The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-18
THRONG OF $500
APPLAUDS OSBORNE
Cheers Sweep Carnegie Hall
During Eulogy Of RefOrmer
by Judge WadhanIs.
HAILED AS GRAFT FOE
Review Of Sing Sing Record
Brings Outburst Of Enthu-
siasm From Auditors.

For two hours last nigh; r'owd th''
niied every one Of the 5000 seats IN
Carnegie Hall and stood up IN the aIs's
probably $500 In sll--had been faitIN
bursting TO get an excuse to snow 20"
enthusiastic IL was abou, Thomas Mot'
Osborn. and his work at Sing S'AS'
no matter what grand juries may think
Then came the speech of Judge william
H. Wadhams OF General sessions an"
all the pent UP enthusiasm burst Win
bang
Judge Wadhams said aud did ABOUT
everything the crowd had wanted
speaker to do. except perhaps pound on
the rostrum with wide and sweeping
gestures, with risirA ana e,holhg No'cc
he eulogized Mr.. Osborne ana All nIs
works. read poems written about nun
nv convicts, a letter about him from
r. sident Eliot OF Harvard, SAID ms
enemies attacked him because ne nau
stopped prison graft and that ms sys-
tenn was the best insurance pohc! he
state had against reconvictton.
do you want to cancel that po'os
( he cried. with upraised arm.
NO. no." shouted the audience.
Ladies and gentlemen. ] believe you
agree with me that Mr. Osborne shd MS
work not only can but must receive
! tho hearty support OF our peoPie anu
ina. ". Will insist that il shall he done,
said Judge wadhams.
4 sympathetic Audience.
Tho audience that hung OH Judge
! wadhamss every word was not onlN
large bu, representative. Fully half his
hearers were women, many OF them III
evening gowns. outside Carnegie nan
wa, drawn up a long line OF AUTOMOBILES
and carriages.
All through the evening it hal been
evident that the audience had come 'o
be en,hused. Evidently they had fN'
pected references to the Westc..est
Grand Jury and the prison ring Ever
time graft and prison politics were
mentioned there WAS applaus.
Judge Wadhams GO III" 'ohes
cheers, however. as he told of III ths
benefits Of Mr. Osborne's r"gime a.
Sing Sing. =,
There were six baths for i.6no men
silence had been imposed. He remove
the ban and formed the Mutual Wei
fare League. tCheers.l No rlo's nave
taken place since Mr.. Osborne has beer
canes The average mas been nine
this year there were three. y" dru;
trafhc there mas neVeF neeH .''' w
earth VINO couiu keep rugs p'' w
prison MI ospo'Ie u-"'
out OF sing S"e -'ne NV" w. ~, ,.a
Inc auu'e"'r a. ~. W,
ana AZ every ot"'I w NV
tual ""Nare Le"sue'
s.x,r~ ,o the state.
There ls less vice. ana 'ne'"it' "'
fallen OFF 30 per cent ana me Sta'r
saving II per cent on the PRISON i""us
tries" Judge Wadhams paused mo
mcnt dramatically. and asain pioush
his upraised arm INTO play ihere na
not been one former sing sing '"nN'c
before me for sentence VINO mas pee
there since Mr., osborne was warden
I $500 throng wanted to hear. and ,her
. was aho'ner cneeI, "v"'.n W. w. -
ana dowhsta'rs clapp"u 'he,r naI's
Loudly as 'ne men se'o'' "S"' ""
written on eNeis ia.e .,,., ,
Here was man "no ""s sN'ns '"-'
whai ,ney """'e" '"""'' ''' e'
, thuslas"" 10000 ., $50,
AtteF 'ha' a'I,os' eNer9'n'hH 'uus
Naohans sau mean ''"'" '."Pf'"
lie read iet'er from 'orner COZ
l Wet VINO wan'ed Jop, ana they az
. piauded ne painted a 'Nlo "oru p''
, ture OF the niserapie procession
y felons which passed before MN Tor sci
= tence every Day ana 'ne women shu'
= dered and sighed ana the men locke
anected lie toid OF 'ne huihoer WI
= had been III prison pefore' ana ever
one said dear. dear ana looked at II
or her neighbor. Wnen he was throus
the applause lasted exac'iy three mn