The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
HENRY SIEGEL'S time
IN PRISON NEAR END
81 VIII Make Good" His Only
Statement. hut Won't
Tell How.
RELEASE 3 WEEKS AWAY

HoCIIEsrER, Feb. l3-"Nothing 10
.ay."
yhts seems "a sum up Henry Siegel's
attitude toward the world on the eve OF
his temperance. Since he has been
under the eyes OF capt. Craig In tho
Monroe county pcnitentiary he has given
out out two interviews to newspaper
men. Two days & a representative
from one OF the New York dailies called.
bu; Siegci would not receive him. To-
gay lie denied himself to the one reporter
he mas been willing to converse wifi in
the past.
siepel was scfucncel 20 u term of ten
months. Good h~chavior-and he has
been . model in de por.inent-cuts on Ave
,IayS each month. or q total OF hfty days.
lesving 4 term Of eight months and ten
.la,s. Tie time will he IN in three
weeks. s!esel probably il counting the
d0vs.
capt. Craig has been particularly in
t~eiested IN Siegel since his Incarceration.
But the Captain can extract little in
formation from his prisoner. lie never
Is ~discourtcous always appreciative Of
rayth;ng that Is done for him. but h,
won't talk. II there is any one aside
rom his ~. mev business associates with
whom lie might be expected to converse
freely 4 is the warden. FOR Si,gel seems
Z, have taken = fancy 10 Capt. Craig.
Blu. S.egsi> IDEAS for tn. fnture are
Sl"r"rs alone.
Ills mind IS WORKING on srM- plans"
say Cant. Craig What those are IL
more than know. II, always onipha-
sizes the fact tha; he intends To 10 some
tang. and ne always says, III make
.ood too He's quite an old man now.
and If he makes good again no one will
be happier than I. because | like his
%sr;rit."
Sieg,l Is takiae on hesh. Despite his
e.. I.fnement his worries and the fact
that he will eat only Sparingly he has
-ained a few pounds since the day last
=, ne when ne first sat down 10 prison
are. When he entered the prison Siese,
hau 10 desire tn eat. Perhaps the food
was too coarse for him rs line went
IN, however. he showed - liking Cot
cups. And he likes fruits too. His rela-
ives have not forgotten him. \ brother
IN Chicago and another in Detroit send
nm baskets OF frult regularly.
Siegel nas not los; a certain sense q
hunor. some time K a report was III
REGULATION that he had been seen IN
New York city. Capt. Craig heard the
Mort. He went to Siesel ana said
!oh;rEl,
81 hear you were down in New York
city 20" two days
whats that qIeiied S.egsl, and
t1en added The air M here Is pretty
God for ME without going down 90 New
York city"
In the mild days hat Rochester has
sperlenC"d this winter S!.gel has taken
G9ily exercise IN the courtyard OF the
-sui-cltiary. wlcr- prisoners ATE AL
lowed recreation, He generally walks for
az an hour or an hour each day. the
length of the stroll depending OF the
temperature He does not Xix. cold
weather and is apt 10 remain indoors on
cold days.
Bette than exercise the former n7-r-
,uant prince likes reading. Novels and
her literature Of the lighter var.;ics-
some of - very light-he reads con-
..;antiy.
During the holidays Sieeel received
1any books from friends and relatives.
some of tine volumes we're beautifully
Nound. and he sent tho books 70 New
York for safekceping. because, he said
They're TOO good for this place
SO. with meditation. reading and ever
else Siegcl is trying TO make the hes
az 4 bad business. lie has become A
model prisouer-making less trouble,
says Capt, Craig. than amy other pris-
onsr lie ever has had
Few OF the inmates in the Monroe
county Deritcntiary are given work 20
no. Those who have anything 10 read
road =. Those VINO have nothing do
nothing. Talking is not allowed.
S,eSei is more fortunate than most %
them. He has some work 10 do-.lnri-
ca dutIcs-.u the Bcrt'llon room. Il is
nos much. bat it helps. For one 'hinE
T. Keeps i.,n away from the rest OF the
prisoners and he appreciates that. He
is not "A "miNer."