Judge — February 7, 1931 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE The Cause ite big Federal Prison was in the throes of its first riot. It had not come entirely unannounced, however, as for days the prisoners had been sullen and unruly. ‘The only surpris ing feature was that there was appar ently no reason for it. Conditions in the prison were excellent. ‘There was no overcrowding, ¢ had complained of unfair tre The warden stood at the commanding the group of militis had been summoned to halt the out- break. The riot was a cruel blow to him and to his pet theories. Suddenly he raised his hand. “Have 9 message,” he ordered, sent in to them telli hem that any reasonable request that they make will be complied with, ‘This’ bloodshed must be stopped at any cost!” A piece of paper was hurled into the enclosure where the battling pris- oners were huddled, and a few mo- ments later their leader stepped out. The warden signalled for the firing to cease. wy n.” the leader “we'll come to terms. You agree not to make us watch any more movies about prison life and we'll go back to our cells in peace!" —A. S. Nobody Knows How She Suffered + Lookit the headlines!” Iready saw 'em!... Gosh! . L never thought ol’ Oscar would thing like that!” Sturrible, Bill Right on page nd a picture of him, too!" 1, the way he’s been acting lately, it doesn’t exactly surp me. But think of his wife, Geor, but what she had to go . George, is what gets me v. Bill, that’s what it) we The worst kind of suffer mu said it. And there she was, tely helpless. Couldn't do thing. Just wait and wait, hour after hour, hoping that maybe... .” “Y'suppose she tried to keep him from it?” I doubt it, Ge + She's the most patient woman [ rsaw, Never com- plains. And I'll bet she didn’t utter a word while Oscar was... well... running amuck, that’s all it was.” “T guess nobody will ever know what she went through, Bill. Y'know, it would be the decent thing for us to call her up, tell her we understand, and realize it must have almost killed er, and express our admiration and ist look at those head- 1 Radio Fan Tunes ons During One —C. J. “A black cat! Gawd, that’s bad luck!” 15 comicbooks.com