New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-21

bunch Of KEYS. which he carried in what
I'm sure he did not feel was an osten-
tatious fashion but which made them
the most prominent thing about him
70 mo. opened and shut the door 20
the dollhouse every time any one
passed in or out Of the room. re-
member the door Il was Slated iron
painted green, and sometimes the
"screw" would stand behind IL IN the
dollhouse hall. peering through. AT
YOU could see was 81 CLINT Of electric
light on mis- cheekbones. his yellow
mustache and his eyes.
The meeting took up the time I'd
been assigned for my dinner. had 20
cat with others VINO had been detained.
I'm a room where the guards eat. a
round faced boy helped us. lie leaned
his arms on the sill OF the serving win
dow. his chin cuddled in them. HIS
ewes were as blue as could be. his hair
tow colored. He didn't look more than
seventeen. was told he had been mar
ried last year. The girl came up 20
sing Sing TO take his name.
The Little Girl" Waiting.
"Now. Kid, you've got something 20
lool; forward 20 when you get out. on
want TO think Of that little girl waiting
for YOU out there" remarked man ]
knew well, Jack Murphy.
On Saturday night committee OF
prisoners from Auburn and Sing sing
who nave been taking charge OF the
Jailed mans side Of the proposed parole
bill. met some prison experts IN the
warden's Office and discussed the meas
ure.
Jack Murphy was there, and the
cx-soldier and the man who said he.d
been printer, and the red checked
HOY. in fact. all the Auburn boys
The two men who presided in court the
day before. the lawyer and the black
haired man, we're there. Both spoke
often and sagaciously. Not real
speech. YOU understand, just running
comment and answers to questions put
bv Orlando +. Lewis, secretary OF the
Prison Commission.
Mr.. Lewis was sitting where he could
sec me practically all the time. but he
didn't seem TO recognize me. And yet
he had seen me at several meetings OF
the Bedford Reformatory Investigation
a short time ago. ! used to ask HIM
questions then. But ! don't believe he
knew me the other night Maybe II
was because ! was in prison uniform.
| don't mean that he's like many or
the public who think prisoners are
unlike men in the big world outside.
He has been too much around prisons
for that. The way he discussed the
bill with the men showed IT, too.
Osborne in Evening Clothes.
Mr.. Osborne came in. He was IN
evening clothes, ready to motor 10 Ne"
York for the opera night on after a
week of work. He works hard, as nara
as any man know.
What contrast | thought Evening
coat and prison uniforms! The Metro
politan and Sing Sing. The Colder
Horseshoe and the Dormitory; Fury
anthe" and Don't You Wish, Dear Ola
pal. You Were Back Home Again
Discussion of the parole bill was
deem. intelligent, comprehensive. ! no
ticed this i'm the men who worked over
mat bill. They viewed IL from all
sides There was always the desire TO
sense il from the angle of the public.
"You men have got TO look at TINS
from the outside mans standpoint
II YOU think Of it only from personal
standpoint. YOU won't have a chance m
the world. You know that. You know
how BIASED il will be-" ! advised some
~ the prisoners. ! might have known
these men already had thought OF that:
"You have got TO get the viewpoint OF
the man on Broadway who's looking al
YOU as a convict" urged.
"Tbe man on Broadway. The man
IN Rroadwayi" said doc" why.
we've cot 10 look at il from the stand
noint OF every one Of the millions IN
New York City"
There was Just ono other big thought
on this parole bill that ought 70 men
tior. The rosy faced boy said this. u
is GOOD But before | get 10 u another
Thought comes up-that Is, 4 heard few
mon rail at fate or at the law. iew
said thew were not guilty, had not re-
ceiyed their deserts. But many re
marked they had paid enough, that
added wears would not avail anything,
would not heal them. That word heal
brings me back 20 the pink-eheeked
@Whv. the Parole Board must DO 1t
all Judges must all give indeter-
inmate sentences. And I'll tell you
why"
the back OF his head with his left
hand. and pointed finger like a pistol.
How Does Judge Know
"How in the world can Judge tell
me" he went on, chat will be NOR
ally we'll in just exactly five years and
six months? How does he know I'm
going TO be perfectly and absolutely
cured then? Why IL might even take
longer than that: might take ten years.
"That Judge sees me-half an hour,
two davs. even a week. lie sees me
then. But how can he tell when I'll
be we'll? He'll never see me again.
"A doctor puts me in the hospital He
doesn't tell me how long IL will take
me 70 get we'll. He doesn't know. He
comes TO see me every day, or he