The evening world., 1916-08-03

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nd his father Har.si str1U.uv
eide by eide toSarl ths kennels Tho
random ffiuF Stone struck tho cider
ltukesun rhsryIN 900 tho fac. tlftug
the shin slightly Hni hrui-IuE thr sur
rounding flesh
"Oh. I'm .o sofryi" called Tom. IN
gui't ,uutfliIuu - Vas no t.,Ii 1901
~ was au ~,.ll.nt" interrupted
hokes"n. turning M grim triumph 80
hIs son, u suatDhItr oW crops
~ blood ON hUr cut check. "thst viii
send you ~ vienna, Henry. my hoy
You witnessed the n IAault.'
u surely did. cried Henry. catch.
ing the ides
An hour Inter Tom Morrissey was
arrested On . warrant charging him
assault With inten. 10 kll"
Tho chhtRo was made hN HInkl"
liokesun and Nouchej for by his son,
Who had Witnessed IN. attack
Tn" towns two papers both NJ
controlled by Roheson money
out with faring he,dliu = next
morning. telling how ono Thomas
o. No 90 'udson Lane hal
'hntonly and muriorously assaulted
he aged and honorcd Hinkle Roke-
dangerously inJuring he victim
n flung rock.
The local district Alton" and The
'ircuit Judge both ~ them APP
Of tho Rokosou "m~achino"-
I'D their allotted tasks with ADM.
able skin and speed and 10 their
complete satisfaction.
As n result Tom found himself
~ state prison on n two
oar sertenco--Nith a "suddcnness
hat left him bcwildered and breath 4,
pss.
Nor. thanks TO tho Rokeson innu-
nee. did he go to prison unrecom-
ncnded The wardcn-anothor ltoke- 1,
appointee-was Informed that ,
was an ~unwontcdly brutal and 4,
Grdcned criminal. and that RokesG5 ,
would like to sec him well disciplined.
That was Tom Morrissey's intro ,
uction to n living death--to extra
labor" 10 extra penalties, to
course OF treatment warranted TO I
the hardest spirit: In short. TO
mercy OF the merciless. -
Much that is horrible goes on be-
ind prison bars. and the public
learns Of II. A victim is a.
lst released and tells his story. His
cstimony Is branded ms the lie OF an
x-convict. And the abuses &c mer-
lily on.
Tom was released from prison AT
end OF his term. and was sen,
that the Rokeson ruled
'olice had instructions TO watcl, him
= a dangerous character.
His onco buoyant step had taken
n the prison drag" His formerly
quare shoulders were bent. His
and ruddy complexion was
His eyes were lack-lustrc
as hopeless as those OF a beaten
.og. His heart was dead within him.
IN his flesh were a il a bore
to namelcss cruelties.
Thus marred, body and soul, he
turned out upon a world mat
uad been forewarned to shun or pun !
sh him. In short. he was an ex-
And hundreds Just like him
sent forth from prisons every day
0 take up again the burden OF life
nth Just the same hidcous handicap.
Another event OF local importance
ccurred on tho day OF Toms release.
lenry Rokeson zane home from
Jenna. His term OF service as at
ache there had expired. His father
ad died six months earlier n
Ienry had come back TO take Into
IL hands the reins of the civic and
nancial power that had slipped from
iinkle Rokeson's dead fingers.
In the multiplicity OF his interests
, Vienna the memory OF Mabel Nor
.ssey had half faded from Henry's '
lind. But as the sight OF his old
iI~Ioundings revived ancient recol- 4
so the thought OF Mabel now
ashed back upon him with an ire
.stibl power.
With II awoke the former y%earnlng
,r her love: the resolve he had once
that she should be his wife. He
inquiries at once through a
elective agency. me within two
ours he had learned tho u~ninspiring
of the girls life during the I
two years.
Toms tr~ial-fruitless as his defense
al proved-had eaten deep into his
avings On his departure to prison
little cottage had been given up
v his mother and sister, since thes
ould no longer continue paying the
associations instalments Upon Il.
hey had moved to n cheap three
pom suite in q poor quarter OF the
)wn and Mabel had sought work
, ID ~neighborlng box factory. On her )
she and her mother had barely
amazed to keep body and soul to-
And now a new complication had
risen. Mrs, Morrissey. always deli
ate, had fallen seriously in. The
octoI had said that nothing but a
ear In the Adirondacks could save
er. And "a year In the Adirondack"
not paid for out OF the wages OF a
OK factory operative.
All tbs Henry Rokeson learned. ,
smiled contentedly as he heard
M report. Then he wrote a note and I
II to Mabel Mt the box
lctory by his own valet.