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> iPass Seavamanemnaeeretntencrernneay te Farmers Issue Nat'l Call for Meeting to Fight Against Ruin Sec’y of Agriculture Wallace Admits That Farmers’ Lot Worse Than Ever; Conference Will Discuss Mortgage Debts, Rising Costs WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—At the very moment that the leading officials | of the Agricultural Administration are beginning to admit that the Roose- velt program of rising prices has been of no benefit to the farmers, comes news of a nation-wide call for a National Conference of. farmers, The call is issued through National Committee for Action, a national organization backed by 60,000 farm-¢- ers and 34 farm organizations thru- out the country. The call of the farmérs coincides with the admission made yesterday by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, that the cost of goods that the farmer buys have advanced more rapidly than the costs of the things the farmer sells, thus intensifying | even more the burdens and poverty of the vast majority of the, coufitry’s small farmers. To Be Largest in History The Conference to be held at Chicago, from November 8-11, is the segond of its kind, the first one be- ing held last year at Washington, D. C., and it is expected. to be the greatest gathering of farmers in the history of the country. Fully 1,000 farmers are expected to take part in this Conference which will be one of the greatest gatherings of farmers in this coun- try. At this huge meeting farmer- delegates will take steps to build a united front of all busted, mort- gaged, dispossessed, ruined and al- most ruined farmers, for'a national fight for real and immediate relief. Farmers of every political party, of every faith and every creed, regard- less of race or color, regardless of whether they are members of farm organizations or not, are called upon to elect delegates to this great con- ference. ‘The Farmers National Committee for Action set up at the First Farmers National Relief Conference consist- ing of farmers belonging to the Grange, the Farmers Union, the Farm Holiday Association, the United Farmers’ League and various state protective associations and coopera~ tives are backing this conference and will send delegates to it from organizations. Unorganized farmers may elect delegates from mass meet- ings, from school house meetings, and from picnics. Farmers’ Lot Worse There is only one limitation. Every delegate must be a farmer, a real working farmer who derives his in- eome from his work on the farm, a farm woman, a farm youth, a farm worker, farmer. “Gentlemen farmers,” big landlords or merchants and bankers who own farms, are not welcome. ‘The Conference has been called becanse the Roosevelt Administra- tion has not made good its promises of relief to the farmers. The New Deal has cut the farmers’ acreage but it has put nothing in the pock- ets of the farmers. It has restricted his market by placing a sales tax on his products which make them harder to sell to the workers in the city. And in the meantime, the prices on things which the farmers must buy have risen out of reach. The problems of debts, rents, and taxes are still unsolved, and the so-called refinancing provisions of the New Deal agricultural act have failed to prevent foreclosures and. evictions. Plan Action Conditions on American farms de- mand action, The Second Farmers’ Conference will mean that the op- pressed and exploited farming people will get together to lay plans for this action. . What shall the farmers do about the plow-under, butchering, destruc- tion campaign of the New Deal? What about the actual hunger, the needs for vital necessities which exist on hundreds of thousands of farms? What about foreclosures and evictions which have made many farm families homeless and which threaten countless more? What about the tremendous pressure of the creditor class, the banks, the in- Organize Union in 2 Buffalo Foundries; Demand Higher Pay Union Leaders Cush, Meldon Speak on Sept. 16 BUFFALO, Sept. 10—Recent ex- amples of the work of the Steel and Metal Workers Union here, carried on under the direction of Nathan Feld, district organizer of the Trade Union Unity League are: Election of a shop committee by the workers of the Strong Steel Foun- dry, which on Tuesday presented de- mands to the company covering the following points: Fifty-five cents an hour for chippers, 68 cents for mold- ers, a@ flat rate of 55 cents for la- borers, and a general 20 per cent increase for skilled workers, On the same day a meeting was held by workers