the man who is designated by the GovernorNto keep them locked in the prison.
 Cheer Warden and Officers
 When all the convicts had passed the Warden Eand stood in a mass be-, fore the platform the cheering con tinued. The men wanted to know what was the matter with Tom
 
 that he was "a1l right They felt the same way about Father Cashin the Chaplain, and E. Stagg Writin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Committee on Prison Labor, about Principal Keeper Fred-| Johnson, and about J. M. Reynolds of Ossining.
 Then some prisoner shouted, Three cheers for every.body!'' and the gray trousered convicts whom so- cfety terms it's enemies, gave three with a will. Tom Browns Band struck up .HThe Star Spangled Ban ner,'' as the convicts barred their heads.
 About that time Teddy, a crated pig which the representa- of the prison kitchen carried in the proces- sion, decided to put an end to senti- ment, even though Warden Osborne had begun to speak. The pig let out It awakened Dutch" George to re- alization of what was going on. and he added his thin, piping yell.
 'sDutch'' served sixteen years under the old system, and until the pig squealed yesterday he refused to be- lieve the things his eyes saw were really taking place Then his old rfod h 1jS oh for From Brown into 8 sound hardly distinguishabie from that made by the pig. But the crowd understood what he meant and Warden Osborne waited for him to finish.
 s.Tom BroWn's'' Talk to the Men,
 CT had forgotten there was a war den since I saw Tom Brown every where, said Warden Osborne 'sI had forgotten my other name. don't know what to think. That Welcome Home at the entrance to the prison made me think I had been away somewhere doing my bit. II feel that I must have two; homes, one in Auburn and one in Sing Sing. I don't know how you have doNe- this.'' a
 The warden also told the men that while he was away he was glad to get a telegram from the Mutual Welfare League saying that everything was going on as usual except the Judiciary Board=a disciplinary body constitut- ed of convicts which had nothing to do. He commented on the interest shown in Sing Sing methods at New port, where one could scarcely throw a rock without hitting a trillionaire," and declared he had converted Gov. Beekman of Rhode Island to the Sing Sing idea. He suggested 1aughihgly that the day might come when they would all be proud to be in Sing Sing.
 Made Flags Out of Their Sheets.
 Applause and yelIs for other men on the platform to speak followed the conclusion of Warden Osborne's speech. 70. K. Bill,'' a Mutual Vel fare Leaguer, was the only one called who was too bashfu1 to respond.
 Sing Sing itself was a picture, not