Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-06

.rfe calls US his boys and We are glad
IN he known as such. Everybody likes
him out here because he Ii good to us
because he believes that Q man has gone
wrong can come back. That is why we
all root for him. You know he could,
II he wanted to, make II just hard to
live in her as I've heard other Fellows
say II IL in Holmesburg.
The next stop was in the tubercular
department. They have about thirty
patients in this place which until atI
open. .air cells in the County Prison.
Except in the "pen," the sick, and for
that matter the well, can raise any
vegetable they want. Many Of them have
flower pots.
They also have q new solerium Tor
the treatment Of tuberculosis. This
sun parlor, on the roof Of Block 3, e
virtually all windows, and It was built
by the convicts. They have about
thirty five beds in It and It's construc.
ton was along the most sanitary lines.
There are no corners where dust can
accumulate, and It is oil In white.
Then a. visit was paid to the con.
vict's dining hall. Seven hundred OF
the men were lined up. Each had IN
his hand meal ticket and as he passed
into the room he got his pan and spoon
and received a quart Of real vegetable
soup one pound Of TOAST beef, boiled
potatoes and all the bread he wanted.
After eating, the convicts gathered IN
the yard, where they smoked and
chatted about a football game 70 be
played TINT afternoon between a Negro
eleven and team Of white convicts.
The warden had sawdust spread over
the belgian blocks In the yard where the
game was to take place, and every con
Wet except a few who had violated
rules, and those who were In quaran-
tine, were going to rrt look at the
game.
| The visitor came across conyicts who
had figured prominently IN the news.
One was Peter D. Treadway, who 10
serving nineteen to twenty Year. tor
works In the warehouse. He has been
In the "pen' two years, and was free
in his praise OF the manner In which
he Is being treated.
"I dreaded to come to this place."
said Treadway, but want to say that
II has made man out Of me. Warden
McKenty did It. He talked to mo just
like he talks to everybody ont here. He
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and If a fellow shows any inclination to
do right the warden steps out and sees
that this man Is given his chance. I
got mine and am going to benefit
by It." ,,
He was convicted Of killing Detective
primary fisht in i017. He got seven.
teen to twenty years.
"Can say q word to this gentle-
man. Butch asked a keeper.
! Sure, go ahead" was the keepers
reply:
going before the Board Of Pardons this
month for a commutation and would be
able to show that he was innocent of
killing Eppley.
Always Treated Kindly
vasaIo "Mow v.l do Z yyoss os find it out herc''
I've been here more than Ave years
and have always been treated kindly"
he said. "You know when I came hero
could not speak only q word or two Of
English. The warden made me 60 to
school and now I can read and write
q better man."
The next visit was to the library.
There are several thousa nd hooks fof
the convicts, and they NAV have as
many as they can read. nroviding they
do read them.
Then the reporter was token IN The
"center," where the warden was tall
ing with two convicts. One Of them
was complaining about the loss ~ hi,
tobacco allowance. Some one had taken
it from his cell, That's FOO Ind.
Billy" Warden McEerty said 10 the
Iconvict, "but I guess we will he sble
Ito fix YOU up.''
Then the warden took tbe v;s;tor IN
hand and explained 20 him iust how
he looked after the conyicts in his
charge.
"i,ool down the end of eocb h,oct
and YOU will see a screen. Tbere n
one down tho woman's h,ock TOO
That is where we show the me-, and
women moving pictures Thov IooL
forward to This weekly event u.itb ,aucI
pleasure and we do TOO hecsmse T. Is
something the convicts wnnt md T. ie
something thcv should bov".
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