The Washington times., 1922-07-23
Revelations tSye by Queen tPe Gf Underworld

miracle she had accomplished for
Eddie Guerin, he was sadly mis-
taken. Not a whisper came from
the outside In all those years. At
last, when he was a broken old
man he heard that she had sailed
for Buenos Ayres and entered q
convent there.
In the meantime Chicago May
was revenged on Eddie Guerin,
whose ''resurrection" from the
dead naturally attracted the at
tention of Scotland Yard detee-
tives. Before he was out of the
hospital Guerin was under arrest,
and things looked mighty bad.
Scotland Yard frequently trades
prisoners of foreign birth with the
French authorities, who were rub
bing their hands with pleasure at
the expectation of chucking Eddie
Guerin back to DEVILS Island.
And what q horrible prospect
faced him this time!
The French announced that this
time the eel-like Mr.. Guerin would
be locked in q wrought-iron cage,
similar to the torture cages of the
Chinese. This cage was designed
to imprison Guerin from his.
shoulders to his knees day and
night for the rest Of his life. 1t
would limit the movement of his
arms, which, thus enclosed, could
reach to his mouth, but in such o
manner that his finger tips could
not meet. II would prevent bis
sleeping, except from fatigue, and
then at the penalty Of indeserib-
able pain. At the most, Guerin
must have died within q year.
But he still had his working
capital" a roll Of several thou
sAnd dollars, and succeeded in
proving the day before his depor-
tation to France and the eager
French authorities that he was an
English citizen, because Of the
fact that he was born on an immi-
grant ship, flying the British flag.
The court accordingly ruled
against his deportation.
From that day on Guerin was
bounded day and night by the
Scotland Yard detectives. All Of
his plans were nipped in the bud.
He lost caste. His friends, indig-
nant at the shabby way he had
treated Chicago May, refused to
have anything to do with him; SO
that now he is reported to be a
penniless and broken beggar,
tramping Piccadilly-the same Pic
cadilly he once strolled In his high
hat and cutaway-looking for an
occasional shilling.
Smith broke rocks in the peni-
tentiary and did lot Of tall think
ing. He began to wonder il, after
all, there was honor among
thieves, and before fifteen years
Of his twenty-fve-year sentence
was up he was quite sick of a
criminal career.
Recently Fate came to his
rescue. There was o mutiny in
the prison and Smith put It down.
In the process he saved the lives
of two of the guards. This hero
ism was advanced rs a reason for
his pardon, but for some reason
or other the English courts
thought Smith ought to finish his
term. 1t was then that Lady
Astor brought her influence to
bear, with the result that Smith
was freed on condition that he re-
turn Immediately to America. So
that his resolution might not
falter, two Scotland Yard men en-
gagged his passage and put him on
the boat.
Smith says that he is reformed,
and believe it. There is no moral
persuasion more effective than a
dose Of English justice or the
nightmare that every international
crook experiences when he thinks
Of Devils Island. If American
judges were as stern with the
criminals they are called upon to
try, sentimentalists might bewail
their cruelty, but the necessity for
1t. would soon disappear.
'Of course, the story of Eddie
Guerin carries its own moral.
Like every other renowned inter-
national criminal, he thought that
he was smarter than anyone else.
And, like almost all of his col
leagues, he is ending his life in
poverty and abjeGt misery, hound
ed by the police, in ten times as
pitiable a plight as Charlie Smith,
whose family and friends have
united to give him a fresh start
at honest living.