Show CARROLL SAYS JAIL LEA LEAVES YES SCAR ON MIND Constant Companion I Is Great Shadow of Hu Hu- Humiliation Humiliation milia tion He TIe Says ATLANTA Ga Oct OcL 21 By By The Th Associated Press Earl Earl Carroll turn turn- turned turned turned ed to the lights of Broadway toda today to erase the shadows of a prison sen sea tence At liberty on parole from the fed fed- federal federal federal eral penitentiary after having serve served a third of his year and a day term for perjury he goes back to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to resume his work with th the expressed Intention of staging a come come- comeback comeback comeback back If 11 the world will wm meet me just Jus half haU way With his wife wile his brother James his isis sister Mrs Alice Allce Schneider am amT and T T. V V. Rooney his casting director the theatrical producer had reserved compartments on a Southern way Railway train which arrives there shortly after afternoon afternoon noon tomorrow To a happy reunion with his wile wife and friends Carroll stepped gingerly If 11 eagerly across the threshold o of freedom last night suffering from what he described as a n. fear complex comple in hating basing to meet people again I It remained however for the lights o of passing automobiles on his way from the penitentiary to a downtown do hotel hole hotel to furnish his first reaction to lib lib- hib- hib erty LIKE OLD RIP They flashed In my face an and startled me me he said It It made m me feel as Rip Van Winkle must have hav felt when he awoke Carrolls Carroll's s feelings over o his which grew out of his cele cele- celebrated celebrated celebrated bath tub party In New York last year were expressed formally In Ina a statement typewritten on prison stationery that he handed news news- newspapermen newspapermen upon his release For over six months said ld Car Car- Carroll Carrolls Carroll's Carrolls Carroll's roll rolls roll's s statement I I I have been a I pris pris- oner During every moment within i this grim penitentiary with penItentiary with Its gray walls armed guards shrieking sirens and long nights of ceaseless tossing tossing- I have experienced a common heart heart- heartache heartache heartache ache with the thousands of other men in this sorry place My constant com corn companion panion pinion has been a a. great shadow o of humiliation a heavy heaY sense of more moral degradation and I find It most difficult dUIl- dUIl difficult cult to express my real emotions with with- without without without out having them misconstrued for self Those who felt that I should be severely punished for my misguided of chivalry may rest positive positive- positively ly iy In the assurance that I have suf suf- suffered suffered that I ha have undergone an Irreparable loss of self respect a real real- realization realIzatIon realIzation of unworthiness such as each and every man feels when the door of a prison clangs behind him MENTAL AGONY I 1 have endured the most acute mental l agony at being printed finger for future Identification at being photographed for the rogues' rogues gallery and ind I never watched the red of each setting sun SlID through the bars of my window without seeing written there therein theren in n those Iron shadows the loss of my most moat priceless heritage my heritage my American citizenship I have hae seen few people other than my little wife and faithful brother Jim I have developed eloped an almost un uncontrollable un- un uncontrollable controllable fear of meeting people So with this tills complex I hesitatingly step into nto the outside world today My health Is better thanks to the humane Interest of a truly remarkable executive Warden Snook and Snook-and and I be- be believe leve lieve my life Ile was saved aled by the sym- sym sympathetic sympathetic pathetic understanding of Dr the he prison physician I found the warden a n. strict disciplinarian lie He treated me nit like every ery other prisoner prisoner- sternly but squarely square I I received no special favors or privileges still sUU at times Imes I felt that he was conscientious conscientious- conscientiously I ly Iy y interested in the reconstruction r of my shattered faith In man Today the book Is finished and andow now ow I trust I may return peacefully to tomy o my work In iii the theatre I shall shalle be e forever Indebted to those who tolled toiled so untiringly for my rel release ase The prison rules forbade me answer- answer answering lag ing ng the countless hundreds of new and nd unknown friends who ho wrote such encouraging letters but the Christ- Christ like ke attitude which they expressed will wUI send end me back to those I love with an nn even veu firmer belief bellef that what I did was I the le only thing I could do and that there here are arc times Umes when a mans man's honor honoris honors is s far more precious than liberty liberty- and nd liberty snore more precious than libertY libertY-I life I |