shall tell you in a following chapter. To tell the
many good deeds done for these brothers in distress by the good people
would require a book much larger than this, so I will only mention
their names. First of all, I wish to mention my friend and also the
friend of every officer and inmate, Mr. John M. Roseborough, Professor
at the State University. He is a splendid young man, and his heart
is in the right place. Often has he hurried from his office, disregarding
snow and rain, that he could work with the boys during the evening.
Then there is Professor Auld of College View. For years this good
man has taught Sunday-school at the prison. At present he is working
hard and faithfully to obtain clemency for Andrew Hawkins, the oldest
inmate of the pen. Poor old Andy has been there for nearly fourteen
years, being sent up from Frontier County for murder. To the officials
around the prison it appears that poor old Andy is innocent and was
just made
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the "fall guy" for the real murderers.
Another good friend to the boys, especially those from Omaha, is
Mr. Harry Sigler, superintendent of a charitable institution of
that city. Mr. Sigler has come in contact with criminals of all
kinds, large and small, young and old, and can judge a person at
first sight. He knows their shortcomings, their peculiarities and
even their slang. I remember the first sermon that Mr. Sigler preached
at the prison. As the boys sat before him he recognized many familiar
faces and he made a direct appeal to them to do better, to lead
cleaner lives when they were liberated. He brought many a word
into his sermon that you will not find in the dictionary and was
not understood by the outsiders attending church that morning,
but were known to those who have spent a long time in crime. They
listened to and appreciated that sermon more than any sermon they
had ever heard behind the bars. Seldom has a star of the footlights
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