Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-17
ALL SING SING REJO|CEs
At RETURN OF OSBORNE
Triumphant "Home Coming for
Former Warden, Who Takes
Up Work Again.
BANDS PLAY; FLAGS FLuTTER
Prison Decorated With Banners and
PlaCardS and COnvicts LustiIy
Cheer "Citizen Tom Brown"-Hc
Says He Wants "Square Deal"
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

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| OSSINlNCi. y. y, July iG--.>ll Sing
Sing was aglow with color and athrob
with merriment to-day. Thomas Mott
Osborne had come back"-and once
again to rule the dcstincs OF the men
in prison livery.
The Homecoming was triumphant.
Bands played. flags nuttcrcd. banners
waved. And through it all 1000 con-
victs cheered Justify and some 400
other admirers OF Osborne applauded.
From early afternoon until dusk
they marched up and down the prison
courtyard. They paraded with floats.
improvised convcyanccs which bur
lesaued the critics of the rcinstated
warden. and listened TO specchcs-all
Of which were laudatory TO Osborne.
The prison was decorated with flags
and banners. Durston Avenue. which
leads to the prison. looked like tri-
umphant arch. Everywhere banners
and placards greeted the cye.
Citizen Tom Brown is in again."
one banner read: Welcome TO Sing
Sing" said another: another. the hand
work of lifc-termer. depicted Tom
Brown" as pusilist. standing ovcr
the PROSTATE body of his opponents
| This was inscribed:
Tom Brown scores n clean knock
out"
MET BY DELEGATES OF
MUTUAL. WELFARE LEAGUE
About 300 yards from tho prison gate
Osborne was met by a procession which
comprised the convict band. the prison
baseball team and about 200 delegates
| Of the Mutual Welfare League.
| The returning warden was given an
enthusiastic reception as he stepped
| from the automobile in which he had
| come from New York with his sister,
Mrs. j. j. Stnrrow. OF Boston; Mrs. AL
bert Hertcr, wife Of the artist and
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Hertcr.
| score of eXconvcts who journeyet
| to Sing Sing to witness his return
crowded about Osborne. delaying the
official welcome OF the men OF the
prison. Then. with tho band in the
lead. Osborne was escorted into the
! prison.
| Inside the gates. the real celebration
began. From every window overlook :
| ing the yard prisoners waved pcnnants
and shouted at tho top Of their lungs.
Osborne, accompanied by Dean Iiirsch :
way. the retiring warden; Spencer Mil
Ter. deputy warden. and Il thronE of
women. mounted n platform in the mid
| die OF the courtyard
AS. soon as Osborne and his guests
were seated, the parade began. After
reviewing II. Osborne rose to speak.
| His first words were drowned in a
chorus of shouts.
NONSENSE TO TALK ABOUT
MAKING PRISON PLEASANT
Boys" said Osborne. "I want to re-
call the words I said In the mess hall
last fall. ] said that above the warden
| is the superintendent; above tho STU
pcrintendent the Governor. and above
tho Governor tho people OF the State
of New York. IF it had not been for
tho people OF New York, ] might have
come back, but wearing different
trousers. There isn't going to he any
change of administration. We're going
| to have many picnics together
Oh. I'm not going to co,ldlc YOU. I'll
he, ono OF the toughest screws you
ever had. All thai nonsense about
making prison too pleasant is the
w"rs, rubbish I ever heard
u don't want any coddling We
| vant no talk about the dear prisoner
Ihnd all that kind of mush We want
the prisoners to get a square DEAL
| Osborne outlined the plan OF admin
stration. lie told the men that their
first duty was toward ono another
that u was tho duty or the men IN
hargc OF them TO t'throw light upon
their paths"