New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-21
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leaves me TO the hospital stan
They'll tell me when I'm ready TO
stand up, strong on my feet once
more.
Nov. the Parole Board must be
the hospital staff. They may come
themselves, or they may send inspec-
tors Just as house surgeons visit the
wards, and see the patients daily. The
surgeon-inspector will see me every
day or every week. and study me. and
they viii size me up. determine my
fitness 20 90 out into the world
That's a sample Of the way these
men had thought out things. They
sleep. eat and smoke prison; they
walk il, and they talk it, A former
policeman came to me with a big book
lie had been working on prison rec
ords for five years. to show the sue
cess Of the parole system. He had Il
all down on paper. II looked very
conclusive. The Auburn men have
compiled a pamphlet of statistics from
from | can't say how many states
all that answered queries. ! THINK
the average in some was SO. know
this was the average at the Federal
prison IN Atlanta The collective ay'
erage OF all the states is big.
Here's another illustration OF the
manner in which the men study sta
tistics. This prisoner had been sent
ND for violation Of the Sullivan law
lie thought he had received an I'M
usually severe sentence; he wished to
obtain the average. He asked me TO
get him the suspended sentences. prls-
on sentences, convictions, scquittals-
in fact a mass Of details for the Dor
oughs of Manhattan. Kings and
Queens for four years back.
IT.. odd how these men develop.
suppose it's case of And ] never
saw a man who looked with such a
wistful eye" You remember 1.-THE
Ballad Of Reading Gaol.
Discussing Pay of Inspectors.
The question of salaries for inspec-
tors Of a parole board was being dis
cussed.
~ don't think 81 200 or $500 is
enough money TO pay parole inspectors
Those inspectors the people the men
have to report to-will have to be more
than machines" said convict. "You
can't get the best men at those prices
men who will deal individually with
each case. who will study each paroled
man. The inspectors have got to be
more than policemen. They have got
TO he counsellors and friends. A man
going out of prisons got stiff propo-
sition before him.
You have TO get men who take a
sympathetic interest in the work. and
who can't be reached by graft. Even If
Won get one who can't be reached by
graft at a small price, usually he isn't
sufficiently developed alphabetically
or in intelligence.
81 believe" he continued. that II
the board were started there are
enough people now in New York state
| mean men of honor and integrity;
college trained, some Of them, but not
necessarily-who would undertake that
work at least long enough 20 get II
started.
"Suppose we had men OF some means
in the work. or suppose they were not
entirely wealthy, and we would have 70
nav them comparatively small salary.
believe thev would serve long enough
TO start the scheme. And afterward.
even if salaries were reduced or we had
TO employ men Of lower grade. the
success of the experiment would have
been demonstrated. II wouldn't matter
what rottenness crept into the corps
Of inspectors after the good men had
started 10 work. Always we'd be able
10 show that the thing had been
complete success under right manage
ment.
Now. so far as the sensbilities are
developed i'm prison there was Just one
particular in which | noted u above
all others Tha. was a Discrimination
20 point out celebrities 70 visitors, %
thus infict on men VINO had already
suffered more shame and ridlcule.
| have tried not 10 mention the real
names Of any prisoners in Sing Sing IN
these stories. But ! do not object 10
mentioning the names OF Cassidy and
Willctt. for they have been so short
time up the river" that the world
remembers they are still there. 90
10 20 illustrate point
More than a few members Of the
Prooklyn City Club wished these men
rointed out. do not think man
really saw them. Willett was sitting
in the chapel when the City Club ar
lived but his company marched out IT.
a short time.
Cassidy was not often visible duriag
the clubs visit. don't know where
ne was. But 10 almost every request
TO have these men pointed out the
prisoner cscorting the City Club mem
bers would say. 81 don't know exactly
where he is." or 81 think MS company
is o.er by the powerhouse." And many
times the visitor would be GAZING
straight at the company where both
marched.
| never spoke a word 10 Cassidy o.
Willett. except indirectly. did not
think they cared particularly about see,
ing me. They were in the awkward
squad. anyway; you had small chance
to talk 20 them.
Cassidy once said something 20 me-
but he mad not any idea who ! was,
not the slightest. Il was the morning