The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-13
Reformed System of Prison
Management Said to BE in
Dock With Removed War.
den of Sing Sing.
ANOTHER INDICTMENT
TO BE HEARD LATER
Novel Method of Dealing With
Inmates of Prison Developed
by Retired Manufacturer
During Administration.

White Plains y. Y. N:arCn Ia
The trinl of Thomas Mott osborne
began IN the suprom" court he's
| today on an indictment charging nid
with perjury ma connection with it-
rtstigattona into his administration
as warden oi sing sing prison bs-
borne is alleged to have sworn mat
ho had no kuuwl"dgo ut certain I'M
moral conditions Ip Sing Siug wh!,h
nat been testified To b, uth"'s. m
|, Guiding prison inmates. \n"th"r tu-
Id.rtm"nt chnrsing neglect OF dui' ANA
| mmurhlt, is pending
\ mr, wa completed b'iur. noon.
IA. examination ui nl.~m.n occupy
NIX less than ~" hours. EmphasiB
WAS placed hN counsel for osborne un
| the attitude Of talcsm.u toward auy
| possibr, attempt to taupcr with the
jury.
When Thomas Mott Osborne,
Aealthy retired manufacturer. lr,tur-
cr writer. Harvard graduate. tw,,'
| mayor Of Auburn. y Y, and i'lh
| Dodge lecturer At vale Withdrew IL a.t
, December as warden of Sing Sins
| PRISON at Ossinin.. = =. Governor
| Charles = whitman announced thu,
n. assumed that Osborn" would u,
| reappointcd IL acquitted "f the
| charges brought against him by -
West hester county grand jury when
foi SIX weeks had been investigating
| conditions At sing Sing. The iudi''-
| nrnt ON when h" II now h"int
brought Co trial accuses pshnrnc 81
perjury The other pending hill
| charges MIN With neglect ui duty nnd
immortality.
During his stewardship Of approx
| imItrly thirteen months At sing sing
| Osborn" organized system ui dts"i-
pine. personal dcahug method ui
conducting ,outitt government,
| known as the Mutual Welfare league.
| Tins institution. under WhiCh th" re-
| SpuusihilitN tor th-ir conduct was im-
| posed upon tn" inmates. was IN" ou'.
IgTowth of = similar association which
| Osborn. had. whil" chairman ot IN"
| stat, commission on prison reform.
| urgaui1od at the stat" Prison at Au-
nurn after he tad tor six days lived
IL rouNcts lite az Auburn under the
Imam. ct Tom BTuNu." ~ the fan ui
ligli
The progress pf the Mutual Welfare
league was watched hN prnolugists,
| sociologists nud othcis including
many men nnd women ui note
Throughout IN" country who believed
Ithoy recognized ~ it a system of re-
form from within instead - from
without George Gordon Battle, 81
lcuuns.l Tor osborne. arguing recently
In tn. supreme court al poughkcepsi"
Ion "A motion to dismiss the udict-
iments. emphasized what he declared
Iwas tn, wide publ, interest In o.
| horno's methods The eyes of the
Iworld are upon Mr. osborne, Nj
Battle declared Prison reform '-
on trial
| Under the osborne sNst"m the in
Imhtrs elect d,lcsatcS who IN turd
lol.rt an executive committee.
IcouTt Is appointed. either hN the dele
gates az hy the committee, known as
In, mutual welfare court. Briur" thu
Itribunal are brought inmates chargrI
with uucnscs constitutng hrea''
4 prison discipline. The court a.
quits OF convict, ana IT. verdict '
ALWAYS suhirc, to appeal tu tn. whr.
den. who approves or disapprov"s
Sorgcants-at. arms appointed hy ia,
executive committee uct on pris"'
| IuIlrt lpIt', tb-bli'IhllHt WIN w
prison guards ~ maintaining order
~ the head of this government u'
SOM. t,JuO men rs the warden 81
perNisor, advisor, final arhti"f Under
| this system tsinutuc hrli'Ncs th'
Sp,rii uf the inmates ana ui sing sins
a. whole improved.
| one phnsr of this treatment OF con
Ivicts was associated with the porlu'
The prisoners were often NolunthiN
,outessors of crimes committed win
IN Sing Sings walls. and pshurne an'
mcmhcrs oi tn" cYcutiv" commit -
regarded these admissions AS conn
DENTAL. This WAS ia" stand whic'
osborne took when he appeared as
witness before the grand Jury la
December At the recent hearing ui
the motion tu dismiss the indictment
Mr. Rattlr quoted grand Jury mlnu,"
. lto show that Osborne had decline
, | tu reveal confessions ot immoralit
, made to him by convicts, the witnes
tcstifying that there Is n" immoralit
ease 81 far rs the prison rs con
corned.
% \ previous investigation conducte
A by In Rudolph Di.dling. "A sta
prison commissioner, had reveal
g that al nearly n score of cunvicts ~
miitins immortality, some were OH
Gers nf the Mutual Welfare lcaRu