The Washington times., 1916-07-17


workmen. most Of them In their thirties.
but here and there man bit gray
haired now. who once were thieves and
forgers and even gunmen who had shot
to kill, came singly or in little groups
into the Grand Central Station shortly
after the noon hour yesterday and dug
N.10 each ou. Of their wages for a re-
turn ticket to Sing Sing.
They had gone to Sing Sing before.
but had not bought their own tickets
and the tickets were not for a round
trip. And. therefore some Of them could
not help smiling hit whimsicaily or re-
frain from making little jokes among
themselves when the ticket sellers asked
In methodic fashion. "one way or re-
turn"
They were the members Of the out
side branch Of the Sing Sing prisoners
Mutual Welfare League, and most Of
were little boys because they had been
caught picking pockets on the East
Side. They had come from Elmira only
to be arrested again for more serious
crimes. such az blrslariy. had served
and gone back again for almost any
crime one can think OF.
And All With Clear Eyes.
Yesterday the forty-one. carefully
guarding an immense fiorai horseshoe on
the concourse. were going back to sing
Sing to take part in the parades ana
speechmaking which the LOU convicts
who are still up the river had arranged
In celebration OF the return to the
prison of Tnomas Mott osborne, aiias
Tom Brown. AZ warden. And all were
quietly dressed In their Sunday best.
quite like any other group OF work.
men starting out FOR racket on their
day on. with here and there a carna-
coat lapel, and all Of them well set up
and with clear eyes that looked the in
terviewer straight in the face.
The youth whom reporters who visit
ed Sing Sing few months ago knew
pocket and a potential murderer, mas
much as he fired point blank at a part
ner OF Dollar Johns. and sent a bullet
through the gamblers ear-yesterday
FRIEDMAN OF the Ford automobile works.
The one time notorious Patsy Hags yes
terday had become none other than the
well set up young James Mcmahon. also
a steady, Industrious empioye OF the
rord assembling plant.
Brought Wives and Mothers.
Seated in the cars. some with their
wives or sisters or old mothers be-
side them. were Charles Newman
Frank Rogers. Secretary Elmer Nc.
Donald. of the outside branch" of the
Mutual Welfare League. Charles Dub
Harry SsSHr wS MOE slaaGm aarf 'snfs Ky
James Duffy. and many more-all con
victs at one time. but every one OF
them now with good Jobs: Twenty.on
man mar Gne as The Il e best man % we nave. IA ' ''''
And when they got to ossining and
hurried over the hill to the prison
the prisoners waiting along the road.
side for the. return OF Tom Brown. The
prison band was blaring. ball players
were warming up" beside the road
ped in the river breezes.. green hiil.
sides were dotted with the summery
The most striking of nrst suppression,
literally hundreds OF prisoners natt,l,
clad and seemingly as happy as school
boys out along a country road tossinf
baseballs amid the fiutter Of nags ant
stirring band music. with next to ne
guard over them. Some place up th'
road Principal Keeper Fred Dorner wal
Idly chatting with friends, and further
along the blue uniforms of two under
keepers might be seen. And as agains
| these three men there were the hun
ing life sentences for murder. almost ,
quarter Of a mile outside the gates. will
| absolutely nothing to prevent then
from climbing the hillside to freedom
except their word to the warden tina
League they would not try to escape.
Arrival of tom Brown"
Then along between the Stars an,
Stripes that decorated the roadsid
came the vindieated warden. Thoma
Mott Osborne. who stepped out of hi
machine 70 look at the result Of hi
Convict Tony de Genoa. the swarth
little leader of the prison band. mo
toned his blue-clad bandsmen to silenc
In the middle Of a strain. The priso
baseball pitcher stopped warming up.
who had been sitting on the grass stoo
up.
Then. one by one. they began to NOV
slowly. in q bashful sort OF way. tc
ward Mr.. Osborne. who was standn
m the sbooS %dds s.na, 81 the NTH rom sim tn
others Just walked close and looked tc
ward him smilingly. while camera me
made lanes among them for the snaI
ping Of pictures.
sudden command-GeorRe Hawkins b,
ing a tall. angular person and therefor
selected to wear an Uncle Sam costume
The reception committee. the bandl
men. the convicts dressed in COLES
gowns and wearing white wigs. vii
, later were to confer the decrcc Of do,
tor of humanity" upon Mr.. Osborne an
Prof. Kirchwey. the baseball team. an
all the others fell into line.
"Forrrrrd. marrrrch" yelled Unc
Sam Hawkins: Band Leader Tony d
Genoa snapped his baton ard down II
hill toward the prison gates marched II
parade. tho head OF the line being d
rcctly under a great banner stretcht
across tho road which read:
CITIZENS!I
Tom Brown Is In Again
..........
Welcomed To His Kingdom.