New Britain herald., 1927-10-21
CARROLL BACK ID
 BROADWAY LIGHTS
Home to Erase Shadows of a
 Prison Sentence

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. q LP-Earl Broadway today to erase the shad- ows of a prison sentence.
 At liberty on parole from the fed eral penitentiary after having serv- ed a third of his year and day term for perjury. he goes back to New York to resume his work with the expressed intention of staging a comeback If the world will meet me just half way"
 With his wife, his brother James, his sister, Mrs. Alice Schneider, and T. V. Rooney. his casting director, he theatrical producer had reserved compartments on q southern railway train which arrives in New York shortly after noon tomorrow.
 To a happy reunion with his wife and friends, Carroll stepped ginger " If eagerly, across the threshold of freedom last night, suffering from what a described as a fear complex in having to meet people again. T. remained, however, for the lights of passing automobiles on his way from the penitentiary to downtown ho- tel to furnish his first reaction to liberty.
 They passed Tn my face and startled me-" he said, Tt made me feel as Rip Van Wrinkle must have ,fetl when he awoke."
 Q Carrol's feelings over his impris- ,onment, which grew out of his cele- brated Bath Tub" party in New York last year, were expressed for mally in statement typewriter on prison stationery, that he handed newspapermen upon his release.
 He assured those who felt he should be punished by his "mis- guided gesture of chivalry," that he had suffered.
 "I have undergone an irreparable loss of self-respect," his statement said, "a realization Of unworthincss such as each and every man feels when the door of a, prison clangs behind him. My constant compan- ion has been a great shadow Of humiliation, heavy sense of moral degradation.
 "t never watched each setting sun through the bars of my windows without seeing written there Tn those iron shadows the loss of my most priceless heritage-my Ameri- can citizenship"
 He was going back, however, with ,-f lNnt s1,n4 { he did twas the only thing ] could do and that there are times when mans honor is far more precious than liberty. and liberty more pre- cious than life"
 As for future plans, he has made none as yet but he admitted the possibility that his recent experi- ences will be reflected in some of his future work.
 "All experiences make an impress sion on a man, and some of mine may work into my productions at a later date he explained. "1 have no plans now. Certainly I am going to do the thing I should do-tla thing well know and love, and I want to get back to work.
 T may write some; I did none in the prison but there is a possihil- ty that I will find time for this type of work later"
 The actual time and manner of Carroll's release produced a mystery which kept newspapermen guessing until he appeared in the lobby of the hotel, where suite had been reserv- cd for him. accompanied by Mrs. Carroll, his brother and sister.
 A delay in the arrival of tho parole papers, necessary for Car rolls release, had kept his wife and friends waiting impatlently. The producer himself however. was described as unconcerned as the hour passed and the document did not come.
 After Rooney had been closeted some time with Warden John w. Shook in the latter's office, news papermen and photographers keep ing vigil at the gates observed a man clad in the regulations prison blue denim emerge, make ms way aCloSS the reservation and into the ward an's home, carrying a knapsack on his back. He was said to have an swered Carroll's general description
 Efforts to see Carroll within th' penitentiary were futile. and somC time afterward, Warden Shook mo .~ tored into the city. a distance o five miles. There he waited at tho post office until a late mail trair brought the parole shortly after D. m. The warden immediately spec back toward the prison, where Mrs Carroll. James Carroll and Mrs Schneider were believed to have gone earlier after evading neWspa. permen by leaving the hotel by z rear exit.