Show PRISON MAKES V NE NEWMAN MAN OF COL FOR FORBES B E S WHO IS FREE Promises to Devote ote Time rime Timeto to Defense of Harding SENSATIONS HINTED ED Goes to Pen I ell Sick Man Mait Ian Now Is Ready to toV Work V ork Again LEAVEN Ken Kan Nov Kov 26 25 G. G Sly Dy By The rho Associated Press Announcing his most Important mission In life lire would mould be to correct the tho erroneous Impression tho the pub pub- public lic lie has been gIven civen of ot President Colonel Charles R. R Forbes today returned to civilian Chilian life after completing service s r of ot a 1 two rear term in the federal peni pent penitentiary penitentiary here Tho The year old former director of or the tho United States veterans veterans' hu- hu bureau reau who vho was convicted In Jn Chicago In 1923 of defrauding the govern govern- government government ment In Sn awarding contracts for tor veterans hospitals hospital was released at midnight Clad In a neat business suit his hat concealing his lila gray pray hair ho emerged front from the prison gate with witha a s. firm step in marked contrast to his entry Rigorous application to his profession of oC civil Il engineer In surveying lJur penitentiary property and even In let wielding a hammer and a II saw in construction work ork apparently apparently apparently II has restored him to the career health he enjoyed in a long Ions army LONG ST. lie He paused only long enough to issue a long statement on his plan ian I for the future before entering an automobile with a newspaperman j lor of St. St Louis louls They left immediate Immediate- Immediately ly for that city His statement dealing largely with recommendations for foi handling prisoners In lit various anous types of or penal pen a I i Institution concluded with tho the an an- announcement announcement he ho had startling facts to reveal relative to his connection with aith the Harding administration In conclusion the statement st said In the light of or the erroneous Impression the public has been beets given of ot President nt Harding harding- I shall shan have hav some Interesting facts to le- le leeal veal teal facts which will put to shame a lot of or sycophants and ca- ca whose o chief purpose seems scents to be the destruction of o the good character of or one ono of ot the time men it has been my lere I be to know My personal and Intimate asso asso- association association with Warren arren Harding has lias placed mo me in Sn a position to prove Ito the falsity of ot much that has been furnished tho time public and this shall shail be the most Important mission of or I my life 1 Could ho he Harding defend himself tho the American public would have a much different impression about some of o the tho Important hap hal happenings of or his administration He Heas te was as a n man who loved his friends victimized through his belief in the fm honesty of o men In this public office Some of ot the tho facts I shall reveal will wilt be no less l ss startling and sense sensa sensational than many of ot tho the charges made Signed Charles R. R R Forbes Forbe T IJ WORK ORK Declaring ho Ito had spent tho the 20 H I months of ot imprisonment in Sn con con- congenial congenial congenial genial work including surveying 1800 acres of ot land and anil designing of DC numerous buildings he ho lauded particularly the tho prison medical staff He lie also mentioned the stu stu- stupendous stupendous task faced by the tho warden In handling thousands of ot prisoners and declared he ho would devote his best efforts In aiding convicts eon and attempting ns to improve prison con con- dillons Sentenced to pay a fine finein finein t in addition to his two years term Colonel Forbes took a n paupers pauper's oath October r 27 n last and served 30 0 additional days as a's required in such cases casts Ho H applied for parole sev sev- several several eral times but was unsuccessful He lIe was allowed days das for good be behavior be- be I Iwas havior harlor He lie indicated he planned to visit his year old mother in Ply Ply- Plymouth Plymouth Plymouths mouth mouths Mast Mass and also would make mako a trip to Washington before re resuming re- re resuming suming his profession as an en cn- en- en gln er |