of the Atlas Steel Foundry, located near the Strong plant, and the shop organized. A meeting of the elected depart- ment committeemen of the Donner plant of Republic Steel has been held and a complete program of complet- ing and consolidating the organiza- tion of the workers on all of the three turns (shifts) adopted. There are now some 35 rank and file organ- izers active in the plant. Temporary officers (chairman, treasurer, finan- cial secretary and recording secre- tary) have been elected. A general meeting of Donner plant workers has been called for Sept. 16, at which National Chairman Cush and National Secretary Meldon will Speak. Permanent officers will be elected at this meeting. Buffalo District to Steel Union, Sept. 16 BUFFALO, Sept. 10.—Due to rapid extension of organizat work, the District convention of*fhe Steel and Metal Workers Union called for Sept. 16 will in all likelihood consist of some 60 or 65 delegates instead of the 45 as at first expected. Delegates will be elected from every important steel and metal plant in the Buffalo area. Pat Cush, National of the Union, and John Meldon, Na- tional Secretary, will be present at the convention and report on the work in other districts. National Chairman Cush will spend a week in the district and speak to numerous meetings now being organized. Dockworkers Strike in Cleveland for Wage Increases OLEVELAND, Ohio. — Under the leadership of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, 15 dock workers of the Terminal Corporation went on strike at the 11th Street pier. pectations are for a full stoppage of the 200 dock workers when the next boat comes in Thursday. Sugar and light metal products are unloaded by the Terminal Corporation. News of the Buffalo dockworkers strike victory in winning a 20 per cent wage increase has greatly cheer- .. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1933 National Events Workers Center Picnic WILKES-BARRE, Pa—A picnic will be held by the Workers’ Center next Sunday at the grounds in Br lau on the Susquehanna River be- tween the two bridges. Funds raised will go for the Center’s rent fund | Cleveland Gezang Farein CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The Cleve- land Freiheit Gezang Farein and Mandolin Orchestra holds rehearsals every Wednesday and Thursday at 8 o’clock in 14101 Kinsman Road under the direction of Comrade H. Dobkow sky. The 105th Street section meets | at the Republican Hall, 105th and St Clair Ave. on Mondays. All workers | are invited to join these rehearsals. | “Welfare” Island Indeed! ‘Murder of Prisoner |Was Eye-Witness to| Slaying of Negro (CONTINUED From PAGE ONE) transferred after two days stay there | to Hart's Island. . While at Hart's Island I found a copy of the “Dally Worker,” paper, on the prison grounds, W: a number of the prisoners and I were | reading it, a guard came over and d manded that he be given the paper and told us that we could not read any such newspapers. On my retw | to the dormitory that day I w | singled out by the keeper and ask | who had given me the “Daily W: jer.” I replied that I had found | | on the grounds. He then struck | full in the face with his club, knc Hold Convention of. Negro Is Murdered at Welfare Island — soners herded back into cells after the last outbreak—the most (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | recent of a long series—at Welfare Island. Brutality and rotten food in | irre on | the graft-ridden prison have resulted in frequent revolts on the part of the inmates. Inset shows Henry O. Schleth, the “frank” warden of Correction Hospital, who thought there would be no objection to examining records of the Matthews murder “if it wasn’t so near election time.” Welfare Island Called | ‘The School for Crime’ “I Saw the Killing” Conscious ef shat w “There were six or seven other prisoners there when Matthews was | murdered. They were dopies and the | Officials ought to be able to learn who they were — if they want to, | though most of the dopies are scared | of the guards lest they don’t get any | more drugs. Why, you know, you can get shots in the arm right out in the open on Welfare Island. Some of the guards themselves supply the dope.” . ‘A copy of Shahian’s affidavit that he saw Matthews killed has been forwarded also to Dr. Harold Rypins, Secretary of the State Board of Med- ical Examiners with headquarters in Albany, for investigation of Dr. George Gordon and the other physi- cians who attended the Negro who did not “notice” that his “coma” was from ascertainable causes. Other af- fidavits showing incredible