Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-08
PRI s. r ONT OF v

IS posns 0g view e society and the
w waeh regard IL the prisoner has
aufacisatly npAaaised Less
nsen IA We bear what sETect prison
ssge has upon the mind Of the man
Ass nsntsnce me following article,
ring ID the initial number of
aty and state. new publication
1ust launched ST Baltimore, Is there
gDre worth consideration Oh al VINO
6sairs 10 know what good, II any, our.
asEsona are dBing 10 reform the pFia-
QAeg1
Preface BY REV. h. NJ. HOGuE
Director. Personal Service Depart
meat. Prisoners Aid Association
some eeysn years ago the Baltimore
We've offered i prize Of twenty i've
Ao8iars Cor the most effective bit Of
Oh the vaIne Of advertising
Ne Judges found II easier to reach q
lsi0n than Ga reach the successful
sh0r. He VISA serving dfteen
ar sentence In the psnitentiaF q
gsaE, tall, athletic young man, wear
Inc shfGB, heavy glasses TO cover hia
6sgecssye vision and bearing body
scars. from wOnnds' received during
k4s career IL ysggnan. The veg II
ahs hig-cIass rObber, generally en-
gsa It aage- blowing. bank and train
gabharies.
Tha cariona fact Of criminal WIN
nsng prize IL poetry was widely com
antad On. Comment was MI that
wna offered BY the people Of Baltimore
With one exception That exception
aa business pAn. who was Jew.
me fall story can not be told here.
spent IN evening recently In the
anlatl hut immediately clean and
hOl0morae home Of q friend whom
hare learned 70 know better Ii few
years than II Ii possible to know many
peQpia iii i lifetime. The Home
cQnslsts os q frugal wife, two lovely
Children. and the father and husband,
my friend. Little Eleanor kneIt against
her fathers knee for her bedtime
prayer Tho very old and very simple
eaildhOod prayer beginning Now
Az me down 10 sleep. The forgot
Zen phraaes OF the prayer were sup
lEaA by the father, the tall. virile,
svisioned, body-scaYred former
afOok" and criminal, released from
DFtson 10 new life, chiefly through
sh@ eAsortu Of one Jewish man. pardon
- ~ real governor and having his
otosraph removed from the rogue'B
liery.
MY reason for this special visit TO
shie mans home was 10 secure brief
artlcls from one who knows for the
ssneat ot those az us who are seeking
% learn The result Is the following
article:
ne Fsrls0nars, Viewpoint
Daring my career al i yegg vas
ARRESTED four times and stood trial in
slp oe the caaes and beat twas &c.
quilted in) both. One case never
same TO trial, the other one brought
nse q state prison sentence Of fifteen
aar3. The crime was blowing open
i sass from which we failed to secure
aingla penny Such Is the life 0f d
yagg heard that sentence Of fifteen
gaays pronounced upon me with
sealing mixed with contempt and
haired hated society, was antago-
niaGic 10 religion. and the sentence OF
agkesn years but aggravated both. 4
pictured the bank thief. the respec-
kAhae crook getting away with the
Sings Of widows and children, with
nis paltry three years punishment
sew the aeducer 81 chaste women
some on the stand with mere senrI
eancs Of months The pictures inten-
Aittea my hatred and entered prison
30 begin my sentence, criminal Ia
aiad and nature.
nanse once wrote that he found this
sascrlpsicn over the doors 81 bell:
4 lsapsl0n hope al ye who enter here. 81
aais aeagg aa "a nicely the prison ii
which spas confined for nearly eight
sAFA Over the thousand and one
warden ot the old school
pgy presided He was one
aesa Ia and practicsd the
eve Tor AN eye. i tooth
Yes, he even went f0r-
% sllax shat RE vas man o9 nm
apahtaa cutave mhiiity. He would
isvs "a "a ideal bead Of some cor
akaon whers tho question Oe men d
sslNls End bodies neVer entered into
saklon. Yen could have search
The world to ind one less worthy
ha IS tne head 81 an institution OF
lzsl.
saloon keaper. 30 had found the
ID Of osle politically high and
asa9 the position. with the odor