Show PARENTS OF PlOD BARE ANGUISH SON OVER Father and Frail Mother Declare DecIa e He Ic Was Good GoodBoy Boy a and d Honorable r rBy i By Kayem Grier Lips compressed in silence through days of ot hope ope and anguish and grief gIet parted last night under the stress of or human huan sorrow From them fell fel the burning emotions of real heart throbs the the emotions of eternal parent love George II I. I PIdd a local carpenter carenter and his wife a frail trai motherly little woman broke the silence of their grief over the recent sentence of their son Private George Pidd Field to life imprisonment imprisonment imprison imprison- m ment at Camp Lewis for an assault assaul upon a a Tacoma Tacoma chauffeur The parents of ot the thet young condemned condemned con condemned soldier did not not speak with a t tirade trade against those who sat in judgment judgment judgment judg judg- ment against their bo boy FRAIL MOTHER The frail frai little wor woman an told the age age- ageS ageS- old soul stirring story of ot a mothers mother's mothers l lf love ove for her son The same lips that f for tor or years have prayed admonished and at one one- onetime time cooed In Joyful mockery over the tho cradle nest of an Infant opened last night with defiant pride and uttered a lasting and eternal defense de- de de tense for her soul SOll mate mate mate-a matea a son doomed for life in a prison cell cel Mrs Pidd and her husband bore up bravely under the burden of ot their their sons son's conviction But the news yesterday that he had plunged further Into the themire themire themire mire of ot crime crIme and planned a desperate Jail jai break added another wound to their bleeding hearts The parents parets of ot the condemned soldier soldier soldier sol sol- dier firmly believe beleve their son did not plan or contemplate taking p part rt In Ia the spectacular Jail jai break at the Tacoma prison which resulted In the escape of four prisoners prisoner and with which the young soldier was charged in press I dispatches Mr Pidd PlOd sent a letter last night to the sheriff of ot Pierce county I praying for of a written vindication of or his son for tor any part in the prison break BIGGEST BLOW The blow to us can yet be struck in the answer to my lay letter said Mr Pidd But a favorable answer answer answer an an- can also also- heal our greatest heart heart- ache We Ve were proud of ot George f for forthe r the manly way he faced his trouble He lIe le did not try to run rn away He gave himself up and told the tire truth He lIe le said he wanted to pa pay for tor what he had done and we too vant Jant him to pay But the honor he was t taught as a boy is still sun intact in spite of his crime When I heard herd of or his trouble I wrote and told him to face it like a man man to to tell tel the truth and hope for the mercy of God as 1 a reward He lie did face It 1 like a man and he did tell tel the truth Tears filled fied the tire eyes ees of the father and and a sob choked back hack his words But he didn't forsake the honor he had preserved in his trial by pl planning a a cowardly Jail jai break Mr Pidd In Insisted Insisted insisted In- In with emotional emphasis PRIDE AND JOY The little mother declared proudly amid a flow of of tears that her condemned condemned condemned con con- son had always been a source of pride and Joy joy- to he hei hel one ane said ne gained the respect of his superior officers officers officers cers and had reached a with wih prospects of a commission after only a few months In the army She said she had never m met t his wife and ad did not know what kind of a woman she was George Pidd has a brother in the time Twentieth infantry at Ft Douglas and according to the parents received a letter leter from George only a few days cas ca's before he assaulted the chauffeur Mrs Pidd says he told his brother he wanted to leave Camp Lewis LwIs and come to Salt Sal Lake because if he did not get hl hI hi- hi wife wIe away there was going to be trou trou- ble ble It I is the opinion of ot Mr Pidd Pid that his sons son's wife wife- had baa a grievance against the tho chauffeur which she is alleged to have Induced her husband to assault while returning In a taxicab tax tax- cab from Irom a dance DO 1 IT The parents stated last night that their only hope and pr prayers ers for their son now are that he did not take part In the Tacoma Jail jai break In desperation desper desper- atlon aton and despair he be might have left lef If i he could have been freed but he did not plan the break reiterated tIme father Mr Pidd declares that that since his son was arrested and placed on trial ne has been unable to receive a single word from Camp Lewis Lwis He lie declares declares he has written several letters to the commanding officer and to his son on but has received no replies In his letter last night to the sheriff Mr Pidd a note for his son advising him to sustan sustain his courage and have faith in the virtue of ot honor and truth |