Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-12
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
by CONSTANCE DREXEL


WASHINGTON, Oct. PA poorly clad
woman bowling under the weight Of a
baby asleep on her shoulder, with an
other trudging brayely beside her. came
out Of the door Of the White House ex-
ecutve offices.
1t was l o'clock on a broiling hot day
about the first OF August. Inside half a
hundred newspapermen were crowded,
waiting for their conference with the
President. The Cabinet was still In ses-
sion The President had only just re-
turned that morning from his ten-day
vacation IN New Hampshire.
Altogether 1t was q busy day and the
pathetic figure of the mother stirred no
ones interest
whats the trouble and what are you
going to do at the White House?" |
asked.
An outburst of tears greeted the ques-
ton The baby awoke and smiled,
IF I can't see the President my hus-
band will have to 90 to Jail"
WOMAN TELLS
HER STORY.
And then she told her story; how she
had arrived in Washington on June . 10
present new evidence in her husband 5
case which she felt sure would win his
poor quarter near the station.
OF course. these pardon cases cannot
move quickly. But she managed to get
a thirty-day reprieve. She trudged the
hot streets, always carrying the baby
In her arms. and the 21a -yearold trudg-
ing beside her.
At the end Of the reprieve the case
still was pending. It vas hot Satur-
dav In early July. She managed to OBJ
tain the necessary request from the De-
partmant Of Justice But how to get the
President to sign It? The newspapers
had said the President vas leaving on
the MavfOwery The White House is a
ten-minute walk from the Department
of Justice.
SHIRLEY" the little girls name, "can
you hurry? Mother is in trnuble.".
Eyes. ! cnn," answers Shirley braveiy
and walks a l'ttlp faster. doll. bow"
pet name for Blaine the baby. does her
hit by grasping her mothers neck moro
closely.
FvRPIFs FOR
SIGNATURE
At the White House. William Hard OF
Secretary Christians FtafT is melted Mt
the sight OF the sweltering mother and
hahies He hurries into the inner sanctrIm
and comes out with the Presidents
signature
That was early in July. Thirty days
more to work In, trudging everlastingiy
| from the offices OF various assistant at
torney generals at the Department or
| Justice to the Illinois Senator's offices
wav M on the Capitol hill and to tho
White House. Every day she went the
rounds in the hot broiling sun. the chill
| dren always with her, for she would not
leave them and besides II cost so cents
tc have a girl stay with them.
| Finally. early in August. the second TO-
prieve was up and no pardon had been
recommended for the President to sign
She must get another reprieve. That was
the dav she was met coming out of the
White House.
| walk across the grounds and n
| lunch Mt a nearby restaurant revived
/ her. She got a sixty-day reprieve.
| And now that il M and the past few
days have been horrible To be brief.
hNr husband. Max Cornick of Monnt
Vernon, I'll. doing a business In hides.
was convicted of having in his possession
carload Of hides stolen from freicht
train in Sept, 1919 The case went 70
the Court of Appeals and the verdict was
sustained The man was sentenced to
serve three years In TT. Leavenworth
prison, hut was out under bond.
Supposedly new evidence was obtained
and the case being a Federal one, the wife
made IN her mind to try to win a par.
don in Washington.
And now the brutal ending. The At.
torney General will not recommend a mar.
don to the President. The woman mus,
leave at once II she wishes to see her hus.