The Washington times., 1922-06-11

happened. Mary tths oldest
daughter) has been seduoed b. q
-. She has fallen to
the lowest level . girl can 60.
She n I'm the red light district.
That 10 what prison has done
to my daughter Mary.
MY term 10 nearly over. Az
soon a. I get out Of this prison
am going to kin the man re-
sponsibls for my daughters down.
fan II II takes me the rest of
my llfe. ~.~
Jenkins" I said. els that go
ing to do your daughter any good:
il It going to do your other i've
children any good. In It going to
do you any goodf It win mean
you viii come back to prison on
q more serious charge and per
haps 60 to the. chair. It win
means that your other i've chill
dren viii be abandoned and ex.
posed to the temptations and hard
ships Of the world. You owe It
to them to 90 back to work a.
soon a. you are released. and
you owe Il to your daughter
Mary to bring her back home"
At first could make no Inn
pression. but gradually BY the
persistence Of my pleas, I pre-
vailed upon him to abandon his
! idea Of following the betrayer Of
his daughter until hs had killed
him. ~ ... .-.'.
I have heard from jenkins
regularly since We both left
: prison. He II back at work rs
q switchnan In West Virginia.
His daughter Mary Ii at home,
but there is another chapter he
had not told me and which he
did not know when he was In
prison. He never mentioned his
wife in his letters. While he
was away she had gone on the
Y
town.
Perhaps makers Of social laws
would condemn her a. o bad
woman. ! don't She alone
knows what temptations were pro
sented and what requirements
there were for money to support
her young ones and she made
. what perhaps was q big sacrifice.
Another prisoner who had been
. small tradesman. married and
the father Of eight children. also
broke into . freight car. fe-was his
first offence. He got five years.
He showed me . letter from his
wife. saying there was no food In
the house. and no shoes for the
children. The landlord had threat.
ened them with eviction.
That man was thirsting for re-
vense- Society had robbed his
family Of their breadwinner. The
mother had too many children to
leave them and 60 to work herself.
II society deprives . family q
their provider should 1t not pro-
vide for the fanily7 It would have
been more humane to have sent
the whole family to prison.
A MOTHER young msn. aged
= twenty-five. showed me q let
ter from his wife. He was mar
ried a little while before he was
convicted. His wife was pregnant
and was living with the prisoners
invalid mother. She had written
to him. saying that unless she got
relief from somewhere both her
self and his mother had made up
their minds to commit suicide.
They were destitute. They had
been refused further credit. They
could endure the misery no longer.
Many mon attempt suicide In
prison. One of the most damas.
ing influences In prison life IL the
long sentence. 1t produces q re
sction in the heart and mind Of
the man who receives Il that Do
feats It's intended purpose.
['Divine Service Under the
Guards Clubs" is . subject dis
cussed I'm Mr.. Debs' next article.
An Ideal Democracy h found In
each prison cell. hs sayA He Do
scribes his kindly eealmstss snd
the routine NE within the walls,
his first infrsctien sf the rules
and ef being ~oaged" fourteen
hours daily. This article WIN -
pear IN Ths washingten Thnss
nsxt sunAayl