The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-23

tracted the peHnimiHtic regard Of
Mickey tho Crouch" who. In the
yernacular OF the submerged. wa
stir Wise" having served rather
moro than hair his life in innumer
able coolers" many county Jailf
and several pcnitentlarics
Dem guys make me tired" he
piaintiycly remarked. "hhwkin' all
dat Junk around Ike back door ped
dlers never see such "a lot of
boobs as there rs In dis dump. any
how Why" he continued. disgust
eddy. "dere amt six good thieves In
the whole stir Most of 'cm what
amt flendH or works OF some kind
arc fist common moochors. or poor
devils what was hungry an swiped
IA doormat or eomethln'.
Mall Order Business
'Dero's chance fer some smar'
guy q make ali kinds o. coin outa
dis curio business II he was orll
wise 90 A. Al he has TO do IA To-
start a mail order business an
down IN Arizona lifcr who built
up II trade Of four or five thousan
dollars year by doin' dat way
Honest he did
oh there's lots OF ways OF max
In coin IN prison II IA guy is next
To blmHclf agreed ono OF the
others
Just what say. said Mickey
only dis bunch o boobs amt got
no Habe. Why. I knowed a guy In
in matter where. don't rink
Nick tthe Bertlllon officer has
made mc from dat joint yet But
nyhow. what did he do7 We'll he
subscribed fer 20 or 80 OF the best
magazines. aud rented dem out all
over the prison lie soaked 'om a
ration ~ weed week. lcttin dem
keep "A magazine FER two nights
see? Say. dat ScotchmRn soon had
more weed than tn commlsHary de
pRrimcnt
Broke Outside
Funny thing about dat guy. too. "
ne continued medltatiyely Il met
him on de Outside an he was on
his uppers Ter fair he never had
no dough But In stir. he was sure
some money glitter. wot I mean"
i suppose" commented the phil.
osopher 81 the party. that the mo-
, notony Of prison life does force a
mans activity into channels requir.
INK thought and ability. when on
the Outald" no would dis~ipAte that
force In ways that were not pro.
/ ductiyc."
one OF the Others. who bad hith.
erio been intent on the ball game.
now broke IN.
Insurance Broker
'Talkin' about productive.
used 20 know on. OF them guys
down at San Quentin You know
they used to use the alt.iacket
down there. and say tho hole
here L. box seat At the movies
compared to a. hit IL once. The
1rEt l. hours was afraid I'd
cfoak. and the next r. was afraid
I wouldn't.
Well. anyhow. a chap NAMED
| spencer. who had been In the insur.
ancc game on the outside. got hold
OF one OF them productive ideas.
He formed a company. with himself
no the whole cheese. and framed
up an accident policy. guarantee.
ing 20 insure the holder against
hitting the Jacket II they paid In
enc ration week. they could draw
down ten. and 50 on. In case they
got sloughed up.
Well. sir. Il went along fine
Spencer soon had enough weed in
the treasury 20 buy up all the
Christmas pork aud pie In the
cump. Then came the election.
and Bryan was defeated There
was a whole bunch OF South-of
Market hoodluns who went broke
and even mortgaged their tobacco
snd sugar for weeks ahead
Finally. one OF them hit upon
Plan that was a winner.
Everybody Fought
Such On epidemic OF fist fights
and general cussodness broke out
as hadn't been seen since they
stopped dope from coming In.
Guys who had always been good
friends fell to fighting over moth.
INK at all The Jackets were kept
working overtime And as soon as
they got ont. they'd present their
accident insurance policies for pay.
ment
Well. of course, the New York
Life couldn't have stood any such
percentage Of loss as Spencer was
called upon To pay II was like
some OF those fire insurance com.
ranies nj the time OF the Frisco