Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-11-04

early here, 7:15 a. m. Time TO clean
up before breakfast at 8 o'clock.
Not bad chow today. Here's mixed
fruit. oatmeal. fried potatoes. toast.
coffee. mike. bread for breakfast.
For dinner at IL o'clock, we get
boiled vegetables. navy beans. chloe
olate pudding, tea. bread and milk.
And for supper at 4:30 p. M, we get
chili-con-carne, mashed potatoes,
rice custard, hot corn bread, coffee
and milk.
Boy. this is better food than |
got in the army. After supper, we
get three or four hours for read
ing. Lights u at 9 p. m. There's a
radio that ZOE on at 8 O'Clock. Can
keep up with the news, 90.
What's this little card the guard
gave me? Fish Tips" An. a fish
is a new inmate. 1t says:
"Do your own time; do not al
low anyone else to do it for you.
Remember this: when you are re-
ported for a rule violation, no mat
ter how small, the details are put
on your card that is on file with
te Parole Board as well as on your
card here and may be held against
you when you ONE up for parole"
Gll watch my step, you bet. This
joint isn't bad. but give me the out
side, every time. These dam rules
drive a mar screwy.)
when you write a letter write
only about your W personal af-
fairs; make no mention of others
that are here; do not write anything
about the institution or its officers,
either good or bad.
Remember that the warden did
not send for you, but now that you
are here he insists that you live up
TO the rules of the institution"
Okay. buddy. sail right with me.
There goes the guard. Wonder il
this mug next door will tip me off
TO what's what. Yeah, I'm a machin-
list TRUSTEES sleep outside the cells,
Ell? How can ! get a working job?
Must apply to the warden. Need a
pull, | suppose. He's pretty fair, Ell?
What happened to you? He hit you
and they put you both back inside.
Tough luck. Hope | can keep my
temper. You can buy your W but
ter? Well, I've got about $500
down there. Can check against it,
Ell? Make a few dimes weaving
horsehair belts. brides. and stuff.
So you work for the mug that has
a contact outside to sell the stuff.
Swell. Can't get any m%arijuana.
Have to get along without it, /
guess. Sh-h-h, here comes the
guard.
Well, I've broken my first rule
and got away with it. But | had TO
know. Wont talk any more. Too
risky. | want to get a job; get out
of this damned cell. They lock you
In here after every meal. and they
lock the cell house and they lock the
cell house and they lock the gates
and the entrance. locks, locks, locks,
And iron bars and more iron bars.
And that high stone wall with those
machine guns at each corner. Con-
crete and iron, everywhere. Even an
iron mattress to sleep on. Jeez, why
didn't | stay out while | was out?
Everey day the same, every month
the anne. Don't do this, don't do
teao teoin etoin etoain etoin shrd h
that. Get up, walk out, keep your
arms folded. Walk in again. Clang!
goes the cell door. Those guards
have eyes like ice. Look like they're
just waiting to sap UP on you. Two
years OF this. It's going to be hell
but I'll be good and get out in {
year. Get away from these silen'
mugs that stare at you. Wonder
what that little waitress down II
Dago is doing tonight? Taking Out
some COB for his dough, l suppose
God! I won't even see a mi fol
a year. This Is a hell Of a hole. FoOC
tastes the same; days are the same
And that awful spell at night -
pitch dark and no sound except snor
ing and grunting. And | don't dare
say a word. Day after day, until
you lose track of time, of every.
thing. That guard walking UP and
down all the time. It's driving me
nuts! It's driving me crazy, / tel
you! Jeez! Why did I let them gel
me? Why did | take that damned
car? Why didn't they let me join
the army and get killed? Oh Moth
er! Motherl Motherl
IN. B. So Prisoner No. 0144301