| Show HAS 6 WHEN HE LEMES LEAVES PH FARMER WHO WAS PENNILESS WHEN HE BECAME CONVICT GITS SMALL FORTUNE HERO OF THE penitentiary of a marshal save lives win wins acco in guessing contest and nd inherit inherits from a relative I 1 ran A convict ltv entered barely arely I sixteen beirs ngo ago pea pan has jast left the kansas prison with a fortune of 6 BOO of which was tarncy while behind the prison n bar bars observing the ho discipline in ev ery way the money allowance made to con klets in kansas Is two centa cents n day or lat 23 for 16 years so that no sum as phillp killion took with him frem the office of the kansas prison warden could have been ac me cumulated except by outside effort from another point killion left the institution a hero while he entered it a taur murderer derer lie ile went ent out to a farm and prosperity with as tood a record aa as ever a man made bellied the bar the secret of hta his wealth la Is that he n berlied 1100 while in prison and won 35 5 in a guessing contest nine years ago the money muney was invested cd for him and added a reasonable amount by in in 1892 killion then a young farmer of wellington kan eho and killed a town marshal with whom ho be h had ad been friendly killion wai into and quarrelsome leome and the interference of the caused him to lose self control he ile waa was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to nerve serve 25 years A few years after he was confined he discovered a fire in one of the pris on factories NIt without bout outcry he risked hia his life and unknown to any one ex capt a few guards extinguished the blaze ti aze the warden of the prison on leaving gave him a letter which vouched tor for the fact that bravery bad had bided the state and probably sole u lives A few years later killion bad had just rea eld d the top of the coal mine when a ore fire alarin was sounded sound pd lie ile volun leered to rede aad d bring out imprisoned convicts this he be did at e I 1 rilan il T d shot and killed the town marshal grat gr at 1 personal alst 14 aben the last adhn bin bad left killion returned to th uns entered the workings and did much to sava save the mine from destrie tion A commutation of his bis sentence wat was inked but sentiment was still strongly against him in tre town from which he bad had been to prison and the effort to fre free mm tim failed he ile bad had however ingratiated blut belf with thy thes authorities of the prison nd ind life made as easy for him a ar possible he ile was one of the few mer who neve bad had to be driven to work sot vot once in 15 years was he known tc break the last vast of the rules finall tie he waa aas given an opportunity to stud study nd ind he improved it IL about that time la in 1900 hansa 1 ity began the rebuilding of a conven ion ball that had been destroyed by b ire one of tt tte e scheme for undo rapidly was wals a gues guessing oln contest or which bleb a capital prize of nd several others ranging froin from ton were ere offered killion Invest ec 15 of his prison savings in ticker ticket nd rent 1 in 30 he ile won tin tho mccond prize of A short time afterward a distan left him 1100 he ile gabnet onsIde considerable rable fame as the wealth 0 11 lawyers swarmed to 1 ith offers others suggested that he h fould get an absolute pardon for fat 1000 others asked from tc 00 to set get him out of prison irr he the humor of the situation and alered 50 down and upon re ae there was a noticeable ballint ji in bis his mall mail aad list let of caller |
