Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-17
HOLDS
KEY TOLWEOF
PAROLED MEN
Woman Expert Says Exon
victs Go Straight if Given
Fair Chance.
TURNING POINT VIEWED
By AIARGERY REX.
Written for the International News
Service


Service
NEW YORK, June 1T-Circumstance
oftener than viciousness, is the cause Of
crime. And good fortune is just as fire.
quently attributable to this strange COM
binaEOn OF events.
Men have stumbled over rich bits Of
ore; the :, ell dug for water may spout
wealth bringing oil; the auto that hits
a man and Injuries him may perhaps
bring a benefact0r who will change his
whole lie
Through an odd series Of happenings
the Prisoners Relief Society Of Wash
ingtOn, D. c., was brought into being
by E T. budding, who had once been
a prisoner himself. Recently l heard his
history and that OF the organization from
its secretary. Mrs. S H. McIntire, now
in New York City. Mrs. McIntire, who
is well informed on the various aspects
Of criminOlOgy, discussed some of them
with me.
Nine out Of ten crimes are caused by
circumstances" declares Mrs. McIntire.
Sometimes these circumstances Occur
early in the victims life, the reslit OF
poor home surroundings. Then we call
1t bad environment. But it's really cir
cumstances. Under the stress Of excite
ment men and women commit cTime-fOr
the first time. Maybe a prison sentence
follows
RELEASE Is MANS
TURNING POINT.
Then after release or parole comes
the delicate question Of handling the ex-
convict That viii be the whole turning
point of his career.
We claim that society is at fault for
the second offender.
to accept the view that the ex-cOnvict
can be made its worthy asset instead Of
a creature to be Stunned and feared.
That attitude is greatly TO blame for the
second offenders. Heretofore it has been
Once a criminal always a criminal All
wrong. All that is needed is 4 helping
hand.
Give ex-convicts a second chance and
80 per cent Will make good.
The Prisoners Relief Society was
started By man who was given a second
chance by his employers. But he felt
after awhile that his presence perhaps
was embarrassing to them, so he re-
signed of his own free will
This IS E. E. budding. head Of our
organization. To defend himself In a
quarrel he killed his uncle. He had TO
go to prison for q short time and, though
DEleI, the term made MN an eX-cOnV1ct
He devoted himself to the convict
and now he Is very successful in helping
other men to come back.
The ex-cOnvict is not afraid to tell
his troubles to Mr.. budding because he
knows he Is understood when he learns
that his protector was once behind bars
himself
The parOled prisoner is better off than
the released man. because TO secure parole
man must have a job awaiting him
when freed.
"FIBST FRIEND"
LOOKS AFTER MAN.
I'VE get the released man first
friend IN whatever city he wishes to
go TO. That means the friend will get
him a job, and only the employer is to
know the secret Of the prison term.
This means q lot to the convict re-
leased with onl va cheap suit Of clothes
and 50 in his pocket.
such a man must be rescued or he
viii return to Jail as a second offender.
a hardened criminal
''Our society. which aims to do lust
this work Of rescue, was founded about
seven years ago. Now many important
men and women are back OF 1t. They
cooperate in getting jobs for those
brought by circumstance into crime. We
have helped over 5000. men and women
Fboth. since our beginning.
Men eligible for parole, or about to