Show SENDS SEND'S JOKES FROM FROM PRISON COLUMBUS O. O United Press Press Press- Before William am Ray Gilman was wu sentenced l to the elate tJ penitentiary automobile theft four for or years ago ag he le was a salesman In CI Cleveland larid Now No ow from Ills his cc coll lI he turns turns' out jokes okes and humorous quips quips' for eight or magazines mag The Cleveland youths youth's writings net et him him an average or of of a month which which- he sen sends s' s to his mother in Pittsburg Whether Gilman Oilman would have haYe t turned from a ter salesman to a a. magazine writer had he be not been convicted and nd sent sentenced fr from m 8 to 10 20 0 years in the penitentiary 1 la Is 8 K a matter of at conjecture r However h he a added d d. d the ilie chances are re I would still b be selling type- type writers Titers I never thought much about writing before coming t to the pen pen- It He related that he be began gan writing accidentally to fill in the hours of ot solitary co confinement in his narrow narron compartment The magazine said there was a market for j Jokes Tr S' S and funny quips so I r decided to write said paid Oilman Gilman He invested hl his last dollar in tamps stamps and s soon on reams of copy was being icing mall mailed d to magazines and publishing publishing pub- pub lishing houses In the east t. t I had just four cents in tamps stamps let left e t when my first firs check heck iu arrived After that it t was easy and and- how I receive checks at regular ular intervals from rom eight magazines magazine |