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i ---- September 25, 1926 WINNETKA TALK 15 CLABAUGH ASKS FOR SUPPORT OF PEOPLE Also Wants Help of Newspapers in Drive on Parole Abuses; Tells of Plans By LESTER B. COLBY (Illinois Chamber of Commerce) Political criminals, gunmen and ex- pert professional murderers going hand-in-hand on their rollicking way are due for a tougher time if Hinton G. Clabaugh, new head of the Illinois prison parole board, and Winnetka resident, succeeds in his plans without being "stopped." I have just had an- other interview with Mr. Clabaugh. He said: "I've got to have the support of the newspapers. I've got to have the sup- port of the public in general. I know the power and influence of those I've got to fight. "I am going to ask the Illinois Chamber of Commerce to aid me in reaching every local chamber of com- merce in Illinois. I want in every one of these towns an honest, reliable, will- ing committee that can and will work with me. "These men must be willing to set aside all thought of politics. I want men to whom I can turn for help. Be- fore any man is released on parole to go back to any of these towns, I want to be able to satisfy myself on several points : "1--I want a complete, honest, hu- man report on him. I want to know if, from his record, he will go to work when he gets out or whether he will buy a gun and go to holding people "2--I want to know if some man or some company will give him employ- ment and help him. I want to know if there is a chance that he will become a useful citizen. "3--I know that mistakes will be made but I want to make as few as possible. If I can get some sort of or- ganization, and it must be voluntary, at work in every community we will have as few regrets as possible." Mr. Clabaugh turned over a few pa- pers on his desk. He continued: "Here's a case of one man who com- mitted thirty-one holdups with a gun. Through influence he was permitted to plead guilty to larceny. What do you think of a state's attorney that would permit that? That sort of a deal is pretty close to conspiracy. Don't you think that that state's attorney should be impeached? "Here's a signed letter, signed by a judge, telling how he requested a hold- up man, caught redhanded holding up a hotel, caught gun in hand, to plead guilty so he could be given a lighter sentence. The judge writes, and it's signed, how he told him--promised him, in fact--that he could get out in a year if he'd plead guilty. "What do you think of that judge? Rotten, isn't it? Do you believe me when I say I'm going to need help? "Don't think that I am not going to release men from prisons on parole. I am. But I'm going to try to pick men who will make good. The majority of prisoners paroled to rural communi- ties make good. The majority paroled to the big cities don't. "Well-meaning organizations direct- ed by inexperienced persons are bring- ing convicts into Chicago in wholesale lots. They not only take them from the Illinois prisons but from the pri- sons of other states. That's a big prob- lem. And Chicago is a very bad place for them. "Chicago originates eighty per cent of Illinois' criminals and ninety-eight per cent of the grief of the parole board. Chicago and vicinity is the seat of almost all of our criminal trou- bles in Illinois. Irs ---------- | 0 COO nb bent) | 0 OOOO OOOO THE@ UB State and Jackson--Chicago + Orrington and Church--Evanston IN OUR NEW EVANSTON SHOP Gray Tones and Browns in the New Fall Suits With One and Two Trousers--They EVANSTON SHOP OPEN TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS M Henry C.Lyttoné& Sons Are Not to Be Equaled at This Price 50 Bere our Main Store sells more fine Clothing than does any other one store in the world, it is only natural that our Evanston Shop enjoys many economies and advan- tages. That accounts, then, for the extraordinary merit of our $50 selection cf Gray Tones and Browns for Fall. You will not find anything like the variety or values elsewhere. One look will convince you. Others from $35 to $85. Fall Topcoats '35+'45-°50 SS SS 830% tvs Ys 22> COC XX XXX] O |