The Donaldsonville chief., 1915-01-09
A CONVICT WHO MADE GOOD.

1915.
| A CONVICT WHO MADE GOOD.
| An interesting and edifying story
of Louisiana convict who made
good in the penitentiary is furnish
ed by the experience of Wyatt ii.
Ingram, the former trust officer OF
| the Hibernia National Bank of New
Orleans, who was convicted of en-
| bezzlement for having speculated
with the banks funds and lost about
s1O0, 900 in 1909. He made no fight
against the accusation and accepted
the sentence of twelve years i'm
prisonment in silent resignation.
Soon after entering the penitenti-
ary at Baton Rouge he was sent to
the states Angola plantation to
serve as hospital steward. He OBJ
tanned a. setsof medical books from
friends in New Orleans and studied
them assiduously, becoming quite
as competent a practitioner as many
a full-fledged medical and surgical
graduate. He rendered invaluable
and at times almost heroic service
to the sick and suffering convicts at
Angola, by whom he came to be re-
garded in the light of a protector
and benefactor. He devised a treat
ment for mumps during the prevail
ence of an epidemic of that all
ment that shortened the period OF
disability from three weeks to as
many days, and as his experience
and skill increased he treated mala-
ria, typhoid, pneumonia and other
serious diseases with marked sue
| cess, being instrumental in material
| ly reducing the ratios of illness and
death among his fellow unfortunates.
He was model prisoner in every
particular and was fully entitled to
the "double good time" of seven
years deduction from his term which
the board of control was authorized
by law to grant him.
Doctor Ingram, as he is now
known, was released from confine-
ment in the latter part Of NoVem-
Der and went to Chicago to visit
his parents. From there it was his
purpose to proceed to Denver to
take charge of the hospital of a
large mining camp.
In addition to the other penalties
resulting from his financial misstep,
his young wife divorced him soon
after his conviction, and it is all the
more creditable to his moral cour-
age and resolution that he was able
under such conditions to keep his
grip on life and determine to fit
himself for an honorable and useful
career. He kept his health and
strength and emerged from his five
year ordeal as stalWart, tall and
strikingly handsome as when he be-
gan it.
In the parlance of the pugilistic
fraternity DR.. Ingram has "come
back wonderfully, and all who read
or hear the record of his misfor-
tunes and achievements will join in
the sincere hope that he will CON
tinue to 'smake good for the rest
Of his life.
1t was with sincere regret that the
host of friends of genial Dick" Ian
dry learned last Sunday that he had
been suddenly Frustrated with an
acute attack of appendicitis. Mr..
Landry's condition was very alarm
ing for couple of days and it was
feared at one time that he would
have to be rushed to New Orleans
for an operation, but he grew better
on Tuesday and has continued to
improve, being presently regarded as
out of danger The Chief, in com
mon with the entire community, con-
graduates him upon his fortunate
escape from the painful ordeal Of a
surgical operation, and wishes him
an early and complete restoration to
health.
Friends of Col. A. D. Vega are
congratulating him upon his appoint
ment as an auctioneer in the'state of
Louisiana for the four-year period
ending with 1919, the appointment
having been made by State Auditor
Paul Capdevielle under authority of
section Z of act No. 163 of 1910.
With an experience of thirty years
as a merchant, Col Vega is quail
fled to make competent and sue
cessful auctioneer, and his manifest
ability in this line assures a general
demand for his services. He solicits
business in any part of the state.