careless- ness or callousness on the part of the attending physicians in the care and treatment of prisoners have also been forwarded to Dr. Rypins for in- vestigation so that the physicians found guilty may be brought up on charges before the Medical Grievance Committee and their licenses to prac- tice revoked. That evidence dealing with the open distribution of narcotics within the prison walls right under the being dune to nim The keeper then cursed at “attnews callin hic the Qirtiest names, mic as, “You black eon -of-e-Ditans You Mrty dDleck dog! You can't foo] mo! “ while he wes eaing this be eae striking Matthews’ need agdine the cement wall. Matthews then sluxped to the floor without saying « wort. know that Batthews pad been murdered. I have 4014 this story of ay own accord, and every wer of this effidevit 1s tre truth. smorn to before ae t, 20339 Pak St ae ee noses of the officials has been pre- ioe sented to U. S. District Attorney wnial’dgy of & George Z. Medalie for investigation an Weer 0 a and prosecution under the federal . narcotic law. ef, Co Ch BY 2? ed eee AREY no en Hathaway Demands Action Yesterday Clarence Hathaway, edi- | tor of the “Daily Worker,” forwarded the letter to District Attorney Crain | demanding an immediate investiga- | Shahians Wore aerate’ =| Dope Traffic and Crime Rampant at Prison; | SURIOR Ot Alp. Catal revolved: ‘Investigations’ Bring Whitewash | Excerpt from sworn story of Matthews’ murder which Tammany Officials are trying to suppress. ° “September 9, 1933.” “District Attorney Crain | ing out three front teeth from | “137 Center Street | “New York, N. Y. | “Dear Mr. Crain: “Enclosed is the original affidavit which we have received from Mark Shahian of 353 Beekman Ave., the Bronx, regarding the hitherto sup- pressed murder of one James Mat- thews, on Welfare Island in Octo- ber, 1933, “Mr. Shahian’s affidavit: also re- veals horrible conditions existing in the city penitentiaries. His charges are of so grave a nature that we ear- nestly urge you to institute an imme- diate investigation of them to be fol- lowed by prosecution of those offi- cials found guilty. Commissioner of Correction William J. Cahill, to frustrate the ‘Daily Worker's’ efforts to check Mr. Sha~ hian’s statements. Nevertheless, the ‘Daily Worker’ has established the authenticity of his dates and a con- siderable portion of his testimony. “Every effort has been made by | Riots, bloodshed, dope peddling and other scandals have marked Welfare Island during the past two years and earned it the title of “The School For Crime.” Investigations have been conducted into the vicious bru- tality of the guards, killings and other numerous crimes but heared esa ae ee eer extortion and finally te d to washet vy ie Officials. Prisoners, | " sentences | fearful of talking lest “it be taken out | 40 indeterminate period in the peni- on them,” have protested ignorance | tentiary. i and maintained closed mouths. Even| Rao immediately organized a dope a ian sssieeon. ee the open | pea adap eed rite oo Sale of dope on the Island was fruit- ‘ederal |less, the authorities either being | authorities. Over the control of the | | balked by terrified prisoners or un-| dope ring, a fight started in the | wae He ene, too deeply lest worse Oe ae whan reais be ee Scandals be uncovered, folshoe. ‘ree-for-all | | riot broke out, the prisoners finding | The Tammany Brand | release against the brutality of the The Tammany mark on the Island | SU9'ds in Aghts, attacks on the keep- | Rao, alias Joey Raio, Joseph Consers, of | and other aliases, who was involved | Paeylis! armor apties “pee hour to |in one investigation regarding the | 2° hit and several investigations | on the floor. | to the other side of the bed where |murder of George Holshoe on Oct. ‘When the authorities had secured lower jaw and breaking and loosen- ing the teeth in my upper jaw. Af- ter more questioning he struck me again with the club on the back of my head, causing a large swelling. | I fell to the floor, blood pouring from my face. I was taken into the dor. mitory and about an hour later ask: by another keeper whether or not would like to go to the hospital. I was very weak at that time from the | blows and loss of blood and nodded | to him that I would like hospital at- tention. They then took me to the dentist at Hart’s Island who refused to treat me at that time, stating that it would be necessary to first deter- mine by X-rays whether or not my Jaw was fractured. After examin’ tion, he extracted a broken tooth from my mouth. About three days later I was taken to the prison