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him by this convict as the state's agent. Whether there is any truth in these stories or not* it is certain that no man who is 'doing it all' should be administering medicine to his fellow convicts. This man Dinsmore was not licensed to practice medicine. I have a letter from the state board to that effect. I am also assured by the same authority that he is not a licensed druggist. Notwithstanding these facts we have had this spectacle of the state of Nebraska allowing this man to practice medicine upon our helpless convicts. If Dinsmore had done this on the outside of the penitentiary walls he would have been subject to criminal prosecution."

Since meeting with Judge Frost I have come to the conclusion that he is a sincere and honest man, who is doing all this for the public welfare, but those who have told him the above have willfully and maliciously


*There is not the slightest truth in these stories.
AUTHOR'S NOTE.
 
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lied to him. One of these men is well known to me, and I will tell my reader a little about him. He was sent to Lancaster for life, and easily won the good will of Deputy Warden Delahunty. At his own expense Mr. Delahunty traveled to the extreme western part of the state and interceded for him with the judge and the prosecuting attorney. From these gentlemen, Mr. Delahunty got letters to the governor recommending that the sentence be commuted from life to ten years, which means, with good time allowance deducted, only seven years and one month. Were you, my reader, serving a life sentence at Lancaster, and a man had your sentence reduced to ten years, would you not consider him your best friend? Would you not pray for him every night for the rest of your life? I know I would. But did he show his appreciation? No, his soul was saved by the old women soulsavers, and to them he furnished much information which they peddled around and magnified, and which

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led up to the tragedy at Lancaster. I recall how this man posed as a reformed sinner and was at the head of his Bible class. Also do I remember the Sunday morning after Warden Davis was assassinated. This man was discharged from the prison and an officer asked him where he was going, His answer was: "All that I know at the present is that I am going down to take luncheon with Mrs. So-and-so, (one of the soulsavers). I may stay in Lincoln for some time, and I may leave right away; I don't know, but I do know that tonight I am going out to pick up a 'lady friend'." This sincere gentleman afterwards became an evangelist, a "brother," with headquarters at the mission, the same religious joint of which I have already informed my reader, the one of grass-widow fame. And that is a nice and easy life, with no hard work whatever, only to dish out a generous supply of hot air. This he does without much effort. It is indeed interesting to see some of these

 
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evangelists standing upon the street corner with down-cast eyes, praying for us poor sinners, and at the same time watching the slit skirts of the ladies passing by out of one little corner of their eye. From such a source comes the prison story above, and the same is published by Judge Frost in good faith. But a man who is serving a life sentence behind the bars, and who has spent thirteen of his best years at Lancaster, has troubles enough of his own without outsiders making up more for him. It is a great injustice to him to publish such rot without thoroughly investigating whether it is true or not. "They say," "so and so." You often hear those two words, "they say." And who are "they"? God only knows. The scandalmongers use these two words, "they say," from early until late. Little does it matter to them that a man's reputation, a woman's honor, is ruined by their "they say." Today "they say" that Jones is intoxicated; tomorrow "they say" that