The Washington herald., 1917-10-27
my sinful LIFE" CONFESSION
BY FoRGER, WINS CLEMENCY
Max Thompson Gets 36o-Day Jail Sentence
After Cashing Eighteen Small Drafts,
Ranging From $2oo to $I2oo.

80 In the meantime he asked me
to walk to the station with him. Upon
doing 30 ! was put in the captains
office, and in q little while the tailor
came and said I was the man who
gave him the check.
From. there I was searched and
put in q dirty, dingy cell with an iron
bench to sleep on all night. While
in the cell I thought of everything
possible. Everything 1 ever done
came to me.
II Sent to Jail.
AFTER spending a night in Hades,
I was carried to court in a so-called
Black Maria. I was the next to the
last one to be called before the Judge.
So when I went before him i taken
the oath as to the truth and / plead
guilty and was held for the grand
jury under 1900 bond. which l had
no way to obtain for my mother
helped me in all her motherly power
In spirit Of her poor health.
IT was sent to the Jail after being
held in bond and to my dying day
I will not forget my first day be-
cause my meal was beans. Beans is
a speciality In all jails and work.
houses.
Upon arriving at that jail I was
escorted to a bench with a pair of
iron handouts where was questioned
pertaining to everything possible.
Then I was released of my iron brace
lets and sat down on another bench,
searched, and put behind the screen.
name taken again also and the ma
ture Of the crime.
"Then to a shower bath and given
a bath and a pair of overalls and a
blue shirt. After the bath 1 went into
another cell where another man was
sitting holding his head. So we both
talked about our cases and after
a while he said he was being held for
the murder OF his wife and had been
in jail for nine months. 1 was only
In Jail a little while before my brother
came to see me and thought would
go crazy after he left for only to
think Of the place was in nearly
killed me.
IT spent eighty-one days awaiting
trial when I was indicted and charged
with forgery and uttering. I went to
court to plead to my indictment and
! plead guilty and was sent back to
Jail to wait my trial which came up
in about ten days,
IT was called into court again as a
final, and when ! reached the city
hall was taken into a private room
and here had a talk with a proba-
ton officer In which he was very
nice man.
IT was called into the room before
the Chief Justice and my lawyer had
fixed 1t all up with the Judge. So
after a severe talking to I was placed
on probation for an indefinite period.
'tOh, how glad was when walked
out of the courtroom. Soon after 1
was released I got employment in
a grocery store and I had a good
Job with a fair salary. While at this
store I did not appreciate what my
mother had done for me. As I got
my salary on Saturday about Il
o'clock, I went home and got my
clothes and left but only across the
street.
Brother Pays Bill.
There was trusted with
small check to pay a bill. 1 had
the check cashed and left the bill
unpaid. IN q lie" Cdys IGlul llSu
home to live because I was living
in suspense about this bill being
unpaid and fearing my landlady
would find 1t out as it was her
check.
80 a day or two passed and Mrs.
Uniformed my mother of the
event. So I got my older brother
to pay 1t for me. I obtained po-
sition where my brother was en-
ployed and here handled large
sums OF money.
Time grew along until I became
in debt to him. but 1 had managed
to pay him a little each week, but
in the meantime I could never draw
any salary on account of using his
money during the week.
81 was in his employ for four
years and got along good, with the
exceptions of the above mentioned.
So one Saturday evening the devil
thought I was getting along bet
er than he wanted so he placed a
check in my hands and such was
made out and cashed.
'T was only at liberty two days
when one evening l came in from
the daily route into the yard where
we kept the horses and l saw the
Jew there that cashed my check. In
a bat OF my eve two detectives had
ypa nv fha arms"