pen at Wel- fare Island to await an examination.) by one of the doctors there. I arrived there Monday, October 17, 1932. I was placed in the dormi- tory along with about 45 other pris- oners. On the bed next to me was lying a Negro about 35 years of age. He introduced himself to me as James Matthews. I gave him my cigarettes as I was not in a condition to smoke. He became friendly with me and told me that he was not feeling well, and that he had not worked that day at the regular prison work because of illness. The next morning, at about 7 a, m, I was told that breakfast is/ dished out at a mess hall about 200) yards from my dormitory. I dressed| and asked Matthews who was lying| on his bed dressed; whether he was| going to have any breakfast. shook his head and said that he was) not feeling good and that he could) not eat anything. I managed to get into the mess hall and not being able to chew any food, I had only a/ few drops of coffee and then went back to the dormitory. | Matthews was still lying on his bed. I-offered him an orange and said it would be a good thing if he took something in his mouth, since it might make him feel a little bet-| ter. I helped him to sit up and he had a bit of the orange. At 8 a. m.! the keeper came around to get all the men to work who had been check- ed off at the office as being fit for the daily work and routine. The) keeper called the names of the men) of his gang and finding that Wat-| thews did not respond to the call, rushed ever to his bed. He kicked Matthews in the groin (the entire) bed consists of a narrow spring which | is covered only by a blanket, there} being no mattress, and is no more} than about one foot from the ground) | and shouted: “Get up, you black dog, you can’t fool me. Get to work!”| Matthews rolled off the bed on be- ing kicked and lay without moving The keeper went over Matthews had fallen, gripped him by the hair (Matthews had long black hair) and struck Matthews’ head against the cement floor a number) of times. I myself was terribly fright- Page Three Affidavit Describes 600 Miners Cross Over to Arizona for Strike Meeting Many Walk 21 Miles, When Militia in N. Mexico, Under Martial Law, Prohibit Strikers from Gathering; Miners Face Hunger GALLUP, New Mex., Sept. 4.—Denied the right to hold union and strike meetings, 800 miners and their families came 21 miles to the Arizona state line to on the plans for strike activities. Those who had no cars started out rs earlier on foot to the meeting. The gathering took place in a huge cave in the red rocks of Lupton, Arizona, Two truckloads of roops guarded the state line with the intention of preventing the strikers | from returning to Gallup at the close | of the meeting, but the huge masses 24-Hour Picketing I Keep Scabs Away at Foundry Strike RGH, Pa., Sept. 10—Mass 24 hours a day is go- Walworth Foundry, rs are out on strike oO states that “the so impregnable that reporters could not loc press picket lines a oo yed and splendid r the first few attempts by y to bring in scabs, all ere stopped. irman of the Steel rkers’ Industrial Union leading the strike for higher wages, on the first picket line for 12 how John Meldon, secre- tary of the union, and George Beau- mont, district organizer, were on the line continuously for the last 20 hours, The strike committee of 40 meets regularly. A motion was passed pre- venting Joseph W: ington, special labor mediator, representing Pinchot, from entering the strike situation. Washington attacked Meldon in the local press 2 way of the NR ‘standing in the Picket lines average 2,000 at 5 o’clock in the morning. Girl workers are active in the strike. The Greensburg strikers are plan- ning a mass parade this week. The union calls upon all locals and fra- ternal organizations to send wires of greetings and financial aid to the strike headquarters, 1411 Broad St., South Greensburg, Pa. The Unemployed Council here is vigorously supporting the strike, mobilizing the unemployed for picket duty. composed of about 5 or 6 prisoners who are assigned to do the cleaning of miners prevented them from at- tempting this, and they returned to Gallup. Martial law forbids the gath- ering of more than three people in a group. Additional forces, sent in here to aid the work of the strike, were held by the troopers in the union office and not permitted to leave. A permit for a meeting was secured from Brig- adier General Woods, who instructed the miners’ committee that they could meet but could not make “inflamma- tory” speeches. At the meeting, Martha Roberts announced that the union was going to