FALLEN MILLIONAIRE’S LOT

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1930, Page 3

FALLEN MILLIONAIRE’S LOT

SKWIXu C'ANVAS MALI,-BAGS. Formerly ii groat financial power in le City oi L/uinioii, Clarence llatry now s; A mis the greater parL of eacli iljiv al a treadle machine, sewing mail nos. He is iiu a: ce rated it; Wandsworlli Gaol, servility Hie l,o«iin nin<j; ol' c i. v. a smilouee which was passed on him ca'iy this year for his extensi.e '.ands n Hm city.

A numher is all that distinguishes 'he fallen ruler of nf llinns from iii.s fellow convicts. Alongside him works >is confederate .Daniels, and close hy ’re his other associateis, Dixon, and Tahor, who are serving lesser sentences 'or their part in the frauds.

Hatrv and Daniels , are working in he shop where the canvas mail-bags are made up. They appear to he quite cheerful, and sit together,, each with a treadle sewing machine in front of him. On their machines are tiny black cat mascots, made by a prisoner who is good at modelling. The mascots are

composed of wax with tails of wool an i eyes m-i'-iy-'i hi won. ..ciibw UnuX. Work in the bag shop begins at nine in tne iiiu.n.jig, ami goes on tiii a quar-ter-past ito in the evening, with a luncheon break of an hour and three-"’up-iers. M-.sl .wft"rnoons. however. LLa-try has visitors who wish to consult him about his business affairs. Recently Hatry was present at one of the prison concerts, which he mips obviously enjoyed. He has to .wear the regulation grev prison uniform '■ *• he is allowed to shave himself. In his. ‘cell he lias his stool, a flap table from the wa'l. a low bed of hardhoards, two h'iinkcfis. two sheets, a pillow, "a civil enamel toiletware, and a tahh'fle 1 n. The sheets are changed once a inoitth and tho tablei-loth once a week. It is rumoured, says a London jourthat Hairy and his three associates will he kept at Wandsworth lottwo years. At the end of that time fhev will be removed to Lowes, yvliich will: be opened again as a prison for star convicts—men who have been sentenced to penal servitude for the firsttime.