The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-19


clerk, several other were ]
clerks.
w. I. Bidd1s 10 warden Of the
Federal penitentiary at Lsaven-
worth. He has for . long time
been . student Of criminology.
He says no man who enters the
walled city should leave hope b.
hind. He has q hard time con-
vincing tho convictA however.
that his theory 10 right.
Warden Biddle. a student OF
criminolosy and penolosy. says
no man should leave hope behind
when he enters his prison. He
will get q fair deal in tho pack
Of human cards II he behaves.
He will be helped in every way
to become q better man. although
he may carry away from prison
the constant thought 70 having
been a convict.
But some Of the Washington
men went into prison not to re-
form. Some of them openly de-
nounced tho courts and individ-
uals. including detectives who Ar
rested them. One man declared:
when I get out Of prison I'm
going to kill Judge -- II 1
have to hang for It."
But, Warden Biddls says. he
will forget tho threat and leave
tho prison with . new viewpoint
Mon Arc Cheerful.
In tho motley group OF prison
srs taken from the District jail
TO the Federal prison by Capt.
william L Peake, assistant So
psr1ntsndsnt Of the former prison.
and q heavily armed guard, were
p,okpooksts, drug addicts, yegg-
men, sscond-story mon, duplicate
ksy and Jimmy men, q man
oharared with murder. and other
criminal typeA
On the way from Washington
aboard the train which conveyed
ths prisoners In . specially A.
RANGED Pullman car an observer
would hays thought tho mon.
ssch and vsny ens II them. had
not q vsrry IN The world-that
shsyl wvrs on . pleasure 3aunt
The TIP ttsisf took nearly
Sprty-sdSht hours and not one OF
The convicted hinted at escape.
.shoot to kiIlr'. were the fear
eul words thsy knew Captain
Ysaks haA told his guard q
Involve msn who In squads pa
trollsd and guarded the carload
Of prisoners
The prisoners know Captain
Peaks meant what he said. Two
o. three indicated uneAsiness Tor
q tina Vernon J. Clark. SEN
tsnosd for staelins automohflea.
blamed his luck Tor failing TO
escape from the District Jail
whom . delivery was planned q
few days before tho transfer to
the Federal prison on q prison
skunk" a. he called ono Of the
inmates no blames for "squalins-
to Captain Peake about the plot.
II would never have been on
This train had 1t mt been for that
skunk" Clarke in q surely
tone, declared to Captain Peake,
a. the train sped on its way To
the Federal prison where no was
to spend the next four years.
Brag Of Crime
But Clarke. like many others.
reconciled himself to his fate. He
ate and drank his coffeet with
gusto without q whimper toward
the end Of the trip. Others dis
played q spirit Of braggadoccio.
They freely toldof their crimes, of
how easy It was to fool the police,
and the public
why" said Ernest b. johnson,
who stole nearly 100000 worth
of jewelry from Washingtonians,
"I would not know how to act
n worked honestly and was
handed my weeks pay envelope.
It's easy to steal-but. OF course,
you're bound to get caught some.
time. did, and I'm going to
serve my time without any baby
stuff
johnson was the fire-escape
thief who for months terrorized
teS.ueuts OF Washington apart.