demand a defini- tion of the word inflammatory, before they spoke. An editorial in the Albu-, querque Journal, flaying the mayor for his strikebreaking activity in sending in the troops, was read in- stead. The meeting was then ad- journed and a picnic of the miners took place at the Red Rock Cave late that afternoon, One of the miners brought a can of paint and in huge letters painted across the cave the | words “National Miner’s Union, Aug, 28, 1933.” This is the date the strike | was called. The meeting was addressed by Pat Toohey, member of the National Ex- ecutive Committee of the National Miners’ Union; H. Allander, represen- tative of the youth section of the union; A. McCormick, member of the Building Trades Council of Denver, and other speakers, The spirit of the meeting ran high. The miners de- termined to resume their picket lines, which had been dispersea at the point of bayonets by the National | Guard. The miners are still 100 per cent out. None of the mines have been able to work. The next day another permit was secured for a meeting in Gallup. At this time a definition was obtained of what the general meant by the word | “inflammatory.” The definition in- cluded a clause which stated that |“any attack on the constituted au- thority” would be considered a breach. This meant that the speakers were to be prohibited from exposing the strike-breaking activity of Gover- nor Seligman. The speakers refused to do this, and defied the guard. | During the course of the speeches, | work in the dormitory, were mopping the troops began mobbing up and | the floor and generally cleaning up| getting clubs. A guard of 20 workers the dormitory. While Matthews was/| prevented them from getting at the being beaten all the prisoners were | speakers, scared to say a word or do anything.; The miners have displayed a mar- They were the “house-gang,” prison-| yelous spirit through it all. However, ers who were almost all dope fiends the relief situation is becoming quite and got on the “gang” because they! serious. Unless help is forthcoming bought dope from the keepers. at once, the miners will be forced I waited at the doctor's office un-| back to work by hunger. The miners til about 11 o'clock at which time I/are waging a battle against the op- was exhausted and ordered sent to|erators who are notorious “open the Correction Hospital for X-rays| shoppers.” Strikes before have all and treatment. I got to the hos-| been lost. It is evident that this pital ward at about 3 o'clock and| Strike is pressing the operators hard. noticed that Matthews was lying inj Every effort is being made to break a bed in the same w: absolutely | the strike. It is almost a certainty scious, his eyes still staring, that the miners will win if given suf- . He did not move or make ficient backing. Send all funds to a sound. The dormitory doctor came | 2X 218, Gallup, New Mexico. ‘ae teh clas q|,. The United Mine Workers is carry- over to Matthews every once in a * A ny. d = ing on a scabbing campaign, calling while to examine him. I went over| i : on the miners to go back to work, to Matthews a few times, whenever) with the threat of expulsion from I could leave my bed, to speak to him! ice rom. the union. and to see if I could help him in any General Woods of the National Ex- | fore the Grand Jury and tell his story 8 soon as you call him. “Very truly yours, “C. A. Hathaway, Mr. Shahian is ready to appear be- |23, 1932. The investigation resulted in | @ whitewash, Rao, a gangster in his own right and a henchman of Dutch Schultz, the beer baron, was arrested on a | ened at this time thinking that he | might do the same fo me. I got | off my bed and walked a few feet | away. I then saw the keeper drag} | Matthews from the floor, force him | up against the wall, holding him in control over the situation District Attorney Crain assigned two assist- ants, Saul Price and George M. Car- ney, to investigate the Holshoe mur- der and the causes of the riot. In way, but he just stared and did not| Guard has given a permit for the say a word. |Gallup Chamber of Commerce to I went over to a Negro nurse, him-| hold a meeting to take up the ques- self a prisoner, and told him exactly) tion of cutting off of relief to the what had happened that very morn-) striking miners of Gallup, “Editor.” . * TOMORROW THE DAILY WORKER WILL TELL THE AMAZING STORY OF HOW TAMMANY OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE * charge of beating up a policeman. the meantime Warden Joseph A. | Magistrate Edward Weil, despite the McCann, announced that struggle | fact that the