, 1925-02-12

OF some of the cost of keeping their
guests. 1t does seem rather tough
that we insist on forcing our iron
barred hospitality on some people
and then invite them to pay for a
considerable part of their board and
room by sitting at a sewing machine.
At the end of the biennium ending
December 81, 1924, the shirt factory
at the pen had brought in a-total OF
$~75,655.9O for the credit side of the
convict ledger.
There is more than one way to get
a passport into Warden Frank A.
Hadsell's roOmy ~"retanium," but
probably one of the most popular is
playing with paper. That seems
harmless enough in a general way,
yet 1t becomes quite serious when
the paper happens to be a check.
T%wenty-four forgers plus IA writer's
of fraudulent checks head the list
Of the 240 men at Rawlins.
Bold, bad burglars who bungled in
their profession and entered the
gates of the state pen during the
past two years, or are remaining
there as hold-overs, number 81.
Check artists and house breakers
are not in it, however, with those
convicted of grand larceny. TIL e
boys who plucked where they were
almost positive the plucking was
superfine, but who themselves were
u~nfeathered. have the largest enroll
ment of any class in the place.
II nominal connections with re-
ligious sects, or entire lack of re-
ligion, have anything to do with put
ting a man behind the bars. or help
ing him to walk according to the law,
the figures published by the chart
ties and reform board fail to reveal
anything significant. Those of the
24O who professed religious beliefs
of one kind or another, total 1873,
while Al of the aggregation deny
any connection with any church,
spiritual doctrines or creeds.
Sixteen of the cOnvicts led tenn
perate lives before their incarcera-
ton. Moderation in habits marked
1866, and gross intemperance was
chalked up against So.
They, meaning anybody, can talk
all they want to about marriage
leading to distraction and even far
Their, but though 20 of the Rawlins
inmates are %benedicts, 141 are single.
The widowers who may have de-
parted from the ways OF righteous
ness because of the loss of their
spouses make up an exclusive group
of IA.
The dangerous & for man, as far
as criminality goes seems to be be-
tween the ages of 20 and 80. for 113
of the men in the pen we're sentenc-
ed during that period of their life.
Sixty one broke over the traces after
they were 81 and before they were
40.
Post graduate courses OF dubious
worth are being taken by five col
lege men who will acquire degrees
of b. S. MS bachelors of shirt
making) at the time of their release.
High school diplomas are held by
25 convicts. Those having had a
fair education number III. In
the class of men with poor" edu-
cations are rs and those who knew
nothing of the little red school house
make up 10 illiterates.
Wyoming was not exactly healthy
for seven of the inmates, for they
had been in the state but n day
when they were arrested. The tabu-
lations OF time Of residence in the
commonwealth prior 10 falling afoul
OF the law, show periodic increases
of breakdowns over a time OF from
one day to- five to 10 years OF living
in state. II Is true that the longer
one lives in Wyoming the worse one
becomes. That is a cruel deduction
from penitentiary figures. Those who
had resided In the wilds OF Wyom-
ing from five to 10 years before for