policeman showed his for the control of the dope selling | bruises, decided that there was not ring had nothing to do with the riot sufficient evidence on which to hold but that it was caused by two fac- the gangster, and suggested a charge | tions—one Ifish and the other Ital- ed the dockworkers, and unless the company grants wage increases this corporation will be tied up in a strike. of simple assault, ian, When the gangster was released on Negro’s Death Hushed Up. bail he was re-arrested on a charge| The Assistant District Attorneys, FACTS ABOUT MURDER, BRU- TALITY AND DOPE SMUGGLING ON WELFARE ISLAND, place by sticking his club in Mat- thews’ stomach with his right hand and holding Matthews by his hair| with his left hand. I noticed that| Matthews’ eyes were bulging out of} his head and that he did not seem | to be conscious of what was being) done to him. | The keeper then cursed at Mat- ing. On hearing the story the nurse became very angry and said that he would positively report the whole matter to Negro societies and tell them all that had happened. He said that he would try to give the story to a messenger who could leave the Island and go directly to the Ne- gro societies. NEWS BRIEFS Miss New York Quits Pageant | ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Miss surance companies, the. money sharks. Is cancellation of bagk debts the next step for the farmers? Sleeping odations are being arranged the ition of workers’ organizations in’ Chicago electing delegates./One delegate for every 25 members or fraction thereof of your local may be elected, Or if your community is unorganized, one delegate for every 25 farmers attend- ing the meeting may be elected. The Farmers National Committee for Ac- tion calls on all farmers ready to struggle for better conditions to build a national movement to. win real reltef. stands for according to a worker in Saltimore: Nothing Really Accomplished. National Reeketeering Association. No Raise Ahead. Nabob's Rotten Applesauce, Jobless Workers Suf- fer Lacerations, Broken Ribs NEW YORK. — Ten unemployed Negro workers sleeping in Hester Park on the lower East Side were set upon and badly beaten by a gang of white thugs early yesterday morning. The attack, which occurred at 3:15 a. m. is a part of the general lynch-terror which is sweeping New York. the group left the station house, five of them were brought to the Daily Worker office by a white | after their investigation, announced The nurse said that it would not| Esa Donath, New York City con- “s Thugs Beat 10 Jobless Negroes in Park Beaten by Edward White, Andrew Finn, and workers and Howard of Alabama were beaten yesterday morning in Hester Park by thugs armed with bats and worker and told their story. Food and medical attention was secured | cinct for them. Edward White, Andrew Finn and Sidney Dense suffered lacerations of the scalp and face which necessitated stitches, body bruises and cuts. How~- ard, a worker from Alabama suffered lacerations of the scalp, body bruises and broken ribs. Gouverneur Hospital, when phoned and asked about the occurrence blandly informed the Daily Worker that “Oh, they got into a fight over | that there was no evidence of dope | selling and also stated that the riot the two factions. Ge Z. Medalie, U. 8. District Attorney, nevertheless the Hoodlums this publicity result, the death was hushed up along with several other suspicious deaths. Preceding this outbreak another riot occurred in August 1930 when 400 prisoners clashed on the peniten- tiary grounds, attacking each other and the guards with bats, clubs, sharpened sticks and chairs. An in- vestigation of this riot also resulted in a white-wash despite the fact that | 27 prisoners were injured. The attitude of prisoners towards confinement in “The School for Crime” was shown when on Janu- ary 24, 1931, Herman Metzner, a drug addict, pleaded pitifully with’ County Judge Martin in Brooklyn not to send him to Welfare Island “for even the keepers there peddle dope” he said in open court. “I want to break myself of the habit,” he begged. “But you enter in there shattered and come out worse.” Sidney Dense, New York unemployed lead pipes, man. ” -|man who interviewed Metzner later | but his bank books showed deposits Sint Mane tatemiak is Tey announced that the of $900 during the preceding four Worker that they had never heard | to name the keepers who peddle » | months. of the affair. Fishman frankly stated that Metz-| On July 5, 1931, Charles Michael This occurrence is a clear example |ner was agraid to talk for fear of |Feisel was stabbed on the peniten- of the spirit of lynch-terror that is) What would happen to him if he/tiary grounds. being whipped up in New York City. | “sau On the ber before Louis The campaign to prevent the frater-| On April 10, 1931, enough heroin | Elia, who “did not play fair” with nization of White and Negro workers, | Was found on two prisoners to make | the prison narcotic ring, was found 1250 papers which are sold for $1.00| murdered in his cell. the vicious attacks on Negro workers are all part of the same ot terror, a campaign that may only be smashed by the organized might of the white and Negro workers, On June 7, 1081, Nnckolas Andreski, a butcher was arrested at the city hospital on the Island with a large thews calling him the dirtiest names, such as, “You black son of a bitch! You dirty black dog! You can’t fool me!” While he was saying this he was striking Matthews’ head against the cement wall. Matthews then slumped to the floor without saying a word. He lay bers Bg un- conscious, his eyes le open. ‘There were about six prisoners in the dormitory at the time, the re- mainder having left for work. The keeper then went to this office which was about 30 yards away. Through the open door of his office I saw him pick up the telephone receiver and make a call. I was too far away to hear what he was saying. Nobody came in to help Matthews or to give him any medical treatment. He lay there on the floor in the same posi- tion, without moving or making a sound. I’ noticed that blood was streaming from his mouth and that Jhis clothes were covered with blood. At about 9 a.m, my name and num- ber was called by a messenger and I took my commissary bag to go to the doctor's office. As I left I no- ticed that Matthews was still lying there unattended. I was sick my- self, and frightened to death at what I had seen and I was afraid to say @ word to anyone about this or even to offer Matthews any assistance. At the time that I left, the house-gang, quantity of narcotics. Apparently he was competing with the dope ring. The butcher's salary was $75 a month | On October 16, 1931, Robert Weiner, prisoner said to be involved in | do any good to make any report to anybody on the Island and that as a matter of fact he would be afraid to do anything like that. He told me the next day that he could not get a messenger and that he would have to wait with the exposure until he himself was released. Matthews was in the same condi- tion all that afternoon and evening. On the next day, Wednesday, Oc- tober 19, 1932, in the early afternoon, a curtain was drawn around his bed. No one was then allowed to attempt to speak to him or to go near his bed. The nurse told me, and it was generally rumored around the ward that Matthews was in a dying con- dition. There was a curtain around Matthews’ bed all day Wednesday, ‘Thursday and Friday. On Friday I was removed to a dif- ferent dormitory where I still re-| | testant in the Atlantic City Beauty | Pageant, quit the show, because, she claimed, there was misrepresentation at the national beauty competition. She stated that some girls never saw the states they represented. Miss Illinois lives in Missouri, and had never been to Illinois, ae Kansas Official, Embezzier TOPEKA, Kansas,—Tom B. state treasurer, was bound over |day on a charge of converting | $150,000 to the use of himself and | Ronald Finney, central figure in the |investigation into issuance of one million dollars worth of bogus Kan- | Sas bonds, | Trenton Prison Break Foiled TRENTON .N. J.—Louis a guard, was charged esa ceived some medical treatment. On by prison offi- October 25, 1932, I returned to the|cials with supplying a pistol and saw ward where Matthews had been. I blades to inmates of the State Hos- noticed that Matthews’ bed was emp- Pital for the Criminal Insane for a ty. I asked the Negro nurse whom) cash consideration of $2. The plot I had spoken to before what had/ was foiled when one of the prisone happened. He told me that Matthews ers’ wives informed prison authorl- had died. The nurse said that they | ties. had constantly been trying to revive Matthews, but that rye Mie bo Matthews had been taken into the ward he could neither speak nor) CHICAGO, Ill—One Illinois price moye, nor give any sign of conscious- ness. I told the nurse that if it was the last thing I ever did, I would expose all the rottenesss that went on in the place, and that I would let | derlines of Illinois-Indiana for fifty mugs for $1.50. . the whole world know that Matthews) Race Crash Results in “ had been murdered. 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